We like to bring you stories about celebrities who “come out of the closet” in terms of consuming cannabis to not only highlight marijuana’s entrenchment in pop culture and everyday life, but to show those trolling the search engines for news on their favorite star that marijuana is not an evil thing, but a wonderful plant that many of your idols use for inspiration.
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The decision of whether to make Elon University a smoke-free campus by this fall has not yet been made, according to Smith Jackson, vice president and dean of Student Life.
Despite a recent rumor that campus would be smoke-free this March, Jackson said the earliest Elon would become smoke-free would be fall 2011.
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For some people, having clean air to breathe is a necessity and a health issue that isn’t taken lightly.
One such person is Marshall McFarland, a University senior art major who said he is susceptible to asthma attacks when he is exposed to environmental pollutants, such as second-hand cigarette smoke.
“I just find it disrespectful when people smoke in public places,” McFarland said. “It’s just a message to me that they don’t value my health.” Ream more »
Law enforcement officers urged state lawmakers Tuesday to ban or restrict the sale of medical-marijuana food and drink products, while cannabis advocates pleaded to keep them legal. The officers said the products, which include pot-infused brownies, candies and chocolate bars, are appealing to children and are showing up at schools.
“These aren’t trivial incidents,” Jim Gerhardt, a member of the North Metro Drug Task Force, told lawmakers. “A number of children have been hospitalized because of consuming these products.” Ream more »
Across America, there has been an ever growing movement to legalize the drug cannabis, more commonly known as marijuana, for both medical and recreational use. While the movement seemed to be going nowhere but to jail for decades, in recent years many pro-marijuana regulations, especially those regarding medical marijuana use, have been signed into effect all over the country. Ream more »
Lorillard and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services, claiming the federal agencies stacked the FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee with “a clique” who have “severe financial and appearance conflicts of interest and associated biases” on the tobacco industry.
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Abdel “AJ” Fernandez may be the best cigar maker you haven’t heard of. But not for long.
Born in Cuba where he worked with legendary Cuban cigar man Alejandro Robaina, A.J. has quickly gained fame making cigars for other cigar companies including Rocky Patel, Padilla, Graycliff and Gurkha and making exclusive cigars for catalog giant Cigar International (for whom he makes Diesel, Man O’ War, La Herencia and other smokes.)
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Simon Chase, a British sage of the cigar world, stood in an elegant hotel salon here on Wednesday before a select group of aficionados, scrutinizing a box of 1970s cigars for evidence of their proclaimed vintage.
One clue, he said, was the style and quality of the seal on the box. Another was the cigar’s old-fashioned, slightly domed end, or “cabeza tumbada.”
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A local hockey coach is arrested on suspicion of possessing and distributing marijuana Saturday.
Eric Hamlet turned himself into authorities after allegations of possessing large amounts of weed. Police say Hamlet and his hockey team were on their way to a game in Vancouver, Washington when he stopped the bus at a Post Office in Albany. That’s when he attempted to mail a box that post office employees found suspicious.
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The crops for sale carry labels like “dark vader,” “uk cheese” and “white russian.”
But the overwhelming smell of cannabis gives away the fact that there is really only one item for sale here: medical marijuana. There was little publicity for Seattle’s first medical marijuana farmers market held on Sunday. No posters or signs were hung outside the market’s venue, a small club where “erotic poetry” readings are held. Ream more »