Article by Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press via The Detroit News In what may be his last significant act as President Barack Obama’s surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy released a report Thursday calling for a major cultural shift in the way Americans view drug and alcohol addiction. The report, “Facing Addiction in America,” details the toll addiction takes on the ...

Article by Becky Bohrer, The Associated Press via Canadian Business With legal marijuana sales underway in Alaska, growers will soon be submitting their first tax payments to the state. For most businesses, that wouldn’t be a problem: they’d just cut a check. But some banks are leery about dealing with pot businesses since marijuana remains illegal on the federal level. ...

Article by Ariffin Sha, The Online Citizen Chijoke Stephan Obioha, a Nigerian graduate who first came to Singapore for a football trial, is set to be hung at dawn tomorrow after the Court of Appeal dismissed an Urgent Criminal Motion filed by his lawyer, Mr Joseph Chen. Chijoke was first arrested in 2007 and sentenced to the Mandatory Death Penalty ...

Article by Nicki Jhabvala, Denver Post Former Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer is auctioning off 16 game-day experiences to fund a series of studies on cannabinoid treatments for traumatic brain injuries and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The “Game Day with the Snake” packages will include time with Plummer and “surprise VIP guests” from the Broncos; a ticket and pregame field pass ...

Article by Lynn Horsley, The Kansas City Star A group that seeks to decriminalize marijuana possession in Kansas City has submitted more than 4,000 petition signatures to the clerk’s office, asking the City Council to adopt its proposal or put a measure on the April ballot. The measure says possession of 35 grams or less of marijuana would be treated ...

Article by Jon Hiltz, Marijuana.com The massive amount of political news erupting from the U.S. has seemingly eclipsed all other world events for the moment. One story that was almost overlooked, but could be big news for European marijuana reform, is the possible legalization of cannabis in Berlin, Germany. Berlin’s three political groups (The Greens, The Left Party, and the Social ...

Article by Alex Samuels, Texas Tribune Less than a week after several other states approved measures weakening marijuana restrictions, some Texas lawmakers are looking to do the same. On Monday, the first day of bill filing for the 2017 legislative session, Lone Star State legislators submitted several proposals to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. Among the bills are those that would create ...

Written by Madison Park for CNN. Getting high in Denver is about to get more social. The city is on track to approving a groundbreaking new measure that would allow people to use marijuana at designated businesses such as restaurants and bars. Although the results are not yet finalized, the tally as of Tuesday night showed 53.4% voted in favor ...

Article by Adrian D. Garcia, Denverite Denver voters decided to move Colorado’s experiment of treating marijuana like alcohol another step forward and OKed public consumption of the drug in certain spaces. Advocates carried Initiative 300 to a narrow victory passing the ordinance with more than 53 percent of the vote as of Tuesday morning. Another 141,225 of the 302,505 votes — about 47 percent ...

Article by Simon Plumb, New Zealand Herald A major medical marijuana trial is underway in New Zealand – testing the effects of a new cannabis gel on epilepsy patients. The Ministry of Health has given the green light for Kiwis to be part of the ground-breaking clinical trial, investigating the effects of the newly-developed cannabidiol gel ZYN002 in stopping or ...