1. Happy 2010

Happy new year to all! (U)

2. Children given cannabis, says Ted Noffs Foundation

PARENTS in an impoverished western Sydney suburb are plying children as young as six with cannabis to "keep them quiet", a leading children's charity has revealed.

3. Oranges that get you high

It’s quite simple, really,” Nanofsky explains, “I wanted to combine Citrus sinesis with Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol.” In layman’s terms, the respected college professor proposed to grow oranges that would contain THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.

4. Marijuana can affect your sex drive!

A new study from La Trobe University in Melbourne has found that men who regularly smoke pot are four times more likely to have trouble reaching orgasm.

5. Cannabis advert warns of danger BBC

A new hard-hitting advert aimed at showing the mental health risks of cannabis on young people is being unveiled. The Department of Health hopes it will tackle the false perception among some people that cannabis, recently upgraded to a class B drug, is safe. Mark Sanders reports....

6. Argentina rules on marijuana use

The supreme court in Argentina has ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish people for using marijuana for personal consumption.

7. Brad Pitt: I liked to smoke a bit of grass at the time...

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8. $1 billion in marijuana seized in California

By Nick Valencia CNN -- Authorities have seized $1 billion worth of marijuana plants and have arrested 82 Mexican nationals with ties to drug cartels in the first week and half of an effort to eradicate marijuana fields from California's Fresno County, the county sheriff's office said Wednesday...

9. Melissa Etheridge: Medical marijuana should be legal

(CNN) -- Each day an estimated 6,000 Americans will try marijuana for the first time. It's the most common illicit drug in the United States with nearly 15 million people using it at least once a month.

10. Oakland, California, passes landmark marijuana tax

OAKLAND, California (CNN) -- Oakland's bid to become the first U.S. city to tax proceeds on medical marijuana passed Tuesday by a landslide vote.