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This Professional Golfer Just Came Out As Marijuana User

Brendan Bures
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This Professional Golfer Just Came Out As Marijuana User

The PGA Tour recently announced it would be updating its drug policy for golfers starting with its new season. While players previously had to submit urine tests, their blood will now also be tested for human-growth hormone as well as banned substances. The program closely resembles how Olympic athletes are tested.

In addition, results and suspensions will now be publicly announced and will remove speculation if certain golfers really had a back injury or were bounced for a failed drug test.

While some may think golfers who use cannabis would be against these new procedures, the opposite is true. One undercover tour pro anonymously came out in Golf Digest, admitting he used cannabis on the regular.

“Among PGA Tour players, no one cares about recreational drugs,” the anonymous pro wrote, because “You can delude yourself into thinking a little ‘swing oil’ or ‘green wax’ helps, but in any money game, your opponent would love to see you imbibe.”

The player also admitted to being high at a previous tour event:

“Have I ever been high in a PGA Tour event? Sure. Haven’t done it often, but if I’m teeing off Sunday near last place with no way to move up the leader board meaningfully, I’ll treat myself to making the day a little more fun, or at least different. I’ve smoked beforehand with the other players in my group, too.”

Though the anonymous player was caught once for using, amounting to “a slap on the wrist,” he doesn’t believe the new program will cause him any worry.

Via Golf Digest:

“Clearly, there’s a cultural shift happening with weed as legalization spreads, and the more lenient threshold on our tour is a small part. I’m not looking forward to having my blood drawn, but if it catches a few guys trying to get stronger and longer by real cheating, here’s my arm.”

Disney’s Flamin’ Hot Mac And Cheetos Cone Is Burning Up Instagram

Amy Hansen
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Disney’s Flamin’ Hot Mac And Cheetos Cone Is Burning Up Instagram

A black cone filled with spicy mac and cheese might not seem super appealing, but at Disneyland, that color combo somehow becomes instantly magical, especially when you factor in that Halloween is only about a month away.

The only thing “The Happiest Place on Earth” is known for besides rides and lost children is its endless lines for novelty food stuffs, and this new California Adventure obsession is right on time.

Just look at this thing. Would you even know what it was if you hadn’t read about it first?

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Located in Cars Land at the Cozy Cone Motel, Disney released the new treat for Halloween, along with a bunch of other scary stuff.

This mac and cheese monstrosity is officially called the Slow Burnin’ Mac & Cheese Cone and it’s basically just some pasta with spicy red pepper cheese sauce topped with crushed chile-cheese puffs (which sounds an awful lot like Flamin’ Hot Cheetos) and served in a Black Cauldron Cone (made jet black by charcoal, which is SO HOT RIGHT NOW!). Disney may be long in the tooth, but they’re no dummies. They tapped into two social media trends (likely on their way out).

Also available at the Cozy Cone Motel: the delightful looking Spoke-y Cone Macaron filled with marshmallow buttercream and candy corn…

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…and Junkyard JamBOOree Mix, which is flavored popcorn with optional “nuts and bolts” (i.e. green M&M’s, candy corn, chocolate-covered pretzels, Boston baked beans, etc.).

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According to Foodbeast, the mac and cheese cone sells for $9 and will only be available through October.

MLB Upset Wiz Khalifa Endorsed Marijuana Legalization At Game

Brendan Bures
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MLB Upset Wiz Khalifa Endorsed Marijuana Legalization At Game

Here is something you should know about Wiz Khalifa before you associate your business with him—he likes marijuana. His most successful album is called Rolling Papers and he throughout his career dropped mixtapes with titles like Kush & Orange Juice and Burn After Rolling. Just this summer he dropped two more mixtapes called Pre-Rolleds and Bong Rips. He also has his own mobile video game titled Weed Farm and the marijuana strain Khalifa Kush is named after him.

For some reason, however, the MLB reprimanded the Pittsburgh Pirates for allowing Wiz Khalifa to throw the first pitch in a game this week. Why? Well, Wiz wore a shirt that said “Legalize It” and mimed the motion of puffing a joint while on the mound.

Okay, so maybe Wiz himself didn’t help matters there.

Here is what MLB spokesman Pat Courtney told TribLive’s Rob Biertempfel:

Marijuana is a (prohibited) substance in all of our drug programs, and it is unfortunate this situation occurred. The Pirates have informed us that this should not have happened.

