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Study links 4/20 to an increase in deadly car crashes

U.S. drivers faced a 12% greater risk of dying in a car crash on April 20 over the past 25 years. The likely explanation? High drivers.

Car crash. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

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Does smoking weed make people creative, or do creative people smoke weed?

A new study investigates if pot smokers outperformed nonsmokers in creativity.

Seth Rogan and James Franco smoking the "apex of joint engineering" in Pineapple Express, Sony Pictures, 2008

Does marijuana boost creativity, or are creative people drawn to marijuana more than others?

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American University Unveils New Degree: Marijuana Chemistry

A Midwestern university has created a first-of-its-kind program in medicinal plant chemistry that focuses on marijuana.

Sir Billy Connolly received an honorary degree From Strathclyde University. Here's what his honorary degree from NMU might look like. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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Millions More Americans Are Using Marijuana, Says New Study

An expansive new study shows that marijuana use by Americans has increased significantly since 2002.

You probably could've guessed this yourself - many more Americans are smoking pot. Such is the conclusion of an expansive new study published in the medical journal Lancet.

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