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Marijuana Lab 05/14/2014	lab, fire, grow sites
Marijuana on the move from Colorado; official says Centennial State now pot source much like Mexico 05/13/2014 "It's absolutely getting worse," said Tom Gorman, head of the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area -- the agency that helps to halt drug transactions.	Colorado-0
Study shows medical marijuana grows drying local watersheds 05/09/2014 An aerial view of a medical marijuana grow. Researchers used both satellite and field studies to determine how many grows and plants were in four local watersheds. (Submitted by California Department of Fish and Wildlife Scientist Scott bauer)	Environment, Water, california
Legalized pot use vs. employer drug testing 05/07/2014 Coats was angry because Dish Network fired him in 2010 after his random drug test came back positive for traces of pot.	Business, attorney, legalization
Gaetz hopes medical marijuana law will cool public's ardor for legal pot 05/07/2014 Legalization for treatment to include adults with cancers, Parkinson’s disease, ALS and MLS. Florida no longer needs Amendment 2.	Florida
Explosion at marijuana grow house in Boca Raton prompts evacuation 05/06/2014 Deputies said the couple appeared to be extracting oil from marijuana. This is the process Charlotte's Web marijuana will undergo to extract the oil.	grow sites, explosion, Florida
Colo. lawmakers get blunt, move to tighten marijuana rules after two deaths 05/06/2014 State legislators said they were concerned by testimony from Children’s Hospital Dr. Michael DiStefano, who said that seven children had been treated since January for symptoms related to marijuana intake. Between 2005 and 2013, that number was six.	Children, Death
Hash oil explosions rise with legalized marijuana 05/06/2014 The opening months of Colorado's first-in-the-nation recreational marijuana industry have seen a rise in fiery explosions and injuries as pot users try to make the drug's intoxicating oil in crude home-based laboratories. Since Jan. 1, when sales began, the state's only certified adult burn center has treated 10 people with serious injuries they suffered while making hash oil, compared with 11 in 2013 and one in 2012.	hash oil, Colorado-0
Colorado's High Burns Loews 05/04/2014 Lowe’s doesn’t want people acutely or sub-acutely under the influence of marijuana operating forklifts, using circular saws, cutting ceramic tiles, driving company trucks — or cleaning its toilets. And no, the company isn’t interested in lowering its hiring standards, either, said Amy, the friendly and always-approachable manager at my favorite Lowe’s store.... “We’re trying to find the best people to hire, and it’s really hard these days,” Amy the manager told me....However, one thing is certain: Lowe’s isn’t the only Colorado employer struggling to find drug-free workers to fill decent jobs.	Colorado, Employer, drug testing
Florida Senate Approves Medical Marijuana Bill 05/02/2014 A strain of low-THC marijuana would be legal in Florida for medical use under a bill passed by the Legislature. THERE IS NOT NEED FOR AMENDMENT 2!	Florida, Medical
Northwest High Density Trafficking Area Washington 2012 05/01/2014	Washington, Studies
Medical marijuana may treat MS symptoms, ineffective for other brain disorders 04/29/2014 Through their analysis, they found that medical marijuana can help alleviate some symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS), but the drug was not very successful at treating drug-induced movements from Parkinson’s disease. Additionally, there was insufficient evidence to support whether or not marijuana can treat motor problems in Huntington’s disease, tics in Tourette syndrome, or seizures in epilepsy.	Multple Sclerosis
Pot-Booze Combo More Dangerous for Teen Drivers Than Alcohol Alone 04/28/2014 Teens who drank and smoked pot at the same time were 90 percent more likely to get a ticket and 50 percent more likely to be in a wreck.	car crashes 2, alcohol, pot
Marijuana, crash played role in missing teen’s death 04/24/2014	Teens, Death
Colorado fourth-graders sell and swap grandparents’ pot at school 04/24/2014 A couple of 10-year-old Colorado kids were caught making marijuana deals at school — selling and swapping legally purchased pot they pilfered from their grandparents’ stash, a school district official said Wednesday. A fourth-grade boy brought a small amount of leafy marijuana on Monday to Monfort Elementary School in Greeley, Colo., and sold it to three classmates on the school playground.	Colorado-0
