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Cannabis and Canines: A Bad Mix
Just when you thought marijuana had run its course of absurdity in the news and everyday life, it pops right back up with something new – or, at the very least, noteworthy. This time, it has nothing to do with legalization, or human consumption. No, now, the question and problems being considered are those that appear in… I kid you not…dogs. Yes, dogs are now accidentally getting intoxicated by consuming marijuana. Not only that, but the … Read entire article »
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U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Drug-Dogs Used on Houses
The United States Supreme Court handed down a ruling last month clarifying what police can do with drug-sniffing dogs. According to the nine justices, police forces cannot bring specially-trained dogs onto a suspect’s property without first obtaining a search warrant. The decision will likely limit how police investigators utilize their K-9s to search out drugs, explosives, and other items or substances that they are specially trained to detect. The court ruled to uphold the Florida Supreme Court’s … Read entire article »
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Coming to Terms with My Marijuana Addiction
I am a recovering marijuana addict. I smoked heavily through a period of about seven years from my senior year in high school to a year or so after college when, finally, I surrendered and decided to go to rehab in 2007. By 2010, after going through a few rehabs and treatment centers and a year of living on my own, I relapsed and got back into smoking weed heavily for a few months, and my … Read entire article »
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Parents Force 22-Month-Old Son to Smoke Pot
A young mother and father are in hot water after being caught red-handed while giving their 22-month-old son marijuana from a water pipe or “bong” as they are commonly known. Almost as if feeding the child pot smoke, cell phone video footage portrays the sorry scene of the mother and child, with the water pipe too big for the kid to even hold. Centralia, Washington police reportedly received the video anonymously. After viewing the alarming footage, they subsequently obtained a search warrant and served it on the family involved, the Tyler J. Lee and Rachelle Braaten family. Only after 5 months did the video footage surface. Both parents involved were arrested and taken to jail. Meanwhile, the family’s children, including the 22-month-old, were taken into custody by Child Protective Services. Mrs. … Read entire article »
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Ex-DEA Officials Insist for the Federal Government to Fight Pot Laws
After votes last fall, Colorado and Washington became the first two states to legalize marijuana’s recreational use, putting federal authorities in a dilemma over how, or whether, to respond. Nevertheless, as recently reported in the news, former DEA chiefs Bensinger, John Bartels, Robert Bonner, Thomas Constantine, Asa Hutchinson, John Lawn, Donnie Marshall, and Francis Mullen, of whom served for both Republican and Democratic administrations, insisted that our federal government and the Obama administration have been sluggish … Read entire article »
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Serene With Serenity
One of my favorite lines concerning serenity is in Step Three, page 41, of the 12&12 that states, “In all times of emotional disturbance or indecision, we can pause, ask for quiet, and in the stillness simply say: ‘God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Thy will, not mine, be done.’” Before becoming a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Recovery, Spirituality
Marijuana a Danger Among Teenagers: Here’s Why
Marijuana’s reputation as a harmless and benign drug is being challenged in American culture today, especially among teens and young adults who are now privy to the burgeoning plethora of research on it. A product of the 1960’s and 1970’s, marijuana’s cultural reputation began as mostly harmless and of little concern compared with other substances. Copious research conducted recently asserts otherwise and reveals that these misconceptions remain prevalent among some young people, who still believe it’s … Read entire article »
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Bad Move: Colorado Opens Itself to Marijuana Tourism
With the uproar fresh over the recent legalization of marijuana for recreational use in Colorado and Washington states, one would doubt anything more shocking surrounding this issue would emerge so soon. Turns out that was wrong, as an assembly of lawmakers, law enforcement authorities, and weed activists in Colorado signed off on Amendment 64, which says that anyone—regardless of residency—can purchase and smoke marijuana recreationally in the state. They can not transport it across state lines. While activists and stoners everywhere are overjoyed, and claim legalization is responsible for the supposed reduction of the drug cartel controlled black market, the reality remains that opening this door creates bigger, far worse problems. By signing off on this concept, problems—federally, socially, and individually—will grow boundlessly. For one, the federal government considers marijuana a schedule one narcotic; which … Read entire article »
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Marijuana Linked to Stroke in Young People
While marijuana has long been promoted as one of the more benign recreational drugs, evidence is mounting that this conception may be fallacious. A recent study from the University of Auckland in New Zealand has been presented in Honolulu at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2013 linking marijuana use to stroke in young people. The researchers involved in the study reviewed the urine samples of 160 ischemic stroke/TIA patients between the ages of 18 and 55 (average age: 45) and found that they were more than twice as likely to have smoked marijuana in the recent past as the control group subjects. Ischemic strokes occur when there is an obstruction in a blood vessel supplying oxygen to the brain, while TIAs (transient ischemic attacks), often called “mini strokes,” involve a … Read entire article »
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