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    Feb 21, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7

  1. Where There's Smoke: School District concerned about changing perceptions of marijuana

    <em>High </em>School is beginning to take on a life of it's own in Roanoke County.
    WDBJ7 Reporter
    High School is beginning to take on a life of it's own in Roanoke County. "I've heard that there are some people who do end up coming to school high." Sally Greenberg is a freshman at Hidden Valley High School and she's noticed that more and more of...

    Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Recreational Substance Use, Tobacco Addiction, Justin Bieber, Music

    2. Feb 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. The DEA's pot defense [Blowback]

    Reacting to a federal appellate court decision upholding the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's denial of reclassification of marijuana, The Times states in its <a href=&quot;http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-marijuana-dea-medical-research-20130125,0,5887628.story">Jan. 25 editorial</a> that whether marijuana should be reclassified under federal law to permit its prescription as a medicine should be based on science and an evaluation of the facts, rather than on myths. I fully agree.&nbsp;
    Reacting to a federal appellate court decision upholding the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's denial of reclassification of marijuana, The Times states in its Jan. 25 editorial that whether marijuana should be reclassified under federal law to...

    Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Health Treatments, Recreational Substance Use, Food and Drug Administration, Lobbying

    3. Jan 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  3. U.S. foes of legal pot focus on risks to the brain

    Reuters
    (Reuters) - With U.S. backers of legalized marijuana emboldened by victories in two states during the November elections, foes are ramping up efforts and honing their message to focus on risks they say the drug poses to mental health and intellectual...

    Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Harvard Medical School, Recreational Substance Use, Mental Health, Health Organizations

    4. Jan 16, 2013 |Story| KWCH

  4. Goddard beats national trends for marijuana use

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Americans use marijuana more than any other illegal drug according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.&nbsp; And the number of teens using it has grown in recent years.&nbsp; But a local school district has the numbers going in the opposite direction.</span>
    KWCH 12 Eyewitness News
    Americans use marijuana more than any other illegal drug according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.  And the number of teens using it has grown in recent years.  But a local school district has the numbers going in the opposite direction. Most...

    Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Recreational Substance Use, Substance Abuse, Teaching and Learning, Students

    5. Jan 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Teen pot smoking lowers adult IQ? A second look says maybe not

    In late August, baby boomers (and others whose teen years were spent in a haze of marijuana smoke) seemed to get the comeuppance they had long feared: A study suggested that early and frequent pot smoking resulted in depressed intelligence scores well...

    Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Recreational Substance Use, Duke University, Research

    6. Jan 20, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. The war on pot is no safe bet

    As recreational drugs go, marijuana is relatively benign. Unlike alcohol, it doesn't stimulate violence or destroy livers. Unlike tobacco, it doesn't cause lung cancer and heart disease. The worst you can say is that it produces intense, unreasoning panic. Not in users, but in critics.
    As recreational drugs go, marijuana is relatively benign. Unlike alcohol, it doesn't stimulate violence or destroy livers. Unlike tobacco, it doesn't cause lung cancer and heart disease. The worst you can say is that it produces intense, unreasoning...

    Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Recreational Substance Use, Heart Disease, Crime, Law and Justice

    7. Dec 15, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  7. Legalizing pot: What's happening in other states?

    The votes in Washington and Colorado last month legalizing marijuana were just the latest developments in the debate over marijuana use in the United States. Lawmakers and activists in some other states are contemplating their next moves in regards to...

    Tags: Scott Walker, Susana Martinez, Punishment, Louis I Lang, Peter Shumlin

    8. Dec 15, 2012 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online

  8. Valley Police Beat: An expensive tank of gas

    A white Nissan Frontier was stolen at a gas station as the victim left the keys in the vehicle to pay for gas Thursday. The reporting party saw the vehicle take off, but didn’t get a look at the driver, according to El Centro police call logs...

    Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Recreational Substance Use, Theft, Murder, Car Tires

    9. Dec 25, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  9. Pa. pot backers fired up by votes

    Some advocates of repealing or relaxing Pennsylvania’s anti-marijuana laws say they are encouraged by referendum votes to legalize recreational use of the drug in Colorado and Washington state, but Gov. Tom Corbett vows to veto any such bill. State...

    Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Recreational Substance Use, Government, Elections, Gays and Lesbians

    10. Dec 19, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Marijuana use among teens rises, national survey finds

    More adolescents are using pot and they increasingly believe that the drug is benign. Those are the findings from the latest annual survey of eighth-, 10th- and 12th-graders put out each year by the University of Michigan and funded by the National Institute on <span class=&quot;runtimeTopic">Drug Abuse</span>.
    More adolescents are using pot and they increasingly believe that the drug is benign. Those are the findings from the latest annual survey of eighth-, 10th- and 12th-graders put out each year by the University of Michigan and funded by the National...

    Tags: Vicodin (drug), Lifestyle and Leisure, Recreational Substance Use, University of Michigan, Drugs and Medicines

    11. Dec 6, 2012 |Story| KTUU

  11. Washington: Legal Recreational Marijuana Use in Effect Today

    In November, voters in the state of Washington approved a measure to make recreational marijuana use legal. That measure takes effect today.
    Jessica Ridgway, Channel 2 News
    In November, voters in the state of Washington approved a measure to make recreational marijuana use legal. That measure takes effect today. Washington state law now allows adults over 21 to posess up to an ounce of marijuana, but that contradicts...

    Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Recreational Substance Use

    12. Aug 23, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Rodney King drank, smoked pot before drowning, records show

    L.A. NOW
    Before his death by accidental drowning, Rodney King spent the night and early morning hours drinking and smoking marijuana at his house in Rialto and was stumbling around his backyard moments before he fell into his swimming pool, according to the San...
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