3 hurt in explosion at marijuana-grow facility 04/24/2014 Investigators say the explosion happened Wednesday while the people were using butane to extract the intoxicating chemical THC from the marijuana plant.	Colorado-0, Danger
Sheriffs take lead against legalizing medical pot 04/24/2014 Don't Let Florida Go To Pot	Florida, Sheriff
The Truth About Marijuana: Health Risks Trivialized (Op-Ed) 04/23/2014 Although 95 percent of the complications due to drug use are not captured in this data, the link to cardiovascular disease was clear: The death rate due to cardiovascular disease from marijuana use was as high as 25.6 percent.	heart, OpEd
The Truth About Marijuana: Health Risks Trivialized (Op-Ed) 04/23/2014 Although 95 percent of the complications due to drug use are not captured in this data, the link to cardiovascular disease was clear: The death rate due to cardiovascular disease from marijuana use was as high as 25.6 percent.	heart, OpEd
Potential for heart attack, stroke risk seen with marijuana use 04/23/2014	heart, Death, Studies, risks
MacKinnon: Medical pot push driven by profit 04/19/2014 Does nobody else see the multiple flaws and outright dangers associated with such an amendment? Does anyone else not recognize the fact that “medical marijuana” is a fantasy created for profit?	ballot, Colorado-0, Medical, chemicals, follow the money
Supporters Mobilize For Florida Medical Marijuana Initiative 04/19/2014 Basically what this amendment is doing is legalizing pot. Really it's a facade to say it's medical marijuana. That's not the end game of this movement," he said. "Marijuana use is harmful, addictive and is a gateway drug."	Florida
How A Medical Marijuana Measure Could Boost Florida Democrats 04/18/2014 I thought 'medical' marijuana was a health issue. If you don't think its about recreational legalization and getting vote... think again. "We want to be able to have our stereotypical, lazy pothead voters to be able to vote from their couch," said Ben Pollara, a Democratic fundraiser and campaign manager for the United for Care group, which also plans to get voters to the polls on Election Day. Organizers of the medical marijuana effort plan to raise and spend $10 million on their campaign, with much of the money devoted to a turnout operation aimed at registering voters to cast absentee ballots.	voters, political
Marijuana firm buys Manatee buildings for possible grow facility 04/18/2014	follow the money, grow sites
Metro: Marijuana impairment rising among drivers 04/17/2014 During the last three years, Metro's forensics lab screened 4,500 blood samples for marijuana with the bulk of those being impaired drivers. Metro said marijuana is dangerous because it slows down mental reactions and a driver's judgment of time and distance. Statewide records from 2002 to 2012 show 45 percent of drivers who were impaired by drugs had marijuana in their system.	car crashes 2, impaired, Las Vegas
Cannabis Use Is Quantitatively Associated with Nucleus Accumbens and Amygdala Abnormalities in Young Adult Recreational Users 04/16/2014	Studies, Medical, Brain, youth
Cannabis Use Is Quantitatively Associated with Nucleus Accumbens and Amygdala Abnormalities in Young Adult Recreational Users 04/16/2014
Casual marijuana use linked with brain abnormalities, study finds 04/15/2014 For the first time, researchers at Northwestern University have analyzed the relationship between casual use of marijuana and brain changes – and found that young adults who used cannabis just once or twice a week showed significant abnormalities in two important brain structures.	Research, Brain, young adults, Studies
Billionaire George Soros behind major push for marijuana legalization 04/11/2014 If you don't think promoting marijuana for medical purposes is about making a profit... THINK AGAIN.	soros, profit, pot shops
Deal leads state to path forward on cannabis oil treatment 04/11/2014 Deal has consulted with the federal Food and Drug Administration on how the state can begin legal clinical trials with cannabis oil products at Georgia Regents University Augusta.	Georgia, Charlotte's Web, Studies
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Applicant Sues Over Inconsistent Scoring 04/09/2014	pot shops, lawyer, dispensaries
