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You Might Soon Be Able To Smoke Marijuana While Walking Down The Las Vegas Strip

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You Might Soon Be Able To Smoke Marijuana While Walking Down The Las Vegas Strip

Smoking marijuana in public places could soon become a thing on the Las Vegas Strip, that is if one state lawmaker has a say in how the state moves forward with its newly legalized recreational pot market.

Earlier this week, Senator Tick Segerblom introduced a bill to the Nevada Senate aimed at giving local governments the ability to issue licenses that allow people to smoke weed in designated public areas. The proposal (Senate Bill 236) is intended to provide the locals, as well as the tourism community, with “marijuana safe-havens,” which would most likely operate in bars, dispensaries or even yoga studios, according a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

A similar measure, which was designed as a one-year pilot program to test the waters of social marijuana use, was passed last year in Denver, Colorado. Since then, however, lawmakers have been working to bypass all of the experimental shenanigans and make public pot consumption something the entire state can enjoy. A bill calling for this reform was recently approved by a Senate committee and is now set to go before the full Senate for a vote.

If Nevada’s legislative forces approach the issue with the same tenacity as Colorado is working to do, it is distinctly possible that we could see places like Las Vegas (Clark County), which attracts around 39.2 million visitors every year, become a stoner oasis.

Senator Segerblom, the driving force behind Nevada’s social use proposal, believes it is imperative for the state to put a law of this nature on the books in order to prevent a law enforcement nightmare. Although marijuana is now fully legal all over the state, it remains a violation of the law for anyone to consume pot products anywhere other than residential dwellings. This means the millions of tourists who pour into hot spots like Vegas will have no choice but to break the law if they wish to partake in the state’s newly legal cannabis operation.

And trust us, Nevada wants tourists to spend money on weed.

Last year, a report from the Las Vegas Sun suggested that Nevada stands to relish in $7.5 billion in economic activity over the next seven years because of the recreational marijuana trade. This includes $464 million in estimated tax revenue and the creation of almost 41,000 new jobs.

Considering the estimates, it is easy to see why it is so important for Nevada to make its pot laws tourism friendly.

Unfortunately, not everyone believes the state is ready to take such a bold leap.

Clark County Commissioners Steve Sisolak and Mary Beth Scow have voiced concerns over the concept of social use. They feel it is “too much, too early,” reports the Journal.

Nevertheless, Senate Bill 236 has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. If it proves successful there, it would then go before the full Senate for a vote.

Nevada is expected to launch a temporary recreational marijuana market later this summer.

Is It Better To Run Outside Or Hit The Treadmill At The Gym?

Sam Jones
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Is It Better To Run Outside Or Hit The Treadmill At The Gym?

So, is it the boring-but-safe treadmill or the thrill of the uneven pavement? What matters is that you get to work, inside or out.

The debate on whether to run outside versus on a treadmill is as old as, well, treadmills. One involves fresh air and sunshine, bees and avoiding dog poop. The other features an even, steady terrain, with the bonus of being surrounded by the scent of other people’s armpits in an enclosed space. Which would you rather run through, and more importantly, which is better for your body?

If you’re concerned about the impact to your joints and knees, running on a treadmill is a little softer and more forgiving. There’s a tradeoff in muscle strengthening, however: Hamstrings, especially, are under-worked on treadmills because the belt is doing some of the propelling work for you. Active.com outlines this difference:

Unlike outdoor running, where you would typically rely on your hamstrings to finish the stride cycle and lift your leg behind you, the propulsion of the belt does much of that work for you. This means your hamstrings aren’t firing as much and don’t get worked running inside as they would outside. The extra effort demanded of your quads is also a factor to keep in mind.

But if you’re trying to avoid getting snow in your face during a run, or don’t want to hoof it outside after dark for safety reasons, rest assured that you’re not sacrificing that much.

For the average person, the difference is mainly mental. Casey Kerrigan, founder and president of Oesh Shoes, told Runner’s World that the debate is pretty pointless. “People have a bias against treadmill running — that real runners don’t do it, or that it changes your leg movements. It’s all garbage. We found some minor changes, but they weren’t the ones people expected, and they don’t affect anyone’s running biomechanics.”

In a study of treadmill runners, the differences in air speed and pace only showed up in those hauling ass a 7:09 mile pace or faster — much faster than the average in-shape person.

So, is it the boring-but-safe treadmill or the thrill of the uneven pavement? What matters is that you get to work, inside or out.

Fake Ryan Gosling Gives Speech At German Goldene Kamera Award Show In Front of Nicole Kidman, Jane Fonda

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Fake Ryan Gosling Gives Speech At German Goldene Kamera Award Show In Front of Nicole Kidman, Jane Fonda

It wasn’t quite as bad as announcing the wrong Best Picture winner, but producers at Germany’s Goldene Kamera awards had their own snafu this weekend when a Ryan Gosling impersonator somehow talked his way onto the show to accept an award and give a speech.

The man, later identified as a cook from Munich named Ludwig Lehner, only bares a slight resemblance to the La La Land star boldly strode on stage after host Steven Gaetjen announced him as “one of the hottest stars in Hollywood.”

