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Marijuana use linked to impaired sleep quality

Tuesday, 03 June 2014 16:58 CEST

New research in the journal Sleep and being presented Wednesday, June 4th in Minneapolis at SLEEP 2014 suggests that marijuana use is associated with impaired sleep quality.
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California dirty bu$ine$$

Monday, 02 June 2014 21:34 CEST

Voters who cast a ballot in San Jose's municipal election on Tuesday could receive free marijuana from the city's medical marijuana dispensaries, NBCreported.
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How Antwerp turned into Europe's go-to city for cocaine

Monday, 02 June 2014 21:02 CEST

Antwerp, Belgium's genteel port city, is now revealed as a global drugs gateway and the cocaine capital of Europe
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SAM applauds unprecedented agreement between Georgia, manufacturer of CBD medicine

Monday, 02 June 2014 15:20 CEST

The State of Georgia and GW Pharmaceuticals have forged an unprecedented agreement that is a smart, compassionate way to ensure children with intractable epilepsy receive a new medication based on a non-intoxicating component of cannabis.
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High-ranking Guatemalan drug trafficker extradited to face federal drug charges

Tuesday, 27 May 2014 19:19 CEST

United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Juan Alberto Ortiz-Lopez, a/k/a "Chamale," a/k/a "Juanito," (43, San Marcos, Guatemala) has been extradited to the Middle District of Florida to face federal drug trafficking charges. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Ortiz-Lopez that the United States intends to forfeit any and all properties, which are traceable to proceeds of the offenses. Ortiz-Lopez was indicted on February 1, 2011 and arrested on March 30, 2011, by Guatemalan authorities.
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Obama’s DOJ spent over $330 million on ‘drugs and biologicals’ in five years

Tuesday, 03 June 2014 16:53 CEST

The Department of Justice has spent more than $330 million on "drugs and biologicals" for the federal prison system during the Obama Administration. A total of 41,658 contracts amounting to $332.5 million were awarded for pharmaceuticals by the DOJ for the federal prison system under the Bureau of Prison jurisdiction during fiscal years 2010 through 2015, according to the government's official spending database.
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Study finds medical pot farms draining streams dry

Monday, 02 June 2014 21:11 CEST

Some drought-stricken rivers and streams in Northern California's coastal forests are being polluted and sucked dry by water-guzzling medical marijuana farms, wildlife officials say - an issue that has spurred at least one county to try to outlaw personal grows.
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After 5 months of sales, Colorado sees the downside of a legal high

Monday, 02 June 2014 20:57 CEST

Five months after Colorado became the first state to allow recreational marijuana sales, the battle over legalization is still raging. Law enforcement officers in Colorado and neighboring states, emergency room doctors and legalization opponents increasingly are highlighting a series of recent problems as cautionary lessons for other states flirting with loosening marijuana laws.
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U.S: A law degree and a judicial robe is not necessarily evidence of wisdom

Wednesday, 28 May 2014 14:27 CEST

A federal appeals court judge, Richard Posner, nominated by former President Ronald Reagan believes that all illegal drugs should be decriminalized and regulated by the government.
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Colorado's neighbors dismayed by new wave of marijuana traffic

Tuesday, 27 May 2014 19:13 CEST

Although legalization continues to be celebrated within Colorado, its next-door neighbors are none too pleased. In fact, many are furious.
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