marijuana
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Elon Musk Smoking Joe Rogan’s Weed Somehow Ended Up Costing Taxpayers $7.3 Million
Last year, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk went on YouTube host Joe Rogan’s show and smoked some weed. That was unfortunate, because SpaceX happens to be a U.S. military contractor, and the U.S. government does not like marijuana—and in this instance, it disliked it so much it spent $7.3 million to demonstrate its displeasure.
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Legal Cannabis May Not Lower Opioid Overdose Deaths After All
A new study seems to deal a serious blow to one of the pro-cannabis movement’s talking points: the idea that the more medical cannabis is legalised, the fewer people will die from opioid overdoses. The findings suggest that there’s no real connection between the rate of opioid overdose deaths and a state’s medical cannabis laws,…
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San Francisco To Expunge Thousands Of Cannabis Convictions With Help From An Algorithm
Last year, the San Francisco District Attorney’s office said it was teaming up with Code for America, a nonprofit that aims to better government through technology. The goal was to use a Code for America algorithm to identify and expunge criminal records that could be cleared by California’s Proposition 64, which retroactively eliminated or reduced…
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Australian Scientists Found Genes That Might Explain Your Desire To Get High
A team of Australian and International scientists just wrapped up the biggest study ever into the genetic predisposition for cannabis use – looking at DNA samples from more than 180,000 people from all over the world. And guess what? There are 35 genes that can influence you to pick up a joint. Or an apple…