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Two New Jersey Towns Want Weed Sales
With the marijuana legalization debate set to heat up this year in New Jersey, leaders in two of the state’s highest-profile towns, Jersey City and Asbury Park, say they have no problem with weed businesses in their cities.

Mexican Drug Cartels May Use Legal Marijuana to Take Over Northern California
For more than a decade, the Mexican drug cartels have been illegally growing weed in the forests of the United States, and federal agencies have had mixed success destroying these illicit crops. Today, California is the epicenter of black-market marijuana in the U.S., with over 90 percent of the country’s illegal marijuana farms. The authorities say they’re finding cartel-affiliated weed on government-owned lands in states including Oregon, Utah, Washington, Nevada, and Arizona, all of which permit some form of medical marijuana.

Does Marijuana Grow In The Wild?
Wild marijuana (also known as feral marijuana) grows almost everywhere in the world. Chances are, whether you were aware of it or not, you have encountered marijuana growing in the wild.

California’s Cannabis Edibles Just Got Surprisingly Boring
Shelves of licensed dispensaries have been replacing novel THC-CBD infused products like potato chips, cotton candy, pizza sauce, salsa, and nacho cheese with run of the mill cookies, candies, and chocolate. Boring.

What Happens When You Inject Weed
People who inject weed aren’t exactly chemists. So instead of breaking down some form of safe, pure THC, most of these morons just boiled weed, strained the water, and shot it into their veins. It does not end well.

What Cancer Patients Should Know
For cancer patients wanting to use legal marijuana, it can be tough to find reliable information. So the author asked Dr. Jordan Tishler, who runs medical offices in Cambridge and Brookline dedicated to prescribing cannabis, some basic questions about cannabis and the advice he offers his patients.

The Best Part of Legal Weed Is Erasing Your Criminal History
As California rolls out recreational weed, more people are coming out of the woodwork to clear their names and start over.