Alcohol kills approximately 70,000 people per year. Prescription pills, which have helped overdose become the leading cause of accidental death in America, result in more than 20,000 deaths per year. Marijuana has never killed anybody.
A 125-year-old woman, said to be one of the oldest women in India, died at her home in Orissa, her family said Sunday. Fulla Nayak claimed that smoking cannabis every day was her secret to long life.
Fulla Nayak, a resident of Kanarpur village in the coastal district of Kendrapada, died of old age complications Saturday.
READ MORE via 125 Year Old Woman Claimed Smoking Pot Everyday Was Her Secret to Long Life « Cafe Vale Tudo.
An Alabama legislator is going forward with his bill that would legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes, and he expects to pre-file the legislation within a week.
Rep. K.L. Brown (R-Jacksonville) said on Wednesday that he had submitted the bill Monday to the state’s Legislative Reference Service, reports Patrick McCreless at The Anniston Star. Lawmakers submit their legislation to that department before filing it in the Legislature.
via Medical Marijuana Bill Will Be Introduced In Alabama – Toke of the Town.
Cool raccoon shirt, too.
Almost 400 years after his death, a literary legend may get drug tested.
A South African anthropologist has requested to open the grave of William Shakespeare to see if he can demystify the cause of the English dramatist’s death—as well as determine whether or not marijuana was his muse, Live Science reports.
via Was Shakespeare a Stoner? His Grave Could Hold the Answer – TIME NewsFeed.
Diplomat MC Juelz Santana a.k.a. LaRon James was hit with five weapon and marijuana charges on Feb. 2 following the Jan. 20 raid on his Bergenfield, New Jersey studio that netted two guns and 17 bags of weed. After being released from the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack, Santana tweeted: “Out on bail $125k. NO 10%. Sellin dime bags!? LMFAO!”
Juelz Santana mug shotSantana told MTV on Feb. 3: “I’ve been done with that, that life. Especially selling weed. It ain’t like they said, ‘Oh we raided his studio, we found 100 pounds of marijuana.’ They found less than a half a ounce of weed in a studio. In a studio? That’s what people do – go to the studio, smoke weed. So why would you assume that’s being sold instead of being smoked? Then at the end of the day, I wasn’t even there, so how would you pin some charges on me?”
via Busted for Weed & Guns, Juelz Santana Says, ‘I’m Not Selling Dime Bags’ – CelebStoner.com.