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Steeped, chewed, or set alight in a ritual: the coca leaf has been used for millennia in the Andes for medicinal and sacred purposes. The rest of the world, however, sees it as the source plant for the illegal narcotic cocaine.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Green Hornet star Cameron Diaz tells late-night host George Lopez she "had to have" bought pot from rapper Snoop Dogg in high school.
The Internal Revenue Service is reportedly auditing some of California's largest and most reputable medical pot dispensaries, examining their compliance with an obscure section of tax law aimed at drug dealers.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Watch Cannabis Culture News LIVE for the latest on pot politics and the cannabis community. Today on the show: News on the global Drug War, Jodie Emery discusses the latest on Prince of Pot Marc Emery, and activist Matt Mernagh joins us by phone to discuss his ongoing court case for growing medical marijuana without a licence.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Opposition is growing to Bill S-10, the Conservative-proposed legislation that would bring mandatory minimum sentencing for marijuana offences to Canada, with the release of a new letter from medical and scientific professionals asking the government to support "evidence-based drug policies".
Patients who use marijuana for medical purposes must wait six hours after smoking the drug to drive a car, the Health Ministry is set to announce soon.