“Good evening, I am Ryan Gosling!’ he said in a heavy German accent. “I dedicate this award to Joko and Klass, thank you very much. There is a saying in Hamburg, which is, “bye, bye!”

He then quickly walked off stage as stunned celebs like Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, and Jane Fonda looked on.

The Daily Mail reports the stunt was organized by comedians Joko Winterscheidt and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf, who set up a fake agency to arrange the prank.

Doctors In Germany Are Getting Ready To Write Lots Of Marijuana Prescriptions

Sam Jones
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Doctors In Germany Are Getting Ready To Write Lots Of Marijuana Prescriptions

After passing a law in January for the legalization of prescription marijuana, doctors in Germany are beginning their first medical marijuana treatments for their patients.

Before the new legislation passed, according to Swedish outlet the Local, the only way patients could get access to medical marijuana was through an application process for the severely ill. Under that process, only about 1,000 people gained the medication they needed, and some died waiting.

Now, doctors are free to prescribe marijuana to their patients based on their need, especially for pain sufferers or health-threatening loss of appetite.

According to the Local:

Last year Germany imported 170 kilograms of cannabis for medical purposes, according to a government response to an inquiry from Die Linke (The Left Party), as reported by publishing group Funke Mediengruppe on Friday.

This was nearly double the amount imported the previous year at 92.8 kilograms, and nearly four times as much as in 2014. Germany will continue to import the marijuana it needs until the state can set up its own supervised production. Private producers could also apply for licenses.

Earlier this year, Germany’s Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices created a new agency to “oversee the cultivation of marijuana and the subsequent production of cannabis to be used medicinally.”

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Marijuana Growers Now Qualify For Energy Discounts In California

Al Olson
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Marijuana Growers Now Qualify For Energy Discounts In California

 

In a move that bring California marijuana production costs down significantly, the state’s largest public utility will allow marijuana growers the same discounts on energy that other farmers enjoy.

PG&E announced earlier this month that farmers are farmers. And when California voters approved the adult use of recreational cannabis in November, it would not discriminate against the fast-growing industry.

“Cannabis is a legal crop in our state, like almonds and tomatoes. Agricultural growers now will be eligible for the same rate and energy efficiency programs as farmers of other crops,” said Deborah Affonsa, vice president of customer service at PG&E.

Recreational marijuana cannot be sold in California until January 2018, but existing medical marijuana growers and future recreational marijuana growers will be eligible for PG&E’s agricultural energy rate, according to the utility.

In a statement, PG&E specified the qualifications:

PG&E customers are eligible for agricultural energy rates if they have received a permit from their local jurisdiction for the cultivation of cannabis and if 70 percent or more of the annual energy use on the meter is for agricultural end-uses such as growing crops, pumping water for agricultural irrigation or other uses that involve agricultural production for sale which do not change the form of the product. The agricultural energy rate applies to both customers who grow cannabis outdoors and those who grow indoors in commercial greenhouses.

Cannabis growing operations are energy-intensive. But PG&E’s policy change may actually help farmers become more energy efficient.

“We’ve met with representatives of the emerging legal cannabis industry and listened to their needs. We are here to help our customers make smart, efficient and affordable energy choices. Now that cannabis is in California’s future, our next step is to work with these new agricultural customers and make this industry as energy efficient as possible,” said Affonsa.

Hezekiah Allen, executive director of the California Growers Association, a trade group that represents cannabis farmers,welcomes the rate change.

“It’s another one of those reminders that we are making progress,” he said told the Press Democrat, a northern California newspaper.

 

According to Allen, the energy savings could be as much as 60 percent off a grower’s electrical bills.

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Watch This Guy Try To Chug A 500 Tic Tac ‘Smoothie’

Amy Hansen
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Watch This Guy Try To Chug A 500 Tic Tac ‘Smoothie’

Peter Czerwinski, better known as Furious Pete, is a competitive eater in Canada. He’s also going trough cancer treatment, which is why he has a shaved head in his recent videos. With a YouTube following of nearly four-million, he thought he’d give his subscribers a treat by attempting to overcome one of his toughest battles yet: drinking a mixture of water and 500 Tic Tacs.

Sounds easy, right?

Last May, Pete attempted to eat 1,000 Tic Tacs in five minutes, but it proved to be way more difficult than he had intended. He went back to the drawing board and decided he’d blend the rock hard candy to make it easy to digest (and more tooth friendly). Watch him go for round two:

Here’s Pete attempting his initial Tic Tac challenge. Choice quotes include: “I do not recommend doing this,” “This is not easy, not easy at all,” “I shouldn’t have had cereal before this,” “I was not prepared for this, whatsoever,” and “This is just stupid.”

Warning: If you hate swallowing pills, this might be hard for you to…swallow.

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Why Marijuana-Related Emergency Calls Are On The Rise In Washington

Al Olson
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Why Marijuana-Related Emergency Calls Are On The Rise In Washington

The Washington Poison Center released a report last week that, at first glance, sounded alarming: Marijuana-related emergency calls in the state are on the rise.

