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On November 6, Massachusetts’ residents will vote on a ballot initiative that would legalize medical marijuana. The controversial measure would allow people with glaucoma and chronic illnesses that cause severe pain to buy marijuana with a [...]doctor’s written recommendation, at designated dispensaries.
With the election just seven weeks away, this week’s “YouSpeak†asks: Should medical marijuana be legalized?
Read the story on BU Today: /today/2012/youspeak-should-medical-marijuana-be-legalized/
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April 20, has special significance for marijuana users. The term ‘420’ was allegedly coined back in 1971 when a group of San Rafael, Calif., high school students decided to meet up at 4:20 one afternoon to smoke a joint. The term stuck [...]and quickly became shorthand for lighting up. In a nod to 420, proponents of the drug have unofficially declared April 20 a cannabis holiday.
We thought we’d make this week’s “YouSpeak†question: “Should marijuana be legalized?â€
Video by Joseph Chan and Devin Hahn.
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Rhett talks about some things that could get you in trouble on campus.
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There have now been more than 450 reports of severe lung problems, and just in the last month, 6 deaths all linked to the use of e-cigarettes and marijuana vaping pens in 33 different states. In nearly 20 years as a pulmonologist, Hasmeena Kathuria [...]has never been so alarmed. “Now, in addition to creating an epidemic of nicotine-addicted youth, vaping e-cigarette products is sending kids to the ER with lung failure,†she says.
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Massachusetts voters are among those in five states (along with Arizona, California, Maine, and Nevada) who will vote on Election Day, November 8, whether or not to legalize recreational marijuana.
This week’s “YouSpeak†asks: [...]“Should recreational marijuana be legalized in Massachusetts?â€
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