Some people are slow learners. Cases in point: This week we have two examples of people being arrested for DUI on consecutive days.

In Brownsville, Texas a man ran  a vehicle off the road at 2 a.m. on a Tuesday. He was arrested, charged with DUI and released about 11:20 a.m. on $3,000 bond

The Financial Services panel, which has oversight of D.C., has removed from the 2010 budget 11-year-old language outlawing the District’s use of federal or local funds to legalize marijuana or reduce penalties for its possession or distribution.

The clear intent was to allow people with certain medical conditions to obtain marijuana to relieve suffering. What the law didn't provide, however, was a legal means for approved users to acquire the drug.

Legislation recently introduced in the state Senate takes aim at that glaring hole in the law. It proposes a distribution system for medical marijuana that includes state-licensed growers and prescriptions filled by pharmacists.

And if the extra hours are bringing in more money, it may be helping to keep the marriage together.

A new study co-authored by Melbourne Institute economist Mark Wooden finds men are less likely to split up with their partner if they are working between 40 and 50 hours a week.

What’s the big deal about a little testosterone deficit and a touch of testicular cancer as long as reefer madness generates a happy buzz?

That’s the latest scare surfacing in the media.  Studies claim to show a reduction in testosterone levels, plus a 70 percent increase in chances of testicular cancer, and an increased risk of lung cancer among those who smoke marijuana.

Six-year-old Sahara told her parents she saw "my Tata" in the clouds in a dream and wanted to write him a letter.

"I love you, Tata," she wrote. Her mother, Tucsonan Monica Salazar, wept as she recalled the letter and the death of her father.

Times columnist Gregory Sullivan acknowledges marijuana's therapeutic potential, but he argues that federal law must be changed before New Jersey passes its Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act (The Times, "Compassionate, but still illegal," Dec. 30). Mr. Sullivan is apparently unaware of the recent U.S. Supreme Court action in the Garden Grove case, which resolved the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear, and thus let stand, a decision from California's Fourth District Court of Appeals, which said: "Congress enacted the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to combat recreational drug abuse and curb drug trafficking. Its goal was not to regulate the practice of medicine, a task that falls within the traditional powers of the states. ... Congress regulates medical practice (only) insofar as it bars doctors from using their prescription-writing powers as a means to engage in illicit drug dealing ... . Beyond this, however, the statute manifests no intent to regulate the practice of medicine generally."

Overland Park police arrested three people on suspicion of drunken driving after they were stopped as part of a special enforcement patrol.

Police conducted the DUI saturation patrol Friday as part of a Thanksgiving Special Traffic Enforcement Program focusing on seatbelt and impaired driving violations, according to a release.

TAMPA - A 35-year-old Oldsmar man was arrested Wednesday afternoon on a DUI-manslaughter charge.

Kevin Michael Smith, 35, was arrested in connection with an April 19 crash that led to the death of Vickie D. Colonna, 43, of Tampa

Proponents argue that easily grown and robust Cannabis Hemp is one of the best if not the very best plants overall for fuel, building supplies, medicine, fiber, food, paper, and substitute for wood. Some go so far as to argue that it could be the best solution to global warming. Yet due to the governments opinion of its abuse for its drug properties (Marijuana), it is illegal in the U.S. and elsewhere.

Hemp and Marijuana are the same basic plant only that the female plant (deemed marijauna).

I like to think that we can sometimes engage in intelligent, open conversation about more than just music here at LocalCut. Right? Right?

Like many of you, I go to basement shows (or at least I used to before I landed the WW Music Editor gig). And while I’m continually impressed by underage Portland’s capacity for enjoying music of all stripes (be it dancing like crazy or sitting cross-legged on the floor) without being preoccupied by socializing and drinking, I also see the occasional 18 year-old kids getting their teenage kicks by way of some old-fashioned backyard boozin’. Some underage people drink. Obviously.

Washington (dbTechno) - Recently, the debate has come up as to whether or not the drinking age should be lowered from 21 to 18.  This comes as 130 presidents of colleges and universities across the U.S. signed an initiative to support the move.  Does this put college students at risk though in regards to their health?

As stated, over 130 presidents from various colleges and universities across the U.S. signed a petition this month to change the legal drinking age of 21, down to 18.