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Teens Force Kitten to Get High on Cannabis

28th of November 2012 05:33 GMT

A 14-year-old boy from Nelson Bay, New Zealand, recently decided to have some fun by forcing a cat to get high on cannabis. Thus, together with one of his friends, the boy simply picked up the animal and held it fast over a bong, leaving the kitten with no choice but to inhale the fumes. Being quite proud of his ...

US Teens More Likely to Abuse Drugs Than Alcohol

4th of June 2012 10:53 GMT

A comparative study, conducted on 15- and 16-year-olds in 36 European countries and the United States, demonstrates that the former are more likely to smoke and drink, whereas the latter are more prone to abusing illicit substances. A total of 100,000 European students took part in this study. Data on American kids...

iPad Becomes the 'Plow' of Medical Marijuana Cultivation for GrowOp

5th of December 2011 14:01 GMT

Growing good-quality pot is probably the last thing Apple wanted to achieve with the iPad, yet GrowOp Technology, America’s first medical marijuana-friendly hydroponics manufacturing company, has announced the launch of a hi-tech digital line of environmental controllers for indoor and urban agriculture based o...

Pot-Like Compounds in the Brain to Yield New Meds

28th of November 2011 03:05 GMT

A group of scientists led by expert Daniele Piomelli, at the University of California in Irvine, announces the development of a new method for boosting the effects of marijuana-like compounds that occur naturally in the brain. Their achievement may lead to the creation of new classes of drugs. The target molecule is...