http://www.realfarmacy.com/the-video-thats-making-millions-change-their-minds/

 
Knoxville, TN–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2014. Men’s consumption of alcohol, but not cannabis, is associated with intimate partner violence, according to survey data published this month in the journal Addictive Behaviors.
 
Full Article:
http://www.enewspf.com/opinion/analysis/49263-study-alcohol-not-cannabis-associated-with-intimate-partner-violence.html

 

 
 
The South Carolina legislature will consider a bill legalizing industrial hemp within Palmetto State borders during the 2014 session.
Sen. Kevin L. Bryant (R) introduced S0839 last month. The bill would allow industrial hemp farming in the State of South Carolina, nullifying the federal ban on the plant.
 
Full Article:
http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2014/01/south-carolina-will-consider-legislation-to-nullify-federal-ban-on-hemp/?doing_wp_cron=1389244090.0314350128173828125000

by Matt Wilstein

 
Appearing on HLN Wednesday afternoon, former NBA star Charles Barkley challenged Nancy Grace’s suggestion that all marijuana users are just “fat and lazy.” In fact, we can now add Barkley to the list of pot smokers who managed to make something of themselves despite experimenting with the drug.
“I probably smoked pot ten times in my life,” Barkley said, making sure to stress that it was when he was a “much younger” man. “It didn’t do anything but make me want to eat potato chips.”
Asked if this means Grace was right that marijuana makes people “fat,” Barkley said there were many more factors that contributed to his weight issues over the years. “It didn’t do anything for me,” he said. “It made me giggle and want to eat potato chips.”
 
Full Article & Video:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/charles-barkley-defends-pot-from-nancy-grace-it-just-made-me-giggle-and-eat-potato-chips/

By Kristina Sgueglia and Greg Botelho, CNN

 
(CNN) — New York State is poised to allow 20 hospitals to distribute medical marijuana, Gov. Andrew Cuomo formally announced Wednesday.
“Research suggests that medical marijuana can help manage pain and treatment of cancer and other serious illnesses,” Cuomo said in the annual State of State speech in Albany.
“We will establish a program allowing up to 20 hospitals to prescribe medical marijuana, and we will monitor the program to evaluate the effectiveness and the feasibility of a medical marijuana system,” Cuomo added, without elaborating.
 
Full Article:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/08/health/new-york-state-medical-marijuana/

by Shannon Vanraes

BY GAYLE PEREZ THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN

 
Out-of-town guests coming to Pueblo to buy marijuana now have a place to stay and legally smoke their weed.

The management at Microtel Inn & Suites, 3343 Gateway Drive, permits guests to smoke marijuana in any of their nine smoking rooms. There are 63 rooms in all at the inn.
“We figure people are going to do it (smoke marijuana) whether we let them or not,” said Heather Peralta, Microtel manager.
“It’s not my business to go around and patrol to see whether people are smoking marijuana.”
 
Full Article:
http://www.chieftain.com/news/breaking/2171897-119/marijuana-inn-smoke-guests

BY JANET PATTON

Serena Chu

 
In light of the legalization of marijuana in Colorado, local restaurant Hapa Sushi joined forces with TDA_Boulder to kickstart a new promotional campaign. Encouraging and normalizing the “stoner” mentality,” the campaign will run newspaper ads in local publications in Denver. But to really drum up some buzz, Boulder created a “pairing menu” and table placards around the pro-weed attitude.
 
Full Article:
http://www.psfk.com/2014/01/cannabis-sushi-restaurant.html#!rKaoE

The Huffington Post  |  By Nick Wing

 
 
After a year of preparation, Colorado opened its doors to the legal marijuana business last week, serving thousands of customers and racking up more than $5 million in taxed and regulated sales in just seven days. It was a promising sign that recreational marijuana could be a lucrative industry for other states interested in scaling back harsh anti-pot laws and listening to voters, who have increasingly shown support for legalizing the drug.
(Scroll down to see if your state is likely to be one of the next to legalize.)
Taxed and regulated marijuana is already coming to Washington state, which along with Colorado passed a legalization measure at the polls during the 2012 general election. And now that the Justice Department set a precedent last year by allowing these first legal pot laws to go into effect, marijuana policy reformers in other states are looking more intently at the best way to proceed.
 
Full Article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/08/legal-weed-next_n_4557583.html