marijuana

From Time.com: Since the days of Reefer Madness, scientists have sought to understand the complex connection between marijuana and psychosis. Cannabis can cause short-term psychotic experiences, such as hallucinations and paranoia, even in healthy people, but researchers have also long noted a link between marijuana use and the chronic psychotic disorder, schizophrenia.

From NYTimes.com: The Bloomberg administration has quietly been fixing up its sons and daughters with cool summer internships, as reported Tuesday in The New York Times. Which is probably fine: It is hard to see nepotism as much of a sin when it is really just another chapter of Darwinism, the drive possessed by all […]

From Reuters: The city of Oakland, California on Tuesday legalized large-scale marijuana cultivation for medical use and will issue up to four permits for “industrial” cultivation starting next year.

FROM NYTimes.com: Ron Allen says he knows all too well the ravages of drug addiction.

From AssociatedPress: New Jersey is getting closer to going into the medical marijuana business. A key state senator says he now supports the idea of having the state’s supply of medical marijuana initially grown by Rutgers University.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A ban on an herbal mixture that gives a marijuana-like high when smoked but is sold as herbal incense won final legislative passage Monday and heads to the governor’s desk.