U.S.'s first MJ cafe opens in Portland
Really? The “first”? Ok:
The Cannabis Cafe in Portland, Oregon, is the first to give certified medical marijuana users a place to get hold of the drug and smoke it – as long as they are out of public view – despite a federal ban. ... Members pay $25 per month to use the 100-person capacity cafe. They don’t buy marijuana, but get it free over the counter from “budtenders”. Open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., it serves food but has no liquor license.
[Reuters via Dosenation]
Oregon speed showing up in wastewater tests
Statistics detailing the amount of drug users in a given community have never been very accurate, especially when it comes to a substance like methamphetamine – tweeking and confession do not go hand in hand. But the news is out in Oregon, where researchers from three universities including Oregon State have joined the latest craze: testing sewage from treatment plants as window into what people have ingested.