But this all occurred in Pennsylvania, a state that has already legalized medical marijuana. In addition, the MLB has a rather bullish stance on marijuana anyways. Outside of the Olympics and the PGA, the MLB has the highest allowance for what any professional sports league considers a positive drug test at 50 nanograms per milliliter. (Comparatively the NBA’s is set at 15 ng/ML and the NFL just raised theirs to 35 ng/mL. Marijuana is not among the NHL’s banned substances list.)

MLB players aren’t even tested for marijuana. The only time a major league baseball player is if there exists valid suspicion to do so. In other words, don’t store a bong at the clubhouse and you’ll probably be fine.

It all comes across as kind of hypocritical. The league’s policies are friendly to cannabis overall and teams like the Milwaukee Brewers and Colorado Rockies play at stadiums sponsored by major beer companies (Miller Park and Coors Field, respectively). This is one of those events that isn’t a big deal if it weren’t for social media and some angry tweets as TribLive included in their story.

This boils down to a simple question: You let Wiz Khalifa throw the first pitch—what else did you expect to happen?

5 Reasons Why Those In Happy Relationships Still Cheat

Maria Loreto
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5 Reasons Why Those In Happy Relationships Still Cheat

We tend to relate cheating to those who are involved in unhappy relationships, but a surprising statistic reveals that a large percentage of cheaters (50 percent of men and 30 percent of women) considered themselves to be happy and in love with their significant other.

The truth is that even though we might not want to admit it, cheating is extremely common and people don’t have to be unhappy or evil to do it.

Here are 5 reasons why happy and normal people could cheat:

Boredom

It’s easy to second-guess monogamy and the idea that you have to be with one person for the rest of your life. Everyone has these feelings, but the difference is marked if people decide to talk about it openly with their partners rather than looking for another relationship. 

Big life changes

Deaths, fear, big opportunities, and growing older may push people to cheat. Research suggests that people are more likely to cheat if they’re entering the “danger age:” ages 29 and 39.

Other studies suggest that people who are about to be parents and those who are facing big moments or changes in their lives are also more likely to cheat.  

The Thrill Of It

The idea of cheating and having something you’re no supposed to have is a huge aphrodisiac, even if you love your partner to death. The fact that you can’t see the person you’re having an affair with all the time feeds into that desire and makes each encounter more treasured and passionate. 

The Cheating Gene

Dopamine receptors play an important role in cheating. A study showed that 50 percent of people with the long allele variant of the gene cheated on their partners while only 22 percent of people with the short alelle variant had cheated. The first group also demonstrated risky behavior and a vulnerability to drug and substance abuse.

Society Says It’s Okay

After being married for long periods of time, many believe cheating is inevitable and allow themselves to have that one-time fling. This type of thinking absolves part of the guilt and makes the cheater feel better about themselves.

Statistics on cheating are very hard to measure, but an estimate claims that 60-70 percent of married couples stay together after one of them has an affair, which proves that cheating is more common than we think and that, for some, it’s not a deal breaker.

That One Time Lady Gaga Gave Beyoncé A Panic Attack

Brendan Bures
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That One Time Lady Gaga Gave Beyoncé A Panic Attack

Lady Gaga’s new Netflix documentary Five Foot Two offers an intimate portrait of the massive pop artist. It delivers glimpses of her life, including her struggles with fibromyalgia and her relationship with ex-fiancé Taylor Kinney.

And it also tells a story: That one time Gaga smoked too much weed in front of Beyoncé and gave her a panic attack. Seriously.

During the ending credits of the film, Gaga relays the story of making Bey uncomfortable with her marijuana smoking to a friend. “That was the night I gave Beyoncé, like, a panic attack,” Lady Gaga says, as unearthed by The Cut.

When her friend inquires how she did that, Gaga explains:

I don’t know, I just always feel like when I’m with her and Jay-Z, I’m always like hanging out in the corner with like nine joints hanging out of my mouth being like “Whaaaaat’s up?!” and she’s like “You’re not a lady but why? How is this working?”

Good news, though. It appears the night didn’t damage her and Beyoncé’s relationship. Gaga had to reschedule the European part of her tour because of her chronic pain. As she tries to get better, Beyoncé sent her some Ivy Park gear as well as a bouquet of red roses wishing her to get well soon.

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See, even when you give your friends mild panic attacks from your marijuana habits, they’ll still be your friends after all.

A Compelling Argument Against Twitter’s New 280-Character Limit

Brendan Bures
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A Compelling Argument Against Twitter’s New 280-Character Limit

Twitter announced this week that it would be rolling out a new feature that gives certain users a new 280-character limit, doubling the previous 140-character restriction. Though Twitter initially installed the 140 character-limit because of SMS text messaging’s 160-character limit, the whole constraint is now from a bygone era.

