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Around one in 12 adults aged 16 to 59 (8.4%) have taken an illegal drug in 2015/16 – equal to around 2.7 million people, according to official figures.

But that number jumps to one in five among 16 to 24 year olds, which works out at 18% of that population. The Crime Survey for England and Wales figures are similar to what they were a year ago, but show a decline in substance misuse over the past decade – 25.2% of those aged 16 to 24 had taken a drug in the past year when surveyed in 2005/06.

Gavin Newsom is a little tired of being the only state official in California to fully endorse legalizing recreational marijuana.  

Speaking with The Huffington Post at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, the lieutenant governor said it’s time for others to take a stand on the issue, which will appear on California’s ballot this fall. 

“What we’re doing to criminalize the drug is not working,” he said. “And the drug is ubiquitous. Every young person would say it’s easier to get marijuana than it is alcohol.” 

Vote Yes on 4, they say.

Ten state lawmakers have come out endorsing the bid to legalize recreational marijuana in Massachusetts.

The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, the group pursuing legalization by ballot question, announced the roster of supporters on Thursday: three senators and seven state representatives, all Democrats.

“It’s time to get this over with,” said Belmont Sen. Will Brownsberger, senate chair of the Judiciary Committee, in a statement. “The prohibition approach to the control of marijuana use just has not worked.”

They are ubiquitous, still. Marijuana dispensaries, ranging in style from pristine to slightly scary to plain sad, continue to offer illicit products in Vancouver, despite an expensive effort by city officials to limit their number with rules and enforcement provisions unique in Canada.

The pot shop bylaws, which came into effect this year, are supposed to stop cannabis impresarios from operating with typical impunity, dealing products near schools and community centres, and at all hours.

Dispensaries began to proliferate in Vancouver about four years ago, when police quit trying to enforce federal prohibitions on retail marijuana sales. By 2015, no fewer than 100 illegal dispensaries were in business.

Pointing to a 50 per cent increase in the number of students now being treated for marijuana use, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton yesterday recommended an in-depth review of the impact that amendments to the Dangerous Drugs Act are having on the country.

Tufton, in his sectoral debate in Parliament, also suggested the implementation of a properly funded prevention and control programme to combat the problem.

According to Tufton, local and international studies confirm that there are potentially serious implications for the health and well-being of people who use cannabis.

Traditionally, absinthe is described as a distilled, excessive in alcohol beverage that many imagine to have psychoactive properties. Not like hashish absinthe, conventional absinthe was not bottled with added sugar making it a spirit not a liquor. A mixture of botanicals might be discovered within the absinthe together with wormwood, anise, and fennel. Absinthe originated in Switzerland within the late 18th century.

The Oregon State Truthful celebrates oddities just like the “curviest vegetable” and the “most misshapen fruit.” Fairgoers can marvel over award-winning onions and pumpkins and snap photographs of the highest pig and llama.

This 12 months, the state honest is including a brand new attraction: prize-winning marijuana crops. For the primary time, Oregon’s marijuana crop will probably be on show on the annual occasion, which runs Aug. 26 via Sept. 5.

Don Morse, chairman of the Oregon Hashish Enterprise Council, the sponsor of the marijuana exhibit, mentioned 9 crops will probably be displayed in a greenhouse that can have its personal entrance and exit. The world will probably be monitored by a safety guard. Solely individuals 21 and older will probably be allowed in.

Set up at Sony Pictures TV, 'Humboldt' hails from the producers of 'True Detective.'

John Malkovich is joining the Pot TV trend.

The Oscar-nominated actor has been tapped to star in Humboldt, a drama series inspired by Emily Brady's best-selling book Humboldt: Life on America's Marijuana Frontier, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Written on spec by Michael A. Lerner (Love and Mercy), the project is set up at Sony Pictures Television and Anonymous Content (True Detective, Mr. Robot) and will be taken out to premium cable networks and streaming services.

Before marijuana became legal in some states, you’d have to figure out on your own how much money you’d spend on weed. But now that recreational pot is a-okay in certain areas, it’s much easier to calculate those numbers.

According to a report from Headset Inc., a “cannabis intelligence company,” the average legal pot user is a 37-year-old man who spends around $645 a year on the green stuff, most often choosing buds over edibles and making his purchases every 19.5 or so days.

Millennials are the key audience here, which is unsurprising, with just over 50% of recreational pot consumers aged 21-34.