As the federal government moves toward legalizing marijuana, Nunavummiut are divided about the impact that the move may have on their territory.

During last year's federal election campaign, the Liberals pledged to legalize pot, as several countries and U.S. states have done.

Pot smokers in Nunavut say it's great news.

"I smoke it on streets. I smoke it everywhere I want," says Corianna Manitok, 23. The Igloolik resident says she spends $2,000 per month on weed, but dreams of a cheaper buzz with legalization.

"It's kinda hard for the user to have an addiction like that and pay for what they have to eat," she said.

Most of us know that marijuana, or cannabis, is a widely used recreational drug that's currently more illegal than legal in the U.S., and that it has a lot of support for medicinal purposes. Many of us hold strong opinions on marijuana, too -- about whether or not it should be more widely legalized. Despite all of that, though, there's much more to know about marijuana, including some surprising information.

Here are 11 interesting things to know about marijuana:

1. About 44% of Americans have tried marijuana, according to a 2015 Gallup poll. The percentage has grown steadily since Gallup first asked the question in 1969.

2. Fully 11% of Americans (more than 1 in 10) reported to Gallup in 2015 that they currently smoke marijuana.

TORONTO  - 

They line up to see God at this dimly-lit emporium in the Church and Wellesley area — and then they go home and smoke it.

Before opening at 11 a.m., Toronto Dispensary operations manager Marina gingerly reaches into a safe and pulls out more than a dozen glass canisters filled with different types of green bud, mainly imported from British Columbia.

Each jar contains different strains of marijuana with funky names — LA Chocolate, Chemo, Purple Paralysis and, of course, the earthy-smelling God — and she places them in glass cabinets that her customers can peruse before purchasing.

The price for a gram is about $10 — or $225 for an ounce.

The Patriots' playoff opener against the Chiefs is a day away, but the story of Chandler Jones' stop at the Foxborough police station continues to hog the headlines.

The latest reason? ESPN's Cris Carter, appearing on "Mike and Mike" on Friday, speculated that Jones arrived seeking assistance not because of a reported bad reaction to synthetic marijuana, but smoking marijuana laced with PCP. Oh, and there's a bit about Aaron Hernandez involved, too.

Pittsburgh police on Friday arrested a Beechview man after they said they found a duffel bag full of marijuana in a truck he was driving in the Windgap neighborhood.

Public Safety Spokeswoman Sonya Toler said Zone 6 officers were checking reports of a suspicious vehicle about 7:30 p.m. near Chartiers Avenue and Mayfair Street when they located the truck with two men inside and a noticeable smell of marijuana.

The truck's occupants consented to a search and the officers found the driver, Garfield Campbell, 40, of Beechview had a small plastic baggie of marijuana in his pants pocket and $2,050 in cash; in the back of the truck was a black gym bag containing 19 large plastic bags full of marijuana.

On Wednesday, a source divulged that Patriots defensive end Chandler Jones had a bad reaction to synthetic marijuana, which led to his admittance to Norwood Hospital.

Synthetic marijuana — also known as K2, spice, crazy monkey, and Scooby snacks — is a designer drug. It does not actually contain marijuana, but is made of plants sprayed with various psychoactive chemicals, according to Boston police and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Some of Northland's largest organisations are tightening up their drug testing policies for staff amid stricter workplace regulations amid news the region's rate of failed employee drug tests after workplace incidents is more than double the national average.

Glenn Dobson, group general manager of the New Zealand Drug Detection Agency (NZDDA), which operates a branch in Whangarei, said its most recent figures showed 13.4 per cent of post-incident tests in Northland returned an indication of drugs against the national average of 6.4 per cent.

The region's lead drug detection agency also revealed that during random testing in Northland in 2014, 8.6 per cent of employees returned an indication of drugs present, against a national average of 5.3 per cent.

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Boston Globe reported this week that New England Patriots DE Chandler Jones sought police and medical help after a bad reaction to synthetic marijuana last weekend.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse said synthetic marijuana, or “K2” or “SPICE,” is known to be capable of causing extreme anxiety, altered perception, confusion, and paranoia. Synthetic marijuana is really an industrial product, a chemical sprayed on dried, shredded plant material.

No difference found in negotiating obstacle course when clean or after three joints, say researchers

A new study says that smoking a joint - or three - of cannabis does not affect the ability of regular users of the drug to ride a bicycle.

Led by Dr Benno Hartung of the University Clinic in Düsseldorf, researchers had the 14 participants in the study – 12 men and two women – ride around an obstacle course.

Each undertook a number of rides on the course, the first sober, the others after smoking one, two or three joints, reports the Smell the Truth blog on the San Francisco Chronicle's SF Gate website.

52% of Americans, including a majority of adults under 65, support legalizing marijuana