Many Twitter users would argue that the character limit was part of the hilarity and brilliance on the platform. Brevity is the soul of wit, after all. And in a world surrounded by deafening increases in noise, we possibly didn’t need more word boosts. We can think of one presidential man who definitely doesn’t need the extra Twitter characters.

Anyway, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced the news on Twitter with a 280-character tweet. It was meant to be informative and a bit cheeky, showcasing the platform’s new ability to users.

The move backfired on Dorsey. Users were quick to point out that Dorsey’s tweet included unnecessary word padding and with editing, could be significantly reduced.

PhD student Brian Barone edited the tweet down to 179 characters. Meanwhile, Vice editor Caitlin Kelly whittled the message to 139 characters, just under the previous restriction’s limit.

https://twitter.com/brianrbarone/status/912788388150960130

https://twitter.com/caitlin__kelly/status/912795950476857344

In both instances, Dorsey’s message remains unchanged in meaning and function while removing the wordiness. And sure, Dorsey might have been adding some character just to prove a point regarding the new Twitter feature, but the point remains—280 characters is kind of excessive.

To be fair, Dorsey was a good sport about whole thing. He admitted he was getting used to the feature like the rest of us.

We can still go back, Jack. It doesn’t seem to be generating new positive attention on the platform whatsoever. Remove it and all will be fine. Though, this is the internet so I’m sure someone will have a problem with that, too.

Gossip: Scott Disick Security Closes Down Bathroom; Jennifer Aniston Is After Gwyneth Paltrow

Naughty Gossip
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Gossip: Scott Disick Security Closes Down Bathroom; Jennifer Aniston Is After Gwyneth Paltrow

Scott Disick demands privacy when he pees in public – which makes us wonder what little problem the Kardashian sidekick is trying to hide.

“After Phillip Plein’s fashion show I went into the men’s room just before DJ Khaled came in,” one witness tells Straight Shuter. “Scott’s security closed the bathroom down and didn’t allow anyone else in until Scott left. But security were not smart enough to wait for the people already inside to leave before Scott and DJ started taking. Scott was plotting on how and where to pick up girls to bring home. I had no idea they were tight like that.”

But ladies, consider yourself warned – after what little our spy saw you shouldn’t get too excited!

Jennifer Aniston Is After Gwyneth Paltrow

Jennifer Aniston is in talks with business partners to open a wellness center that will provide facialists, workouts, meditation classes, and even a café with healthier versions of delicious foods.

“Jennifer has dreamed about opening a center for a long time and is now getting serious about it,” sources tell Straight Shuter. “Jen knows that this is Gwyneth Paltrow’s area of expertise but that isn’t going to stop her. Over the years Jen has learned a huge amount of information relating to living a better life and she wants to make a business out of it. It will not be a website like Paltrow’s, but rather a physical building where guests can go and get services.”

Love the fresh dirt we bring over daily from Naughty Gossip? Let us know in the comments!

High Taxes On Marijuana Will Keep California’s Black Market Thriving

Terry Hacienda
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High Taxes On Marijuana Will Keep California’s Black Market Thriving

When California finally allows sales of recreational marijuana next year, retailers will still be competing with illicit growers for customers.  The Golden State’s high cannabis taxes will keep black marketeers in business and stifle government revenues from this new market, according to Fitch Ratings, a credit ratings and research firm.

Fitch Ratings’ research, made available earlier this week, finds that the effective tax rates on non-medical cannabis will be as high as 45 percent when accounting for both state and local levies. Taxes include a 15 percent state excise tax, state cultivation taxes of $9.25 per ounce for cannabis flowers ($2.75 per ounce for leaves), and state and local sales taxes ranging from 7.75 percent to 9.75 percent. Oregon, by way of comparison, taxes non-medical cannabis at about 20 percent and Alaskan taxes range from 10 percent to 20 percent.

According to the Fitch Ratings:

“California’s high taxes are likely to keep black market prices competitive into the long term. The state’s black market will also benefit from its long history as a supplier to states where non-medical cannabis remains illegal. Retail sale of non-medical cannabis is set to begin on Jan. 1, 2018 following California voters’ approval of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (Proposition 64) in November 2016.”

California won’t be the first state to grapple with a massive black market after voting for legalization. The report notes that “Colorado, Washington and Oregon each lowered their cannabis taxes following legalization to address black market competition.”

Tawnie Logan, chairwoman of the board of the California Growers Association, an advocacy group for small-scale marijuana producers, told the New York Times that the black market price for an eighth of an ounce of marijuana is around $20, compared with $50 in current medical marijuana dispensaries.