George Soros’ real crusade: Legalizing marijuana in the U.S. 04/06/2014 Through a network of nonprofit groups, Mr. Soros has spent at least $80 million on the legalization effort since 1994, when he diverted a portion of his foundation’s funds to organizations exploring alternative drug policies, according to tax filings. It isn't about For The People it's about the rich taking advantage of the innocent.	soros, funding, legalization
Denver coroner: Man fell to death after eating marijuana cookies 04/04/2014 The coroner also listed "marijuana intoxication" from cannabis-infused cookies as a significant condition contributing to the death.	Colorado-0, Teen, Death
Heavy, Frequent Cannabis Use Linked to Mental Illness 04/03/2014 A new study suggests people with mental illness are more than seven times as likely to use marijuana weekly than people without a mental illness. In total, 4.4 percent of individuals with a mental illness in the past 12 months reported using cannabis weekly, compared to 0.6 percent among individuals without any mental illness. Cannabis use disorders occurred among 4 percent of those with mental illness versus 0.4 per cent among those without. Researchers also noted that, although cannabis use is generally higher among younger people, the association between mental illness and cannabis use was pervasive across most age groups.	Research, addiction, mental health, usage
Is Pot Getting More Potent? 04/02/2014	Potency, impaired
Smoke and Mirrors Cloud Medical Marijuana Debate 04/01/2014 It's time now to change the flawed medical marijuana system by insisting that standard medical procedures be followed in the dispensing of the drug. Let's save our children from the dangers of "marijuana doctors" before all concerns for safety go up in smoke.	addiction, debate, Teens, abnormal, Medical
Don't Go to Pot 04/01/2014 Marijuana does possess certain medicinal properties. So does opium. But we don’t allow unscrupulous quacks to write raw opium prescriptions for anyone willing to pay $65. And if we did, would anybody be surprised that the vast majority of opium buyers were not recovering from surgery—and that many of them shared or resold some of their opium to underage users?	Medical, car crashes 2, impaired, IQ
The Marijuana Lobby’s Deep Pockets 04/01/2014	lobby, soros, Morgan, legalization, follow the money
24 Mind-Blowing Facts About Marijuana Production in America 04/01/2014 "The only thing green about that bud is its chlorophyll."	Environment, Growers, Electricity, grow sites, Water, traffic
A Look Inside Colorado’s Pot Industry 03/30/2014 We welcomed in a new industry that knowingly promotes an addictive and harmful substance SO THAT PEOPLE COULD MAKE MONEY. The business of business is to make money and when there is money to be made people will signup no matter how messed up the means are. For these businesses to continue making the huge money they are making they will need to do two things: 1) engage new users, 2) convert current users to more frequent users. Our weed in Colorado is so strong (20-30 percent THC in its smoked form) that we have a strain called “green crack.” Our concentrates, which are advertised aggressively, are 80-90 percent THC, and are often smoked on a super-heated needle and puts the smoker on their back with one hit. Our edibles come in gummies, fruit sodas, suckers, candy and yummy looking baked goods that are so potent that a single pot brownie in Colorado comes with a warning that it has to be cut into fourths before consuming.	Colorado-0, edibles, Potency
Marijuana for Epilepsy: Weighing the Evidence 03/25/2014 Marijuana for Epilepsy: Weighing the Evidence, Epilepsy Notes, Andrew N. Wilner, MD, March 25, 2014 Considering Marijuana In 2011 (more than 2.5 years ago) in "Marijuana: A Viable Epilepsy Therapy?" I reviewed the possibility of marijuana (Cannabis sativa) for the treatment of epilepsy. That article concluded, "More research is needed before patients should consider marijuana for seizure relief, particularly because this represents criminal activity under US federal law and may be accompanied by adverse medical (and legal) events." What Hasn't Changed Since 2011? What hasn't changed is the desperation of people with uncontrolled seizures and their families. Heather Jackson, the mother of Zaki, one of the children who responded to Charlotte's web, stated in a Huffington Post video interview, "If you wanted to take my money, I would give it to you. I wanted to save my boy."