Archive for February, 2009
NJ Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill
By admin at 24 February, 2009, 5:23 pm
The New Jersey state senate voted yesterday to allow state residents with serious debilitating conditions to use medical marijuana, putting the state on a path to become the 14th in the nation to legalize the drug for medicinal use.
Democrat Nicholas Scutari, one of the bill’s sponsors, said the bill is aimed to help people in [...]
More Americans Favor Marijuana Legalization Than 30 Years Ago
By admin at 6 February, 2009, 3:20 pm
More Americans are comfortable with the idea of the legalization of marijuana today than they were 30 years ago.
That’s according to a new CBS/New York Times survey which found that 41 percent of Americans favor the legalization of cannabis compared to 27 percent in 1979.
There is also an age gap in the survey with adults [...]
Michael Phelps Apologizes for Marijuana Picture
By admin at 2 February, 2009, 12:21 pm
After photos of him smoking marijuana from a bong surfaced in a UK paper last week, Olympic swimming phenomenon Michael Phelps apologized yesterday saying his behavior was “regrettable” (see photo here).
Phelps became a worldwide star after winning a record eight gold medals at the Summer Olympics last year in Beijing, China.
The success made Phelps a [...]
