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Study: Pot Smoking Increases Risk of Psychosis

By Katie DrummondMar 1st 2010 – 3:45PM
Seattle Times / MCT

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(March 1) -- Before Mike Stultz even ate breakfast, the 17-year-old would start his morning by smoking a joint -- only to bump up with a few hits of marijuana every few hours throughout the day. One year later, he was pulled out of college after suffering from a hallucinatory breakdown. Stultz had become convinced that...

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Marc Emery: Origins of 4/20 as a Day of Celebration & Protests

By Marc Emery Apr 20th 2012 - 11:52AM

When I first began my Vancouver hemp store, HEMP BC, in July 1994, my first hires were Ian Hunter and Danna Rozek, two people I'd met in the months prior to opening my retail shop at 324 West Hastings (across from the location, 18 years later, of Cannabis Culture Headquarters).

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WATCH: Top 10 Pot Smoking Movie Scenes

By Caroline Weller Apr 19th 2012 - 12:18PM

The unnamed, endlessly quotable cannabis cinema genre is full of cult favorites like "Half Baked,""Up In Smoke" and the early "Reefer Madness."

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Pot Smoking Middle Agers Have Sharper Minds

By Newser.com Jan 05th 2012 - 11:00AM

Past or present drug use doesn't seem to damage middle-aged brains, a new study finds.

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Jerry Brown Vetoes Pot Shop Bill

By Carly Schwartz Sep 26th 2011 - 10:29PM

When California Governor Jerry Brown warned legislators that they would soon be " singing the veto blues ," he wasn't kidding.

Background on pot smoking

Cannabis smoking involves inhaling vapors released by heating the flowers and subtending leaves of the Cannabis plants, known as marijuana.

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