^[13] Such vulnerable families need to be protected from scams, false promises, and dangerous drugs. Conclusions Despite the recent journalistic hype, my 2011 conclusions about "medical marijuana" have not changed. Marijuana is still a schedule I drug. It is not FDA-approved for the treatment of epilepsy or any other neurologic condition. Its medical (and recreational) use is still illegal under federal law. There are no controlled trials demonstrating that marijuana is "safe" or "effective" for the treatment of epilepsy. On the other hand, there is evidence that marijuana may be harmful, particularly in the developing brain after regular use. Synthetic cannabinoids appear even more toxic. However, for many people with epilepsy, seizures cannot be controlled with FDA-approved medications. Other treatment options, such as the vagus nerve stimulator, responsive neurostimulation, or the ketogenic diet, may not work or may not be appropriate choices. For patients who have exhausted conventional therapies, medical marijuana, for which there is anecdotal evidence of seizure control, could be considered as an unproven, "compassionate use" alternative. Any such use of marijuana should be carefully monitored by a physician. A better alternative for children with intractable epilepsy would be enrollment in the new Epidiolex clinical trial.	Charlotte's Web, Notes, Studies
Marijuana Pill, Spray May Ease Some MS Symptoms 03/24/2014	Multple Sclerosis
Cannabis and psychosis: Neurobiology 03/23/2014 Cannabis is involved in approximately 50% of psychosis, schizophrenia, and schizophreniform psychosis cases Cannabis is a known risk factor for schizophrenia, although the exact neurobiological process through which the effects on psychosis occur is not well understood. Cannabis is also of particular interest in both the first-episode psychosis (FEP) and the ultra high risk (UHR) populations. This is mainly due to their increased susceptibility to cannabis abuse.	cannabis-induced psychosis, ncbi, Psychosis
Orphan drug designation spurs trials for cannabidiol in Dravet syndrome 03/21/2014 In a survey and other anecdotal reports, parents of children with drug-refractory epilepsy syndromes have reported successful treatment with cannabidiol-enriched marijuana. But little high-quality evidence is available about the efficacy and safety of cannabidiol in patients with Dravet, Lennox-Gastaux, and other pediatric epilepsy syndromes, as shown by a recent Cochrane Collaboration review of four randomized trials totaling 48 patients with epilepsy that found no adverse effects with 200-300 mg daily over short periods but did not report on the efficacy of the drug.	Charlotte's Web, Dravet syndrome, Orphan Study
Marijuana Is Less Addictive Than Chocolate????? 03/19/2014 Kevin A. Sabet, the director of the Drug Policy Institute at the University of Florida and a former senior advisor for President Barack Obama's Office of National Drug Control Policy, also takes issue with this sweeping claim. "Show me that data," Sabet said in reaction to hearing this. "Also, chocolate doesn't cause car crashes or IQ loss or mental illness." Calvina Fay, executive director of Drug Free America, a nonprofit that educates the public about the dangers of drug abuse, responded, "Unlike marijuana, I am not aware of anyone in treatment for chocolate addiction and it certainly is not a substance that sends people to the hospital or impairs one's ability to work or operate a vehicle or machinery."	addiction, chocolate
Marijuana Is Less Addictive Than Chocolate????? 03/19/2014 Kevin A. Sabet, the director of the Drug Policy Institute at the University of Florida and a former senior advisor for President Barack Obama's Office of National Drug Control Policy, also takes issue with this sweeping claim. "Show me that data," Sabet said in reaction to hearing this. "Also, chocolate doesn't cause car crashes or IQ loss or mental illness." Calvina Fay, executive director of Drug Free America, a nonprofit that educates the public about the dangers of drug abuse, responded, "Unlike marijuana, I am not aware of anyone in treatment for chocolate addiction and it certainly is not a substance that sends people to the hospital or impairs one's ability to work or operate a vehicle or machinery."	addiction, chocolate
