Rashid smokes bad weed. For 35 years he’s been on this earth and he still permits himself to smoke such rubbish. Ironically, he knows how to tell the difference better than anyone. 

The United States' first marijuana cafe opened its doors for the first time late last week in Portland, Oregon. It is considered as an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug.

The news made headlines this week as the Cannabis Cafe 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, Reuters reports.

A man has been arrested after allegedly trying to smuggle 23 kilos of marijuana, worth about £30,000, into Mexico from the United States. Officers from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) arrested James Williams on October 25th after inspecting his vehicle and discovering the illicit drug. The discovery is unusual as it does not fit in with the usual pattern of drugs being smuggled into the US while high powered weaponry and US dollars are smuggled back into Mexico.

 My catholic upbringing never prevented me from going beyond limits exploring new sensations; however its rigorous dogma and doctrine made me for a long time questioning the sanity of my emotions. It is true that I had never have to confess for being drunk or smoking like a chimney but when it came to marihuana that was a different matter.