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Snoop Dogg launches cannabis product line

Snoop Dogg has launched Leafs By Snoop, a branded line of cannabis products.

The rapper has made no secret of his love of the herbal drug and has now created his first batch of cannabis-infused items, which includes food, hand-weighed marijuana flowers and hash oils that are on sale in ”dispensaries” in Colorado – where recreational marijuana use was legalized in 2013.

In a statement, Snoop said: ”It’s a true blessing that I can share the products I love so much with y’all today. From the flower, to the concentrates, and edibles – it’s all hand-picked by yours truly so you know it’s the hottest product out there. It’s the real deal and you gotta get out to Colorado to try it first!”

The rapper’s site Merry Jane will show a location mapping tool showing the sites which sell the line.

Snoop describes the site as a ”premier media platform at the center of cannabis and pop culture”.

Flavors are named Cali Kush, Bananas, Purple Bush and Blueberry Dream and available in flowers and concentrates, while ”Dogg Treats” – a branch underneath the Leafs By Snoop umbrella – will include Peanut Butter Gems, Gummies, Drops and Fruit Chews containing THC.

Meanwhile, Snoop’s new website MerryJane will feature information about marijuana and a location-mapping tool to show dispensaries of the new range.

Explaining his vision for the site, Snoop said: ”We will be like the encyclopedia to the cannabis world.”

Famous cannabis smokers Seth Rogen and Miley Cyrus are also involved with the website.

Announcing the project at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Snoop previously revealed that the website will accept 420 users per day ahead of the official launch.

4/20 is a code-term that refers to the consumption of cannabis.

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Seth Rogen’s drug shock

Seth Rogen was ”genuinely shocked” to discover marijuana was illegal in California.

The Canadian-born actor was arrested for drug use when he first moved to Los Angeles because he had forgotten about the fact they had different legislation than he was used to.

He recalled: ”I was genuinely shocked at how illegal it was here. I actually got arrested when I first moved to LA – I was smoking a joint at the beach, like I did my entire childhood, and all of a sudden, it was, like, whoop whoop whoop! Handcuffed in the back of a police car.”

Despite his arrest, the ‘Interview’ star doesn’t believe he has a criminal record.

Meanwhile, Seth, 32, has had a special preview of Kanye West’s next album – after the rapper invited him in his limo van and forced him to listen and give his opinion on each track.

Recalling how the ‘Yeezus’ star approached him in a New York hotel shortly after he and friend James Franco spoofed the musician’s ‘Bound 2’ video – in which Seth played the role of Kanye’s topless wife Kim Kardashian West – the actor admitted the session lasted much longer than he was expecting.

He told Rolling Stone magazine: ”There’s no lyrics, only beats. So he raps the whole album, and after each song, he stops it, like, ‘So what do you think?’ We were in the van for two hours!”

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Seth Rogen’s drug shock

Seth Rogen was ”genuinely shocked” to discover marijuana was illegal in California.

The Canadian-born actor was arrested for drug use when he first moved to Los Angeles because he had forgotten about the fact they had different legislation than he was used to.

He recalled: ”I was genuinely shocked at how illegal it was here. I actually got arrested when I first moved to LA – I was smoking a joint at the beach, like I did my entire childhood, and all of a sudden, it was, like, whoop whoop whoop! Handcuffed in the back of a police car.”

Despite his arrest, the ‘Interview’ star doesn’t believe he has a criminal record.

Meanwhile, Seth, 32, has had a special preview of Kanye West’s next album – after the rapper invited him in his limo van and forced him to listen and give his opinion on each track.

Recalling how the ‘Yeezus’ star approached him in a New York hotel shortly after he and friend James Franco spoofed the musician’s ‘Bound 2’ video – in which Seth played the role of Kanye’s topless wife Kim Kardashian West – the actor admitted the session lasted much longer than he was expecting.

He told Rolling Stone magazine: ”There’s no lyrics, only beats. So he raps the whole album, and after each song, he stops it, like, ‘So what do you think?’ We were in the van for two hours!”

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Snoop Dogg smoked cannabis at White House

Snoop Dogg smoked cannabis at the White House.

The 42-year-old rapper – whose real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. – admits he once puffed on marijuana in the bathroom at the official residence of president Barack Obama in Washington D.C.

Speaking on the latest episode of ‘Snoop Dogg’s GGN News’, he told Jimmy Kimmel: ”[I’ve smoked] in the bathroom [of the White House]. Not in the White House, but in the bathroom.”

The ‘Young, Wild and Free’ hitmaker tricked security into thinking he was going to the toilet and he even managed to persuade them to let him light a napkin.

He explained: ”I said [to the security guards], ‘May I use the bathroom for a second?’ And they said, ‘What are you gonna do, number one or number two?’ I said, ‘Number two.’ So I said, ‘Look, when I do the Number two, I usually, you know, have a cigarette or light something to get the aroma right.’

”And they said, ‘Well you know what? You can light a piece of napkin.’ I said, ‘I’ll do that.’

He then inhaled his cigarette and added: ”And the napkin was this.”

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Cannabis withdrawal similar to quitting cigarettes, study finds

(Relaxnews) – In the study, researchers from the National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre at the University of New South Wales looked at nearly 50 habitual pot users who abstained for two weeks.

