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The nation’s first recreational marijuana shop opened nearly three years ago in Colorado. Since then, a growing body of research has shown that the availability of recreational marijuana – in Colorado and elsewhere – is having little to no effect on teens’ propensity to smoke weed.

5 Ways Carrie Fisher Helped the LGBTQ Community

Once, when a Star Wars fan called Princess Leia actress Carrie Fisher her role model, Fisher replied, “I’m so sorry.” Despite her fame and literary accomplishments, Fisher remained plain-spoken and self-effacing-she considered herself a terrible actress and told her young daughter that her family’s history of mental illness and substance abuse provided all the material she’d need to become a professional comedian.