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Image of a Pie Chart showing 83.2% of people did not use cannabis before using other drugs

PERCENT OF 18- TO 29-YEAR-OLD ILLICIT DRUG USERS WHOSE FIRST DRUG WAS CANNABIS (BASED ON STUDY OF JAPANESE HEROIN USERS) (Picture: Mic, Data: NCBI)

Marijuana is not a gateway drug, if anything alcohol is

Christopher Hooton ~ Independent UK ~

It's our legal drug of choice that is at the beginning of the chain

Science 30 April 2015

Image of chart showing Views of Legalizing Marijuana, 1969-2015

Pew Research Center

Foes of Marijuana Legalization Can't Like These New Numbers

Matt Ferner ~ Huffington Post ~

Opponents of legalizing marijuana can't be happy about several new polls released Tuesday. Majority support for making cannabis legal is holding steady, while young adults are legalization's biggest fans. And that's true both nationally and in several swing states.

Science 14 April 2015

Image of a 3D printed hemp plastic skate board

3D Printed Lotus Skateboard

A Skateboard 3D Printed with Hemp? Lotus Boards Among Those Bringing Hemp to 3D Printing Materials

TE EDWARDS ~ 3DPrint.com

Commercial production of hemp in the West took hold in the eighteenth century, and the colonial and naval expansion of England at the time meant large quantities of hemp were needed to make everything from rope to shipbuilding oakum.

Science 18 March 2015

Today's new cycle illustrates how researchers and the media hype the alleged harms of cannabis (shown above). - DAVID DOWNS Today's new cycle illustrates how researchers and the media hype the alleged harms of cannabis (shown above). - DAVID DOWNS

Watch Biased Cannabis Science and Media in Action

David Downs ~ East Bay Express ~

In February we detailed how cannabis research is institutionally biased and broadly misinterpreted by the media. Today we get an illustration of that vicious cycle.

Science 12 March 2015

Cannabis, science and television - a potent mix? Photograph: ABIR SULTAN/ABIR SULTAN/epa/Corbis

Cannabis, neuroscience and TV: A ~ joint ~ enterprise

The Guardian ~

What’s it like to turn your science into 90 minutes of TV? The researchers involved in Channel 4’s Drugs Live share their experience

Science 11 March 2015

Seana Smith - FOXBusiness

Hemp Biotech Company Launching Oral-Care Line

Seana Smith ~ Fox Business News

The U.S. market for legal cannabis is booming, bringing in $2.7 billion last year, according to The ArcView Group. That figure is a 74% jump from 2013.

Science 27 February 2015

The Growing Hemp Industry Worries Some Marijuana Growers

Johnny Green ~ The Weed Blog

Marijuana reformers and hemp reformers have fought side by side for many years.

Science 23 February 2015