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Lawmakers Push Obama to Soften Marijuana Rules
Obama’s recent comments saying pot is less dangerous than alcohol look like an opportunity to advocates for relaxed marijuana laws
Marco Rubio Won’t Say if He Smoked Pot
The Republican Senator says his answer is “irrelevant”
TIME Newsmaker Interview With Vice President Joe Biden
Plus: his take on pot legalization, Obamacare, McConnell and his job in the second term
Vice President Joe Biden Not High on Marijuana Legalization
In an exclusive interview with TIME, the Vice President also defends his record on criminal-justice reform
Obama Says Easing Marijuana Restrictions a Job for Congress
Implies he might support doing so, but doesn’t say so explicitly
Holder Says Legal Marijuana Won’t Make Kids Toke Up
Promises the feds are still working to keep the drug out of young hands, even in states where it’s been legalized
Morning Must Reads: January 22
In the News: Divisions at Peace Talks on Syria, Gov. McDonnell Speaks Out, Abortion, and Troops in Afghanistan
Why Legal Weed is Working in Colorado
Inside the debut of the world’s first retail marijuana market
Clinton: I Never Denied Smoking Pot
Bill Clinton opens up about his infamous drug quote
What Is President Obama’s Problem With Medical Marijuana?
For a brief moment in 2009, medical marijuana advocates exhaled. A new President had taken office promising to call off the federal prosecutors in states that had legalized weed for the sick. “What I’m not going to be doing …
U.S. High School Seniors Trade Their Tobacco For Weed
The National Institute on Drug Abuse released its new survey of teen drug use today, with a remarkable finding: More high school seniors were smoking pot in 2010 than cigarettes.
For 12th-graders, declines in cigarette use accompanied by recent increases in marijuana use have put marijuana ahead of cigarette smoking by some
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On Sarah Palin, Potheads and Polling
Public Policy Polling, one of the rising autodial outfits, put out a national poll asking about marijuana legalization and use last week. For fun, they added a question about the 2012 Republican primary, and then cross tabulated the results. So now we know who pot smokers want for president–except not really. Here are the
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