“All of a sudden they are calling their buddy again,” Logan told the Times, referring to black-market vendors who have thrived in California in recent decades. The only effective remedy to the problem is increased law enforcement who will be tasked with cracking down on established black market outlets, which are prevalent throughout the state but dominant in Northern California.

“You would be turning these law enforcement agencies against their own communities,” said Terry Garrett, a manager at Sustaining Technologies, a marketing company that researches the cannabis market in Sonoma County.

“That’s the conundrum for California.”

Nevada Wins Big With Over $27M In Recreational Sales The First Month

Mary Schumacher
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Nevada Wins Big With Over $27M In Recreational Sales The First Month

Nevada is winning big when it comes to recreational cannabis. Dispensaries had over $27 million in sales in July alone, which is double what Oregon and Colorado brought in their first months respectively and seven times what Washington procured.

According to the Nevada Department of Taxation, Nevada made $10.2 million during that first month of sales. Of that, $3.68 million came from taxes.

Gov. Brian Sandoval projected that with its now two-year-old medical cannabis industry and now recreational that the state stands to make over $100 million over the next two fiscal years from fees and taxes.

A new projection, though, by the Department of Taxation is that over $120 million will be generated.

Originally, Sandoval had proposed that the sales tax revenue go to schools, but later shifted some of the moneys to the state’s rainy day fund, which can be spent anywhere, but is normally reserved for emergencies.

The revenue from the 15 percent wholesale tax, taxed at the cultivation level for both recreational and medicinal marijuana, goes to state and local government for costs incurred. The remainder of the money goes into the School Distributive Account, which hands out money to schools based on the number of pupils.

Money rolling in is a good thing, but is it enough to make us forget the distribution kerfuffle Nevada first experienced? Not likely. The state is still deep in the courts with alcohol distributors, who have circumvented all state efforts to distribute new marijuana licenses.

From July, only a handful of new licenses have been distributed and only to cannabusinesses allowed to deliver the recreational and medical products to dispensaries to sell, resulting in many dispensaries struggling to stay stocked.

Of those 250 licenses that have been issued, over 200 are in Clark County and the remaining are distributed throughout Carson City, Nye and Washoe Counties. Just around a dozen dispensaries conduct business in the Northern Nevada. The application fees recreational cannabis licenses is $5,000 and the license fees range from $10,000 to $30,000.

Taco Bell, McDonald’s Cashing In On Legal Marijuana

Terry Hacienda
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Taco Bell, McDonald’s Cashing In On Legal Marijuana

McDonald’s inescapable jingle “I’m Lovin’ It” never really reveals the actual meaning of “it.” The fries? Big Macs? Or maybe the it refers to legal marijuana.

A new study published on Wednesday sheds new light on the fast-food giant’s slogan. According to “Green Market Report and Consumer Research Around Cannabis,” 43 percent of Americans who bought legal marijuana chose McDonald’s as their go-to place to eat fast food when experiencing the munchies.

The survey found 18 percent of respondents cited Taco Bell as their preferred munchie hotspot and 17.8 percent went to Wendy’s.

“McDonald’s wins by virtue of the sheer number of locations — by default really,” said Jeff Stein, vice president of Consumer Research Around Cannabis. “Those competitors which better understanding of cannabis users and their consumer habits can certainly close the gap by integrating what they learn through their marketing efforts.”

The online survey recorded the fast food preferences of 27.500 pe0ple and was conducted over several U.S. marketplaces with a base population of 55 million.

Burger King finished fourth with 17.6 percent and Subway was fifth with 8.7 percent.

Kentucky Fried Chicken hit the list at number six with 5.5 percent going to eat there over the past four weeks. The rest of the top 1o were Arby’s, Chick-Fil-A, Jack-In-The-Box and Carl’s Jr. (in that order).

As the study notes:

As cannabis is known for its appetite inducing side effect, which is one of its most beneficial qualities for those suffering from diseases that hinder appetite or take medication that make it difficult to eat, understanding the spending habits of consumers is critical.

Consumer Research Around Cannabis is a Houston-based research firm that tracks the demographics of the marijuana industry. The Green Market Report, meanwhile, focuses on cannabis financial and economic information.

A Little Mickey D’s Trivia

The “I’m Lovin’ It” ditty was recorded in 2oo3 by Justin Timberlake. and  written by rapper Pusha T. Timberlake mace a cool $6 million to sing the jingle. That’s a lot of Big Macs. At 14 years it is the longest-running campaign in McDonald’s 76-year history.

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