Now that the election has faded a bit, we can turn our attention to the newest law on the books in Michigan: legalized use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.

If there was a ever a time to put this on the ballot, it was 2008, when Liberal (that’s with a capital “L”) policies and a backlash against neo-conservatism swept the nation. Barack Ob...

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Smoking pot can make you feel good. I know, I know, you’re thinking tell me something I don’t already know. But pot can make you actually feel good, as in healthy!
 

A new study found that marijuana seems to fight infections. Compounds in the drug, including THC, have the power to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria, such as MRSA, an illness that...

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Though medical marijuana may be taken via an oral prescription called Marinol, a UC San Diego psychiatrist named Igor Grant is lighting a fire under the *ss of legislators. A researcher for the UC Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research in San Diego (yes, it does exist), Dr. Grant supports smoking marijuana, as opposed to just taking Marinol, for...

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I can smell the sweet stench of cannabis already. It looks like Hollywood is going green, grass green that is. With the recent premiere of Pineapple Express, another movie has been added to the long list of stoner movies. Is it really that funny to watch tripped out belligerent fools as films' protagonists? Absolutely!

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This week, a Girl Scout Camp in Indiana was busted by the police. Why? Athough we'd like to tell you it was because of a mass catfight over pins ("But I sold more cookies!), Camp Ella J. Logan was actually revealed to be harboring a massive marijuana farm.

Over 5000 marijuana plants were growing on camp lands! Although no Girl Scount camp offi...

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Yeah, I thought the same thing when I read the headline. But turns out, this isn't some stoners clever way to get marijuana legalized. There actually is a Jamaican plant that apparently may help cure cancer and HIV.

According to Jamaican scientist Dr. Henry Lowe, the Jamaican ball moss plant was found to have anti-cancer and anti-HIV/AIDS prop...

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Despite droves of college students running off to Amsterdam to smoke pot, the United States, with all its strict drug laws in tow, still manages to lead the global race to the top of the substance abuse list.

Researchers of the World Health Organization (WHO) found some amazing statistics concerning Americans consumption of blow and other hea...

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