marijuana

Marijuana Is Raining from the Sky in Texas

Maureen O'Connor · 07/20/10 04:15PM

Hearing a thud on his roof, a resident of Caddo Mills, Texas investigated and found a 100-lb. bag of marijuana had fallen from the sky. Turns out a low-flying airplane dropped four bags before being abandoned in a nearby field.

Study: Smoking Weed Makes Schizophrenics More Schizophrenic

Jeff Neumann · 06/18/10 09:42AM

Dutch scientists have released data from an important new study that finds smoking marijuana can make people crazy and paranoid. A Yale psychiatrist said after reading the report, "symptoms of schizophrenia actually get worse after using cannabis." Science. [LiveScience, Getty]

Meet the 'Samsung Heiress' Who Smuggled 500 Lbs. of Pot (Updated)

Maureen O'Connor · 06/16/10 05:39PM

Lisette Lee arrived in Ohio from Beverly Hills on a chartered jet carrying $500,000 worth of marijuana. False eyelashes fluttering, she claimed to be an electronics heiress. But she used to use a different name and be an actress.

A Marijuana Tree Grows in Manhattan

Richard Lawson · 06/14/10 04:58PM

In Union Square, to be exact. Some seeds were either deliberately planted or tossed to the ground during joint-rolling and now this weed-looking plant has sprung up in the park. An editor at High Times thinks it's the real deal.

Arizonans Try to Trade Marijuana for iPad on Craigslist

Max Read · 06/14/10 02:13AM

Two young businessmen have been arrested in Arizona for trying to trade an iPod touch and a quarter-ounce of marijuana for an iPad. On Craigslist. Complete with a photo of the iPod... and the weed.

Cops' 400 Pot Plants Turn Out to Be Horsemint

Max Read · 05/23/10 09:28PM

Cops in Corpus Christi, who are clearly very well-intentioned but maybe not the sharpest tools in the police shed, seized some 400 marijuana plants from a city park. Only, they were not marijuana, so much as, "horsemint."