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No More Cannabis In Bangkok? New Thailand Laws To Clamp Down On Marijuana
The Thai government will urgently move a bill to ban the recreational use of cannabis, the health minister said on Tuesday, after the kingdom decriminalised the drug in 2022.
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Amazon Says It's Relaxing Marijuana Policy To 'Become Earth's Best Employer'
Amazon has said it will further relax its marijuana policy for employees and is gearing up to support national legislation to legalise the drug. Citing its decision from June 2021, the American e-commerce giant said it has “reinstated the employment eligibility” for former employees and applicants terminated or deferred during random or pre-emp...
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Marijuana Use Linked To Increased Risk Of Heart Problems
"Marijuana use, both recreational and medical, is increasing nationally yet many of its cardiovascular effects remain poorly understood," said lead author Ersilia M DeFilippis from Columbia University in the US.
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Let's Legalize Use Of Recreational Marijuana, Says New York Governor
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday called for the legalization of recreational marijuana use in his state -- a move that would add America's most populous city to the growing list of places that allow the drug's use.
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Marijuana Smokers Beware! You Are At High Risk Of This Disease
Growing trends of stroke among marijuana users warrant further prospective studies to evaluate the marijuana-stroke association amidst legalisation of recreational use: researchers.
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Canada Legalises Sale And Use Of Recreational Marijuana
Nearly a century of marijuana prohibition came to an end Wednesday as Canada became the first major Western nation to legalize and regulate its sale and recreational use.
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Canada Set To Unveil Legislation Legalising Cannabis
The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will unveil legislation Thursday to fully legalize recreational marijuana use, making Canada only the second country to do so, after Uruguay.
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Canada To Legalise Recreational Marijuana By Mid-2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals will introduce legislation in the coming weeks which would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Canada by the middle of next year, reports said on Monday.
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Someone Changed Hollywood Sign To Hollyweed In New Year's Eve Prank
The famed Hollywood sign high in the hills over Los Angeles got a little higher on Sunday, when someone altered two of its letters to make it read "Hollyweed."
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California Voters Approve Recreational Use Of Marijuana
Voters in California on Tuesday approved the recreational use of marijuana in the nation's most populous state, officials said.
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Mexico's Top Court Opens Door to Recreational Pot Use
Mexico's Supreme Court opened the door to recreational use of marijuana in a landmark ruling Wednesday, giving a group of activists permission to grow and smoke their own pot.
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Controversial Marijuana Initiative Defeated in Ohio Vote
A controversial ballot measure which would have legalized the recreational use of marijuana but granted a monopoly to its backers failed to win the support of voters in the US state of Ohio Tuesday.
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Alaska Becomes Third American State to Legalise Marijuana
Alaska on Tuesday became the third American state to allow the recreational use of marijuana, following in the steps of Colorado and Washington State, and soon to be joined by Oregon.
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Philippine Bishops OK Marijuana - But Only for Terminally Ill
Senior church leaders in the conservative Philippines said on Monday they support the use of marijuana to ease the pain of the terminally ill, but not for recreational reasons.
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World's first state-licensed marijuana retailers open doors in Colorado
The world's first state-licensed marijuana retailers legally permitted to sell pot for recreational use opened for business in Colorado on Wednesday with long lines of customers, marking a new chapter in America's drug culture.
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No More Cannabis In Bangkok? New Thailand Laws To Clamp Down On Marijuana
The Thai government will urgently move a bill to ban the recreational use of cannabis, the health minister said on Tuesday, after the kingdom decriminalised the drug in 2022.
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Amazon Says It's Relaxing Marijuana Policy To 'Become Earth's Best Employer'
Amazon has said it will further relax its marijuana policy for employees and is gearing up to support national legislation to legalise the drug. Citing its decision from June 2021, the American e-commerce giant said it has “reinstated the employment eligibility” for former employees and applicants terminated or deferred during random or pre-emp...
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Marijuana Use Linked To Increased Risk Of Heart Problems
"Marijuana use, both recreational and medical, is increasing nationally yet many of its cardiovascular effects remain poorly understood," said lead author Ersilia M DeFilippis from Columbia University in the US.
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Let's Legalize Use Of Recreational Marijuana, Says New York Governor
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday called for the legalization of recreational marijuana use in his state -- a move that would add America's most populous city to the growing list of places that allow the drug's use.
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Marijuana Smokers Beware! You Are At High Risk Of This Disease
Growing trends of stroke among marijuana users warrant further prospective studies to evaluate the marijuana-stroke association amidst legalisation of recreational use: researchers.
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Canada Legalises Sale And Use Of Recreational Marijuana
Nearly a century of marijuana prohibition came to an end Wednesday as Canada became the first major Western nation to legalize and regulate its sale and recreational use.
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Canada Set To Unveil Legislation Legalising Cannabis
The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will unveil legislation Thursday to fully legalize recreational marijuana use, making Canada only the second country to do so, after Uruguay.
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Canada To Legalise Recreational Marijuana By Mid-2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals will introduce legislation in the coming weeks which would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Canada by the middle of next year, reports said on Monday.
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Someone Changed Hollywood Sign To Hollyweed In New Year's Eve Prank
The famed Hollywood sign high in the hills over Los Angeles got a little higher on Sunday, when someone altered two of its letters to make it read "Hollyweed."
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California Voters Approve Recreational Use Of Marijuana
Voters in California on Tuesday approved the recreational use of marijuana in the nation's most populous state, officials said.
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Mexico's Top Court Opens Door to Recreational Pot Use
Mexico's Supreme Court opened the door to recreational use of marijuana in a landmark ruling Wednesday, giving a group of activists permission to grow and smoke their own pot.
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Controversial Marijuana Initiative Defeated in Ohio Vote
A controversial ballot measure which would have legalized the recreational use of marijuana but granted a monopoly to its backers failed to win the support of voters in the US state of Ohio Tuesday.
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Alaska Becomes Third American State to Legalise Marijuana
Alaska on Tuesday became the third American state to allow the recreational use of marijuana, following in the steps of Colorado and Washington State, and soon to be joined by Oregon.
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Philippine Bishops OK Marijuana - But Only for Terminally Ill
Senior church leaders in the conservative Philippines said on Monday they support the use of marijuana to ease the pain of the terminally ill, but not for recreational reasons.
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World's first state-licensed marijuana retailers open doors in Colorado
The world's first state-licensed marijuana retailers legally permitted to sell pot for recreational use opened for business in Colorado on Wednesday with long lines of customers, marking a new chapter in America's drug culture.
