Every few years the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) puts out their estimates of people using marijuana from 12 years and older.
A captain stumbled (literally) over something while walking along a Louisiana beach only to look down and realize it was a 20 pound brick of marijuana.
Now, if marijuana was completely legal in the United States, stories like these wouldn't be as funny. But since it is still illegal in most states, this guy is probably going to jail!
Louisiana is in a bit of a financial "debacle" as I like to call it. Many residents agree that instead of raising taxes, getting rid of certain aspects of education and college football and athletic programs, the legalization of marijuana can help to solve this serious problem.
Some nuns in California are growing, producing and selling weed illegally. Well, kind of. You see, they're not really nuns. And the weed they sell is in a form that doesn't get you high.
During a debate over marijuana use, Colorado Congressman Jared Polis engaged U.S. Rep. John Fleming of Louisiana into a rather entertaining - and bizarre - discussion about crawfish. Apparently, Rep. Polis thinks we all 'smoke fried crayfish' all the time.