A belated correction- Radley Balko 03/17/2014 I’d still argue that the police action here was excessive and unnecessary. But it wasn’t nearly as bad as I characterized it. And the timing was, by all appearances, a coincidence. My apologies for the errors.	Morgan, ALS, Arrest, Balko
Should Marijuana Require Warning Labels? 03/12/2014	lungs, harm, warning, Side-Effects
Pot-related fatalities up 03/11/2014 Drugged driving kills an average of two people per week in Colorado. That’s more than four times the number of deaths of Columbine and Century Theater combined. One half of those deaths are caused by marijuana use. Deaths caused by drugged driving are increasing at the same time overall traffic deaths are decreasing. The most rapidly increasing cause of drugged driving deaths is marijuana use. Fatalities caused by drivers who tested positive for marijuana increased 26 percent.	Fatalities, car crashes 2, car crashes, Colorado
Should Marijuana Require Warning Labels? 03/10/2014	health, safety, cancer
Pot candy 'geared toward children' seized at San Clemente checkpoint 03/07/2014	candy, border, california, edibles
Smoking cannabis CAN kill you: German researchers identify two men who died purely as a result of using the drug 02/27/2014 They discovered that the deaths of two of the patients could not be put down to anything other than marijuana use. Both of these people were men who had died after their hearts started beating either too fast or too slowly. The researchers believe that this change in heart rhythm – called arrhythmia - was caused by cannabis. The reason they came to this conclusion was that both had smoked the drug within a few hours of their death and neither had any history of heart problems.	overdose, Studies, Death
Pivotal Point Is Seen as More States Consider Legalizing Marijuana 02/27/2014	legalization, Sabet, Morgan
Is Your Weed GMO Free? 02/26/2014 This may come as a surprise to some, but if you’ve been smoking pot anytime in the 21st century, you’re most likely smoking a GMO strain. Back in the 1970’s, weed used to be much weaker generally, as most of it was grown naturally without pesticides or chemical alteration, it didn’t look or smoke anything like what we have today. So if you’re looking for non-GMO marijuana, you’re gonna find something that most would just call “schwag” – nearly everyone is smoking GMO pot, because that’s the best that’s around – and they don’t even think twice about it.	GMO, Monsanto
Retired Yakima doctor faces charge related to medical pot 02/26/2014 Pill mills can become pot shops- unethical doctors will find a new job!	Doctors, pot shops, pill mills
Governor issues: Warning signs on Colorado's marijuana legalization 02/26/2014 “I urge caution,” he said at the National Governors Association meeting in Washington last week. When states promote something that is not good for people, he said, they need to be prepared for “unintended consequences.”	Colorado-0, warning, legalization, Children
Vets seeing more dogs eating edible marijuana 02/25/2014 There’s no antidote for marijuana but Fitzgerald said those worried about a pet’s recent exposure have a limited amount of time to take action before it’s too late.	pets, edibles, vet
Use of Alcohol, Cigarettes, and Marijuana Before Age 16 Associated with Higher Rates of Substance Use Dependence 02/24/2014 Furthermore, early users of all three substances were more than twice as likely to meet the criteria for marijuana dependence (21% vs. 8%).	alcohol, addiction
Hillsborough DUI - Marijuana Impairment 02/24/2014	car crashes 2, Impairment, DUI
Driving Under the Influence, of Marijuana 02/18/2014 A highway safety official in Colorado, where marijuana is legal, said that “a lot of people don’t think D.U.I. laws apply.”	DUI, Impairment, alcohol
Treatment or Jail: Patrick Kennedy Wages Fierce Anti-Pot Crusade 02/17/2014	kennedy, treatment
Pot Fuels Surge in Drugged Driving Deaths 02/15/2014	car crashes 2, car crashes, Colorado
Pot Fuels Surge in Drugged Driving Deaths 02/15/2014 Cannabinol, a remnant of marijuana, was found in 12.2 percent of those deceased drivers during 2010, (up from 4.2 percent in 1999). Pot was the most common non-alcoholic drug detected by those toxicology screenings.	car crashes 2, impaired, alcohol, Colorado-0
Six - State Study Finds Drugs Other Than Alcohol Increasingly Detected in Fatally Injured Drivers; Cannabinoids Most Prevalent O 02/10/2014	alcohol, car crashes 2, traffic, Fatalities
NIDA's Dr. Nora Volkow Discusses Marijuana's Effects on the Brain, Body & Behavior 02/10/2014	video, youth, Brain, body, Behavior
