Smoking marijuana is said to give you the "munchies." That's exactly why one Mid-South AIDS patient smokes it every night. "It helps me to eat and it also helps me to sleep," says "John," who we disguised because of legalities. Right now, marijuana for medical usage is illegal in most states, including Tennessee. That's something State Senator Steve Cohen hopes to change. http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=2581941

News updates past and present on the Hamilton bust of a 70 year old woman smoking medical marijuana at the Up In Smoke Cafe and the smoke out that they head in her trial.Thanks to the folks at Up In Smoke

Niagra Falls 4 20 Smoke Out with Allison Myrden, Cannabis users hold community forum on stopping police harassment, Canada's kids are smoking more pot and less cigarettes & more on Seymour Arm grow town.Thanks to the folks at Up In Smoke!

Abandoned chopper investigation linked to Seymour Arm grow town bust? Large shipment dosen't make it through the border.Thanks to Francouver

Francouver brought in these clips of grow-ops in up scale neighbourhoods, training drug dogs and the new Calendar from Grass Roots that celebrates Vancouver's thriving cannabis culture!

It's marijuana harvest season. Of course, law enforcement knows that, but so does the U.S. Post Office. In the last two days, postal authorities have seized over a ton of pot. Over 2 million pieces of mail go thru the processing and distribution center at the CherryBelle station every day. Among those, packages marked "Parcel Post" or "Priority Mail." Postal Inspector Jim Harper says, "It's alleged 90% of all drugs coming into the country are coming from Southern Arizona. Obviously, a lot of that moves through the mail."

CHICAGO (AP) A Chicago teacher is accused of giving three teens money, marijuana and liquor in exchange for sex. Authorities say 33-year-old Senorita Walker is a special education teacher at a high school on the city's South Side. Prosecutors say she was arrested last week and charged with felony criminal sexual abuse http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_315120447.html

Researchers say an experimental pill that helps people lose weight and then keep it off is a "wonder drug." Not just for its weight-saving effects, but also because it appears to cut the risk of diabetes and even help people quit smoking. The breakthrough comes after researchers found that smoking marijuana triggered a "switch" in the brain that made the smoker get the "munchies." That led scientists to theorize the two urges were linked through the same regulatory system.

Canadian decrim bill proposing lesser fines for teens prompts Dr Ray Baker, Addictions "researcher" spout "facts" about marijuana addiction in youth, Canadian Immigration website spikes exponentially after US election (just add 'marijuana' to 'gay marriage'), and Leno puffing the chronic?Thanks to Francover Orion and Flash

CTV.ca News StaffAn influential U.S. Congressman is predicting a trade slowdown if Canada decriminalizes marijuana possession."I believe there'll be more searches at the border both coming and going from Canada, which hurts our trade," said Republican Mark Souder, in an interview to be broadcast Sunday on CTV's Question Period."Trade is the anchor of our relationship and our friendship and anything that shows that down, complicates that."