The subjects experienced a host of unpleasant side effects, including irritability and sleep problems, which both affected their work and personal lives and reduced their chances of success in quitting. Plus the more addicted the subjects were to their pot habit, the stronger their withdrawal symptoms, researchers said.

According to LiveScience, it is generally accepted that marijuana could cause addiction and withdrawal, but until now researchers have not been sure to what extent.

"I suspect that there is a long way to go still in changing the popular beliefs" about the effects of marijuana on health, study researcher David Allsop told LiveScience. But at least understanding that withdrawal "makes you irritable, tense and anxious, and disrupts your sleep, is one good place to gain some traction," he said.

The study was published last week in the journal PLOS ONE.

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0044864

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Fatty foods have drug-like effect

American researchers have discovered there’s a reason why you can’t just eat one potato chip.

A recent study published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, noted that fatty foods increase the production of natural marijuana-like chemicals in the body called endocannabinoids.

In their study, University of California researchers discovered that when rats tasted something fatty, cells in their upper gut started producing endocannabinoids.

The fats in these foods make them nearly irresistible and trigger a surprising biological mechanism that likely drives our gluttonous behavior. Interestingly, protein and sweet foods do not have this effect.

Researcher Daniele Piomelli said that from an evolutionary standpoint, there’s a compelling need for animals to consume fats, which are scarce in nature but crucial for proper cell functioning. In contemporary human society, however, fats are readily available, and the innate drive to eat fatty foods leads to obesity, diabetes and cancer.

The findings suggest it might be possible to curb this tendency by obstructing endocannabinoid activity – for example, by using drugs that ‘clog’ cannabinoid receptors.

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Amsterdam to ban foreigners from cannabis cafés

In a country famous for tolerance, cannabis “coffee shops” that allow locals and tourists alike to legally purchase the drug, will soon become a thing of the past in the Netherlands.

Tolerated in the Dutch country since 1976, the coffee shops have proliferated, with 220 in Amsterdam alone.

By prohibiting foreign visitors from buying cannabis, the Dutch cabinet announced on Friday (May 27) that it hopes to reduce drug tourism, promote healthier living, and fight organized crime.

Only citizens will be able to purchase the drug at coffee shops where membership will be capped at 1,500. The new measures will affect primarily the south, and extend north to Amsterdam by year end.

For their part, some municipalities are against the new rules, claiming it will only move soft drug sales on to the street, making it more difficult to control.  

 

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Exercise helps curb cravings for cannabis

A recent study from the Vanderbilt Addiction Centre has found that heavy users of cannabis – averaging almost 6 joints per day and did not want treatment – cut their craving and use of cannabis 50 percent by exercising on a treadmill.

Twelve participants spent 30-minutes on a treadmill for 10 sessions over a two-week period, and within the first five sessions, the cravings dropped dramatically, according to the study published in PLoS ONE journal.

"There is no way currently to treat cannabis dependence with medication, so this is big considering the magnitude of the cannabis problem in the U.S.,” said co-author Dr Peter Martin. “And this is the first time it has ever been demonstrated that exercise can reduce cannabis use in people who don’t want to stop."

Other research has shown similar results for smoking – a single 10-minute session of daily exercise can help smokers reduce cravings. In addition, exercise reduces stress and risk of depression, which are both linked to addiction. The key is simply to choose an activity you love so that it doesn’t become a chore.

With regard to the study results, Martin said, "It shows that exercise can really change the way the brain works and the way the brain responds to the world around us. And this is vital to health and has implications for all of medicine.”

 

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A hotel reserved for tokers in LA

You can be forgiven for thinking this story is right out of a Cheech & Chong movie but it’s true. The city of Los Angeles now has a hotel that caters to weed smokers.

Dennis Perron is a leader of efforts to legalize medical marijuana in California. He was asked by the new owner of the Hôtel Normandie to develop a "pot-tel". The reopening took place, of course, on April 20, or 4/20 which in pot speak is a very unrecognized day to celebrate marijuana.

The hotel will not be selling guests any pot though. Selling marijuana is still illegal in the United States.

Normandie marketer and marijuana rights activist Richard Eastman told the Los Angeles Times about the hotel’s new motto: "Forget Amsterdam… All roads lead to the Normandie."

Eastman added: "You won’t need a passport to come to the Normandie Hotel. You won’t need a plane ticket to come to the Normandie Hotel. On the Metro, the bus, the taxis, we’re centrally located in the middle of the center of the universe right here."

The Hôtel Normandie dates back to the 1920s and is now located in the Korean quarter. Until recently, the LA Times notes, the hotel "catered to budget travelers, long-term tenants and Korean-speaking visitors."

It costs $420 for a two-night stay.

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The Negative Effects of Marijuana

Research done at McGill University and published in the Journal of Neuroscience showed that THC, the active ingredient found in marijuana, has a double effect.

In fact, consuming even a small amount of marijuana can have the same effects as an anti-depressant, while larger doses could cause mental health difficulties such as depression.

Depression is caused by a decrease in the neurotransmitter seratonin in the brain. Dr. Gabriella Gobbi showed that small doses of THC increased the seratonin, like  anti-depressant medication such as Prozac or Celexa.

However, after a certain point, the positive effects start to reverse and produce the opposite symptoms. Consumers could become depressed and apathetic.