Flashpoint discusses 'medical' marijuana 02/04/2014	Morgan, news video clip, video
Study: Fatal Car Crashes Involving Marijuana Have Tripled 02/04/2014	car crashes, Studies, Washington, Fatalities
First-woman-in-Britain-to-die-from-cannabis-poisoning 01/30/2014	Death, overdose
A Colorado marijuana guide: 64 answers to commonly asked question Read more: A Colorado marijuana guide: 64 answers to commonly 01/30/2014	Colorado-0, Laws
Vermont faces opiate drug abuse crisis 01/28/2014	addiction, Rx Drugs
Alcohol vs. Marijuana 01/28/2014	Chuck Norris, School, alcohol
Trends in Alcohol and Other Drugs Detected in Fatally Injured Drivers in the United States, 1999–2010 01/28/2014	Studies, car crashes 2, national, Epidemiology
Cannabis During Pregnancy Impairs Baby's Brain Development 01/28/2014	Pregnancy, Research
Miswiring the brain 01/27/2014 cannabis use during pregnancy can increase the risk for ill‐behaviors (Goldschmidt et al, 2004; Day et al, 2011 Data suggest that administration of THC during pregnancy can induce long‐term structural and functional modifications of the cortical circuitry. Maternal cannabis use during pregnancy reduces SCG10 in human fetal cerebrum	Brain, Pregnancy
The President Inhales 01/24/2014 A growing body of medical research shows that the psychoactive substance in marijuana may cause permanent cognitive damage when used by adolescents, such as impaired memory and learning. The drug can trigger psychotic episodes, especially among vulnerable late adolescents, and the price decreases and social normalization of recreational use will increase the number of underage potheads. Very few people are incarcerated for simple possession, which makes up about 88% of arrests. There are currently about 40,000 state and federal prisoners serving time for marijuana-related convictions, and most have violent criminal histories. Mr. Obama is also kidding himself if he thinks drug legalization will be a boon to the poor. His own history of drug use is well known, but most users aren't the privileged students of the Punahou School.
Blowing Smoke 01/24/2014 Calling the ballot measure’s wording “disingenuous,” he predicted if the measure becomes part of the Florida constitution, “We’ll have more places selling [pot] than we have Starbucks.” No responsible scientific studies exist to demonstrate that inhaling the smoke of burning cannabis constitutes the optimum delivery system, but data indicating the same risks associated with smoking tobacco (cancer, emphysema, pneumonia, heart disease) attach to toking up.	pot shops, ballot, legalization, THC
Epilepsy experts call for more research into medical marijuana 01/22/2014	epilepsy, Research
The Converstaion We aren't Having 01/21/2014 Florida should not legalize marijuana because it is a gateway drug that is addictive and damaging to the teenage brain. Moreover, without FDA regulation there is no way to monitor the drug’s potency. He then fell into the habit of taking pills in order to maintain the buzz he got from pot. It is out of love for our children, for those like my son, that we must say no (to legalizing marijuana).	Death, addiction, legalization
Has the potency of pot changed since President Obama was in high school? 01/21/2014 Marijuana today is "genetically modified," with THC levels that "far surpass the marijuana" of the 1970s. YES The number of samples confiscated with a THC concentration greater than 9 percent has increased significantly, from 3.2 percent in 1993 to 21.5 percent of the 1,635 marijuana samples collected in 2007.	Potency, kennedy, obama, GMO
Group says it has enough signatures to put medical marijuana on Florida ballot 01/16/2014 Costs for the first two weeks in January could easily push Morgan's contribution close to $3 million, covering about three-quarters of United for Care's budget. By February Morgan admitted to spending $4 on the ballot initiative.	Morgan, pollara, Amendment 2
Israeli pharmacists: Cannabis can cause side-effects, even death 01/15/2014 The effects of cannabis, the report continues, can be euphoria or dysphoria, calm, anxiety or even psychosis. Additional phenomena include heightened wakefulness followed by drowsiness, a sharpening of the senses followed by slower comprehension, and increased motor activity followed by problems of coordination. “Many of these side effects of cannabis stems from a high dosage or chronic use,” writes the pharmacists' association.	Death, Isreal, Pharmacists, Effects, Side-Effects
