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it's Wednesday March 5th 2014 i'm evan rodgers or you can refer to me by my criminal kingpin name elcapitan dave bitcoin yo s2s 90 seconds on the verge washington DC the capital of the united states has voted to decriminalize marijuana by a near unanimous vote the council ruled that possession and private consumption of the drug in small amounts would be a civil offense resulting in a $25 fine the bill goes into effect this summer thus making those family trips of the capital a whole lot more fun however as DC is going green nicotine is having a tough time in la following cities like New York and Chicago Los Angeles is banning the use of e-cigarettes in some public places the City Council voted unanimously to band quote vaping in restaurants bars parks and other areas where cigarette smoking is prohibited thankfully e-cigarettes will still be allowed for quote theatrical purposes mmm the theater lives Wow and finally Swiss scientists have broken an informal for decade-long ban on LSD research a study was conducted in which cancer patients receive the drug as well as talk therapy to curb their anxiety about death a year after the session ceased those patients who had received a full dose of LSD experience a twenty percent improvement in their anxiety levels while the group who received a lower dose had an increase in their anxiety symptoms well the study was small and the results weren't statistically significant the fact that the test took place at all bodes well for psychedelic drug research as the drug cause no serious side effects that's it for today's top stories coming up tomorrow we check in on meth yep still illegal