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Marijuana sales reach record highs in 2020 — how the pandemic drove Americans to get stoned
Marijuana sales soared in 2020, from $10 billion the year before to nearly $18 billion. Experts say the pandemic played a major role. "I think people turned to cannabis to help relieve stress," says author of Weed the People Bruce Barcott.
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High school students erect gravestone for former slave who died 174 years ago
Massachusetts high schoolers held a memorial service for a former slave who died in 1845.
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Shoppers report seeing a ghost roaming the aisles of a Massachusetts grocery store
One does have to wonder if the stories are true: what did this poor soul do in her living life to be banished to grocery shop for the rest of eternity?
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Security cam footage shows drug dealer dropping off 18 grams of marijuana in wrong mailbox
The dealer who dropped off the drugs didn't realize that not only was he at the wrong address, with a different name on the mailbox, but he also missed the camera filming his actions.
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Man claims he damaged his tooth on a metal nail inside his Chipotle burrito
Burrito, rice, beans, chicken, metal nail, guac isn't a typical order -- and not just because of guacamole costing extra.
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Charges may be filed after video featuring two minors being intimate in a high school hallway is leaked
Police in Lawrence, Mass., are investigating a video that was leaked on social media, which appears to depict two minors engaging in a sexual act in a high school hallway.
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'Welcome to the white man's world': Cops allegedly beat up 2 Latino boys during arrest
The police officers were charged with excessive force. They pleaded not guilty.