Marijuana used to have a subversive reputation. But a new study from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the University of Miami found that the majority of people smoke weed for a very boring reason: they just want to get some sleep. Published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, …
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Revenue from legal marijuana sales in Colorado has surpassed $1 billion since recreational sales began in 2014, according to the Colorado Department of Revenue. The official number, which is just over $1.02 billion, comprises revenue from marijuana taxes, licenses and fees. Along with the overall revenue numbers, the CDOR said …
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Eric Andre will bring his surreal comedic style throughout North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand on the massive “Legalize Everything Tour.” The 33-date trek, which the comedian hyped on Twitter as his “biggest world tour ever,” launches August 23rd in Bristol, England; the North American leg kicks off September …
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A vigil for school shooting victim Kendrick Castillo, who died while trying to stop two gunmen from STEM School Highlands Ranch in Colorado, broke out into cries of protest when high school students accused some speakers at the vigil of exploiting their grief for political ends. On Wednesday evening, nearly …
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Some scientists fear a third of the polar bears in the world may be gone by 2030 due to climate change and how it will affect future sea conditions. To show how the species is struggling to survive as they search for food, National Geographic captured a moment where a …
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Jake Thomas Patterson saw the 13-year-old girl with red hair just once, getting on a school bus that had pulled up in front of a house off Highway 8 outside Barron, Wisconsin, temporarily bringing his own car to a stop. That morning, Patterson, 21, was on his way to his …
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A 23-year-old woman who was arrested for planning a terror attack on a Toledo, Ohio bar exchanged letters with Dylann Roof, the South Carolina church shooter currently awaiting federal death sentence. The FBI revealed the correspondence between Roof and Ohio native Elizabeth Lecron at a press conference Monday after Lecron …
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Social media network Tumblr is permanently banning adult content, following an incident in mid-November where the discovery of child porn prompted Apple to remove the platform from its App Store. According to the Verge, as of December 17th, Tumblr users will be strictly prohibited from posting explicit sexual content and …
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