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The past year has been quite a roller coaster for the cannabis crowd—from what I remember anyway. For a refresher on how the world went to pot, check out the stories below.
- Which 2012 GOP presidential contender once got caught with two shoeboxes full of weed?”
- The rise and fall of two dudes who wanted to create the Wal-Mart of Weed.
- Can marijuana treat color blindness? Test your medical knowledge with our pot quiz.
- Surprise! Marijuana use increases when the economy is crappy. Here’s why.
- From “cannabis college” to pot crop insurance, check out the slew of above-ground businesses that cater to marijuana growers.
- Despite smoking less than whites, young black people are arrested for pot possession far more often.
- How hard is it to get a medical marijuana card, anyway?
- Pot Shots: This is what a medical marijuana user looks like. (Photos)
- Which dangerous toxins are in your weed?
- Meet the “pot priest” behind the world’s only currency emblazoned with Ron Paul’s face.
- Will the IRS snuff out the nation’s burgeoning marijuana industry?
- Pot activists stick it to a drug-hating Iowa lawmaker who lied about hemorrhoids to get a pot card.
- Oakland suspends pot farms, bums everyone out, man.
