marijuana

Seattle police ease pot, tattoo rules for recruits

The Associated Press — Tue, 07 May 2013 00:06:59 +0000

The Seattle Police Department is loosening its rules on marijuana use and tattoos for new officer recruits.

The department used to require that those seeking to join the force not have used pot in the past three years, and not more than 25 times in all. But last fall Washington voters legalized marijuana for personal use by adults, and Mayor Mike McGinn says the department should ease up.

4/20 a special day for pot fans

Bellamy Pailthorp — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 03:01:00 +0000

Fans of recreational marijuana are expected to light up in record numbers Saturday. That’s because the date—April 20 or 4/20—is also slang for the time of day when many pot-users like to get high.

Pot farmers' poison may be threat to endangered fishers

The Associated Press — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:00:00 +0000

For the first time, federal biologists are assessing whether illegal marijuana gardens in the back woods of the West could threaten the extinction of a wild animal.

The object of their attention is the fisher, a small but fierce forest predator related to the weasel.

Teen smoking rate drops below pot usage

Keith Seinfeld and and Associated Press — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:43:19 +0000

Washington high school students who participated in a statewide health survey say they are twice as likely to smoke marijuana as cigarettes.

Overall, though, the trends show teenagers are drinking, smoking and abusing prescription drugs less than in the past.

Public marijuana: No tickets in Seattle, but maybe elsewhere

Keith Seinfeld — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 06:15:38 +0000

(Updated at 10pm)

In Seattle, you're more likely to get a parking ticket than a marijuana smoking ticket.

Washington's pot law stops at the edge of campus

Gabriel Spitzer — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:52:31 +0000

In just a few days, smoking marijuana won’t be much different from drinking a glass of wine, as far as state law is concerned. But in what may be the place most associated with pot-smoking – the dorm room – it will still be banned.

Will legal marijuana make our roads more dangerous?

Gabriel Spitzer — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:00:00 +0000

If Washington voters approve a ballot measure this fall legalizing marijuana, it would bring big changes – not just in the justice system, but in our communities. In our series “If It’s Legal: Five Ways Legal Pot Could Affect Your Life,” we consider some ways things could change for all of us, even people who never smoke pot. We begin with a basic question: would legal marijuana lead to more danger on the roads?

Fake pot is a real problem for regulators

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:07:59 +0000

This week, President Obama signed a law banning synthetic marijuana and other synthetic drugs. Dozens of states and local governments have already tried to outlaw fake marijuana, which has been blamed for hundreds of emergency room visits and a handful of fatalities.

But the bans have proved largely ineffective, and there are fears that the federal law won't be any different.

Synthetic marijuana looks a bit like dried grass clippings.

10 tons of pot dumped at sea near US-Mexico border

The Associated Press — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:13:47 +0000

SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Navy says an aircraft carrier group recovered nearly 10 tons of marijuana dumped from small boats in the Pacific Ocean near California's border with Mexico.

Alleged pot use on Ducks football team draws national attention

Rob Manning — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:53:40 +0000

The University of Oregon’s athletics director is responding this morning to a story alleging widespread pot use among Ducks football players.

The article in “ESPN The Magazine” rehashes some familiar incidents – including the legal run-ins of former quarterbacks Jeremiah Masoli and Darron Thomas. It highlights safety Cliff Harris’ infamously saying “we smoked it all” to a police officer, when asked to hand over marijuana.