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Researchers Say Eating Chips Can Produce a Marijuana-Like High

95.7 KEZJ — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:11:25 +0000

Remember the old Pringles slogan, "Once you pop, you can't stop"? Research now suggests it could be more true than we ever thought.

The journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) says US researchers found that foods high in fat trigger natural feel-good chemicals with effects similar to those found in marijuana. These chemicals, called endocannabinoids, produce a drug-like feeling that can lead to gorging on foods such as chips and fries.

After Fourth Marijuana Arrest, Man Gets Life in Prison

95.7 KEZJ — Tue, 10 May 2011 14:41:03 +0000

Getting caught green-handed with marijuana is never a good thing, but when it's your fourth arrest on the same charge, it's a very, very bad thing.

Cornell Hood II learned that truth the hard way after a jury in Louisiana sentenced the repeat offender to life in prison.

Marijuana Catapult Found at Mexican Border

Brad Weiser — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 06:09:41 +0000

Infrared surveillance cameras at the Arizona/Mexico border have captured images of Mexican drug smugglers using a nine-foot-tall catapult to hurl 45-pound bags of marijuana over a border wall and into the U.S. The smugglers had set the catapult up about 20 yards away from the wall, and appear to have been doing their illicit catapulting [...]