According to the report, there were 286 emergency calls to the center, related to cannabis. In 2015, the number was 265.

A look behind the numbers revealed an interesting story: The one-year jump can be attributed to those in the 20-29 age group. The number of teens seeking emergency treatment dropped.

“For me, what was surprising was to see the changing demographics,” Dr. Alexander Garrard, the Clinical Managing Director at the Washington Poison Center, told KOMO News.

“Millennials of today, especially here in Seattle, it’s a high-tech industry, there is a lot of stress involved and they be using some of those products to help alleviate stress after work,” said Dr. Garrard. “So just that’s one thought maybe about why we might be seeing it in this demographic.”

According to the report, 28 percent (or 73 incidents) involved marijuana-infused edibles. Another 16 percent (40 incidents) were calls reporting problems with concentrates or dabbing.

“Where we see the most serious clinical effects are with the hash oil products with the concentrates. … Dabbing is a very popular way to use it these days,” said Dr. Garrard.

Indeed, the use of concentrates is increasing and for many twentysomethings dabbing is becoming the go-to method for ingesting marijuana.

In Colorado, marijuana-related emergency room visits are down, according to a study released this year by the Retail Marijuana Public Health Advisory Committee. The oversight committee reported that overall use of cannabis remains unchanged, demonstrating that perhaps educational efforts are effective.

According to the report, the overall rate of emergency department visits with marijuana-related billing codes dropped 27 percent from 2014 to 2015 (2016 data is not available yet).

“I think that speaks to a learning effect,” said Mike Van Dyke, chief of Colorado’s Environmental Epidemiology, Occupational Health and Toxicology branch. “The public is really learning the message, if not from us, from their own experience.”

To be it in perspective, visits to the ER for alcohol intoxication in the U.S. have increased by more than 50 percent over the past decade, according to a 2016 report. From 2010 to 2011, there were 3.8 million ER visits related to alcohol intoxication. That’s up from about 2.4 million visits in the years 2001 to 2002, the study found.

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See It: Ohio Brewery Wants To Open World’s First Beer-Themed Hotel

Amy Hansen
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See It: Ohio Brewery Wants To Open World’s First Beer-Themed Hotel

How this is not already a thing is kind of mind boggling.

Ohio’s BrewDog is raising money to open the world’s first beer-themed hotel, which will be attached to it’s Columbus brewery.

The DogHouse will have 50 rooms (you can rent out the entire thing if you want to host a baller teambuilding day), lots of craft beer-infused beauty products, a spa heavy on beer treatments, a beer fridge in the shower (because there’s no better place to drink it), a beer tap in each room, hot tubs made with oak barrels (which they will fill with beer for you, what!!!), and a stocked mini bar filled with the best craft brews available.

According to their Indiegogo campaign, it’ll cost $6 million to complete The DogHouse and neighboring sour beer brewery. The money will enable BrewDog to fast track the opening, hopefully by mid-late 2018.

At press time, BrewDog has raised nearly $154,000, which is way past their $75,000 goal.

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Watch: Samuel L. Jackson and Jimmy Fallon Read Facebook Rants About Snack Foods

Amy Hansen
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Watch: Samuel L. Jackson and Jimmy Fallon Read Facebook Rants About Snack Foods

We live in a time when non-political Facebook rants are perceived as a breath of fresh air. Tapping into this cultural cue, Jimmy Fallon and Samuel L. Jackson took it upon themselves to re-enact some random Facebook rants about an issue that everyone has a strong opinion about: junk food. Specifically Girl Scout cookies and Pop Tarts.

Sam Jackson reveals that his love of Girl Scout cookies has deep roots; his mom was once the leader of a Brownies troop when he was growing up. His pig out cookie of choice? Shortbrea…zzzzzzzz. “Better than those Thin Mint things they used to sell,” he says, presumably sparking a ton of “seriously?” looks from the audience.

Jackson also riffs on milk.

You haven’t lived until you’ve heard him utter the phrase, “Stop milk shaming me, Mother Fucker!”

Also, Toaster Strudel vs. Pop Tarts is the new  Team Kimye vs. Team Swift.

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Those ‘Minority Report’ Computers Are Cool And About To Unleash Hell

Brendan Bures
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Those ‘Minority Report’ Computers Are Cool And About To Unleash Hell

Movies make everything seem possible: superheroes, talking dogs, love. Nowhere is this truer than when film eyes the future with all its possible tech and gadgets. It only seems so cool and simple to use. One of the primary examples: Minority Report and Tom Cruise whipping around a projected computer interface just by using his gloved hands. But according to College Humor, maybe we shouldn’t be so eager to produce and use computers that work that way.


This is of course is an imaginary computer. But the idea that tech takes cues from the sci-fi world is not. As ReCode points out, Minority Report, Ready Player One, and The Matrix frequently serve as references within AR and VR. When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg created a home AI assistant that could adjust lights and toast bread, he named it after Tony Stark’s AI assistant—Jarvis.

So to all you tech producers and AR/VR kids, um, maybe stop watching so much science fiction? Things don’t work like that in the real world.

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