Category Archives: MPP

Teen Marijuana Use Continues to Rise Despite High Arrest Rates

Marijuana use by 8th, 10th and 12th grade students increased again in 2011, with more American teenagers now using marijuana for the fourth year in a row, according to numbers released today by the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the University of Michigan as part of the annual Monitoring the Future survey. In 2011, … Continue reading

Reader Feedback On Drug Testing Welfare Recipients

Last month, we asked you for your take on laws that require welfare recipients to take and pass a drug test in order to receive benefits. It was a hot topic, generating more comments than any blog posting since the U.S. attorney crackdown in California. We also set up a survey, which over 700 of … Continue reading

Marijuana in Middle Age: Two Interesting Studies

Attention middle-age marijuana users: you now have one more piece of ammunition to use against people who say that marijuana use is making you slow. According to a study published last year in the American Journal of Epidemiology, moderate marijuana use, both past and current, has no long-term effects on cognitive function and memory. Of … Continue reading

Snoop Dogg Busted Again

Eminent rapper and marijuana aficionado Snoop Dogg was arrested over the weekend when officers at a Texas checkpoint searched his tour bus and found a few joints. He was issued a citation and released. Imagine that, Snoop Dogg has a few joints in his tour bus! That means the town of Sierra Blanca, TX should … Continue reading

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer relents; dispensaries will be registered

Today, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) announced she will not re-file her lawsuit questioning the validity of Arizona’s medical marijuana program. She also announced that once litigation is resolved challenging the health department rules, her health department will begin issuing dispensary registrations. Gov. Brewer’s announcement follows a January 4 ruling dismissing her lawsuit. Judge Susan … Continue reading