Pregnancy started out rough for Leslie Siu. Morning sickness and migraines had her reeling and barely able to function at a demanding New York marketing job, so like rising numbers of U.S. mothers-to-be, she turned to marijuana.
Doctors, nurses and anesthesiologists in Colorado have noticed that marijuana use may affect a patient's responses to both anesthesia and recovery from surgery.
LOS ANGELES — The parking lot outside a stark-looking dispensary on a busy street here is almost full on a weekday afternoon. Inside, jars of weed line the shelves behind a counter and colorful signs show prices. But if everything looks normal, it isn't.
The dispensary is part of a booming black market.
For Amazon-owned Whole Foods to get the right to sell a single pot brownie, every non-violent marijuana-related conviction must be thrown out.
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Pot sales began legally in Washington State on Tuesday, with a select number of stores selling a limited amount of cannabis.
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Pope Francis came out strongly against the legalization of recreational drugs on Friday.
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A cloud of marijuana smoke fills the sky above Lazarat, Albania. The smoke was a result of police burning plants during a crackdown that included 10 tons of marijuana.
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If you’re a hacker who smokes pot, the FBI would like to speak with you. About a job.
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It's high times for at least two pot stores in Colorado.
A southern Colorado county with a pair of recreational weed shops became the first in the state Monday to announce tax totals from its fledgling — and recently legalized — industry.
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In Washington and Colorado, it can be easier to get through airport security with a bag of weed than a bottle of water.
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Fifty-five percent of Americans support legislative efforts to legalize marijuana, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Those respondents would back similar laws to the ones on the books in Colorado and Washington state, where adults over the age of 21 are permitted to possess limited amounts of marijuana for personal use.
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The high times in Colorado are coming with high costs for cannabis consumers.
Hemp hunters who waited for hours early Wednesday to be among the first to legally purchase marijuana from state retailers found sticker shock at cash registers.
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Colorado's legal recreational marijuana industry kicked off Wednesday with an Iraq war veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder making the first pot purchase under the new law.
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Uruguay became the first country to legalize the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana on Tuesday, a pioneering social experiment that will be closely watched by other nations debating drug liberalization.
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As the two states that have legalized recreational pot — Washington and Colorado — begin to issue licenses and retail shops open, investors are putting their money on weed.
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Americans who believe marijuana should remain illegal are now in the minority, according to new poll numbers released Tuesday.
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The Justice Department will not sue to prevent the states of Washington and Colorado from permitting recreational marijuana use for adults.
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