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What Were the Consequences of Legalizing Weed in Colorado?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Feb. 14, 2018 A newspaper editorial gets some facts right, and some wrong, in weighing up the consequences of ...
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Did Jeff Sessions Praise Marijuana in a College Rock Band?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Feb. 7, 2018 A spoof video about the notoriously anti-pot Attorney General was produced by a comedy group and ...
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Is It Possible to Get High from Secondhand Marijuana Smoke?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Jan. 5, 2018 It is possible to experience some psychoactive effects from secondhand exposure to marijuana smo ...
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Attorney General Sessions Orders Return to Pre-Obama Marijuana Enforcement

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jan. 5, 2018 The move has caused uncertainty in the legal cannabis industry just days after California opened ...
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Can Marijuana Use Lead to Simultaneous Screaming and Vomiting?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Dec. 7, 2017 A story employed the colorful portmanteau term "scromiting" to describe an illness potentially r ...
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Did the Drug Enforcement Administration Legalize Synthetic Marijuana While Keeping 'the Real Thing' Illegal?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Nov. 30, 2017 Bioidentical but synthetic THC has been approved for medical use since 1985, but it was only rec ...
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Did a Colorado Infant Become the 'First Pot Overdose Death'?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Nov. 17, 2017 “We are absolutely not saying that marijuana killed that child,” the co-author of a recently mis ...
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Is This a Marijuana Grower Hiding From Law Enforcement?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Nov. 14, 2017 A video purportedly showing a marijuana grower hiding from police is not genuine footage.
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Does Marijuana Contain More Tar Than Cigarettes?

Did Virginia's Governor Legalize Marijuana?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Nov. 1, 2017 A prank news article led to widespread rumors that Governor Terry McAuliffe had passed a law leg ...
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Did 'Mexican Drug Cartels' Start the California Wildfires?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Oct. 17, 2017 Disreputable web sites provide no evidence to support a half-baked theory about the cause of the ...
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Is Fentanyl-Laced Marijuana Use on the Rise?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Sept. 26, 2017 Nearly all reports of fentanyl-laced marijuana use are based on faulty reporting, and no evidenc ...
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Does Marijuana Contain More Tar Than Cigarettes?

31-Year-Old British Woman Died of “Cannabis Poisoning”?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
July 30, 2017 Although this claim is based on official testimony from a pathologist during an inquiry into a m ...
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Was Pot Planted in Potholes in Portland?

Written by:
Dan Evon
April 24, 2017 An image purportedly showing marijuana plants growing in potholes is fake.
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Marijuana Legalized in Texas?

Written by:
Dan Evon
April 14, 2017 A claim that the Lone Star State has legalized recreational pot use came from a web site that al ...
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Did Jeff Sessions Say Marijuana Use Leads to Abortions?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
March 22, 2017 A report that the U.S. Attorney General said that marijuana caused more unwanted pregnancies was ...
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Will Legalizing Marijuana Exacerbate the United States' Opioid Epidemic?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Feb. 23, 2017 White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer suggested that the Trump administration will likely enfo ...
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4,200 Free Joints to Be Given Away Before Trump's Inauguration

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Jan. 4, 2017 “One way to Make America Great Again is to acknowledge the failure of the war on drugs,” the eve ...
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First Recorded Marijuana Overdose Occurs Hours After Massachusetts Legalization?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Dec. 15, 2016 Just after recreational marijuana was officially legalized in Massachusetts, hoax reports appear ...
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Has Newport Introduced Marijuana Cigarettes on Sale Worldwide?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Dec. 8, 2016 Rumor holds that Newport will soon be selling mass-produced joints under the brand name "Newport ...
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Jill Stein Caught Embezzling Recount Funds for Marijuana Dinner Party

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Nov. 28, 2016 An old photograph of Jill Stein was used to claim that the Green Party presidential candidate ha ...
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