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By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - If recent laws legalizing marijuana in more U.S. states also boost sales of potato chips and brownies, scientists will know why: A study in mice published on Wednesday found, unexpectedly, that the active ingredients in pot essentially make appetite-curbing regions of the brain reverse functions. When that happens, neurons that ordinarily transmit a signal ... View the full article
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Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): Jane Fonda has admitted to smoking marijuana "every now and then," but says it often clouds her judgement. The 77-year-old actress added that she cannot see a movie on pot. View the full article
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A worker has been accused of possessing 39.5g of marijuana that he hid under his clothes and tried to sell to an informant for Dh1,500. Drug enforcement officers were said to have arrested the 42-year-old Bangladeshi worker, B.S., in possession of 66 pouches containing marijuana during a sting operation beside a mosque in Al Quoz. When asked if he could afford a lawyer, the suspect told ... View the full article
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Border Guards seized 144 kg of hashish and a rifle from 11 smugglers of African nationalities who were entering the Kingdom on foot from Yemen. Jazan Border Guard spokesman Maj. Hasan Al-Qusaibi said the smugglers were spotted at night as they were walking through the trees near the border. Guards began firing warning shots, arrested the smugglers and seized the drugs and the rifle, which ... View the full article
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CEN Biotech will be denied a licence to grow medicinal marijuana in Lakeshore, Ont., according to a statement by Health Canada. The company applied to grow about 590,000 kilograms (1.3 million pounds) of marijuana a year in a production plant off Manning Road. "Health Canada has in place a rigorous screening process for applicants seeking a license to produce under the Marijuana for Medical ... View the full article
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One in four cases of psychosis in Britain is associated with powerful strains of cannabis such as "skunk", a study has found. Casual users of the stronger variants of the class B substance have been found to be three times more likely to develop psychosis, while heavy users are five times more likely. The findings of the six-year study - which have been published in the Lancet Psychiatry journal ... View the full article
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The International Cannabis Business Conference in San Francisco, California drew in hundreds of marijuana enthusiasts for its opening day on 15 February. The conference is an opportunity for attorneys, entrepreneurs and other professionals to network and consider the future of marijuana in the US as well as in California. So now as cannabis becomes legal this number one cash crop is now being ... View the full article
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Reefer madness is upon us again, with media reports on a new cannabis study suggesting that a couple of puffs on a joint will inevitably lead young people to psychosis. These findings do not disprove the case for drug law reform: they make it. The study, by Robin Murray and Marta di Forti from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London, and published in the ... View the full article
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A powerful "skunk-like" cannabis is associated with one in four new cases of psychosis, a study has found. View the full article
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Federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose says her hands are tied right now over the growing trend of home-based marijuana grow ops because the matter is before the courts. Ambrose says if she had her way, there'd be no more grow ops for medical marijuana. View the full article
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A medical marijuana grow-op near a Markham school should be shut down, according to parents who expressed their outrage at a town hall meeting Wednesday night. The operation is set up in a house across the street from Sam Chapman Public School. Parents say they've noticed the pungent smell of the plants on their kids' clothes after they leave the elementary school. A meeting for the public was ... View the full article
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By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - A federal judge hearing the case of nine men accused of illegally growing marijuana in California said Wednesday she was taking very seriously arguments by their attorneys that the federal government has improperly classified the drug as among the most dangerous, and should throw the charges out. Judge Kimberly J. Mueller said she would rule ... View the full article
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The final player in a large Canberra hydroponic cannabis crop operation uncovered in 2012 has been jailed by the ACT Supreme Court. View the full article
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The Cannabis Party is looking to light up the Northland by-election. View the full article
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London, Feb 11 (IANS) Cannabis use is linked to the onset and exacerbation of mania symptoms, finds a study. Mania symptoms are part of bipolar disorder and can include feelings of persistent elation, heightened energy and hyperactivity and a reduced need for sleep. The researchers looked at a number of previous studies and concluded that cannabis use preceded the onset of mania symptoms. "The ... View the full article
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