Parental THC Exposure Leads to Compulsive Heroin-Seeking and Altered Striatal Synaptic Plasticity in the Subsequent Generation. 01/02/2014 Recent attention has been focused on the long-term impact of cannabis exposure, for which experimental animal studies have validated causal relationships between neurobiological and behavioral alterations during the individual's lifetime.	Studies, THC, Pregnancy, Consequences
Drug Abuse Patterns and Trends in Colorado and the Denver/Boulder Metropolitan Area—Update: January 2014 01/01/2014 Overview of Findings: The most important finding for this reporting period in the Denver/Colorado CEWG area was the upward trend in indicators for methamphetamine, heroin, and prescription opioids/opiates other than heroin.	Rx Drugs, Colorado, NIDA
How lucrative is it to be one of Colorado’s legal marijuana dealers? (Not as lucrative as being an illegal one.) 01/01/2014	Taxes, Colorado-0
Legal pot: Colorado’s bad ‘medicine’ 12/29/2013	Colorado-0, Medical
What you should know about medical marijuana 12/27/2013	Medical, THC, Effects
Up In Smoke 12/27/2013 Not that it wasn’t predictable, but the federal government, fueled by new Monitoring the Future data collected by the University of Michigan on behalf of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), is reporting a rise in the illicit use of marijuana among high school students.	NIDA, School, Data
NW Fresno gunshot victim may have been in marijuana deal gone bad 12/24/2013	crime
Striking rise in accidental marijuana poisonings 12/13/2013 The number of unintentional marijuana poisonings in children rose markedly in Colorado after medical marijuana was decriminalized in 2009, with visits to one emergency department climbing from zero to 2.4% of all poisoning cases in just 2 years, according to a report published online May 27 in JAMA Pediatrics.	poisoning, Children, Medical
Pot smokers arrested for DUI: A record high in Washington 12/04/2013 Significantly more drivers pulled over by police in Washington state are testing positive for marijuana since legalization of the drug's recreational use took effect in January, according to figures released this week by the Washington State Patrol.	DUI, Arrest, Washington
John Morgan: the bombastic, omnipresent lawyer fueling Florida's 2014 election 11/29/2013 At any given time, the firm has $30 million to $40 million invested in cases awaiting a verdict or settlement. It spends about $45 million annually on advertising, not just television and radio but a sophisticated social media operation led by a team in New Jersey. The firm has zero debt.	legalization, Morgan
AMA Reaffirms Opposition to Marijuana Legalization 11/20/2013	AMA, opposed, risks
Pot problems in Colorado schools increase with legalization 11/11/2013	legalization, Colorado, School
Comes Now Epidiolex™ (FDA approves IND studies of CBD) 10/22/2013	Epidiolex, Charlotte's Web, epilepsy, Dr. Guy, gw pharm
House Speaker Greg Stumbo Pitching personal injury law firm commercials 10/17/2013 House Speaker Greg Stumbo has accepted a position as partner at Morgan & Morgan, a Florida-based personal-injury law firm whose founder, John Morgan, is a major financial backer of the movement to legalize medical marijuana. Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2013/10/17/2881362/house-speaker-greg-stumbo-pit...	Kentucky, Morgan, Stumbo
Greg Stumbo pitching personal-injury law firm in TV commercials 10/17/2013 "Greg and I have never talked about it, but I'm spending a boatload of money to get it on the ballot in Florida this fall," Morgan said. "Now that I know he feels this way, maybe we can do something in Kentucky, too." Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2013/10/17/2881362/house-speaker-greg-stumbo-pit...	Kentucky, Morgan
Cannabis Use during Adolescent Development: Susceptibility to Psychiatric Illness 10/13/2013	adolescent, Psychiatric, addiction, Schizophrenia, opioid, Studies
Will Colorado's Pot Taxes Preserve The Black Market? 10/10/2013	Taxes, Colorado-0
Marijuana: Current Concepts- Frontiers in Public Health 10/10/2013	abuse, addiction
PolitiFact- John Morgan says 'nobody's addicted' to marijuana 09/22/2013 Orlando attorney John Morgan said that "nobody’s addicted to" marijuana. Morgan quickly admitted that he was wrong, and experts agreed.	addiction, Morgan

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