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Interactive video: Highlights from the News21 marijuana project

August 19, 2015August 19, 2015 News21 Fellow

News21’s Dom DiFurio highlights some of the work the journalists did on this year’s investigation project – from a stop-motion video to interactive graphics.

Culture

YouTube sensation ‘Nonna Marijuana’ explains her rise to stardom

August 14, 2015August 14, 2015 News21 Fellow

Four years ago, Aurora Leveroni, popularly known as Nonna Marijuana, posted a cooking video on YouTube. That was the first time Leveroni, who was 88 years old at the time, cooked with cannabis.

Culture

Video preview: What do Americans think about marijuana?

August 13, 2015August 12, 2015 News21 Fellow

News21’s Emi Sasagawa and Matias J. Ocner have put together a stop-motion video – using construction paper and a bit of origami – on how American public opinion on cannabis has changed over the years.

Agriculture Culture

Two cannabis species: Indica vs. Sativa

August 3, 2015August 3, 2015 News21 Fellow

Indica and sativa are the two main subspecies of cannabis. These two can be combined to grow a hybrid marijuana strain, but alone they each have distinct characteristics.

Culture Medical

Mesa child first to openly use cannabis oil at Camp Candlelight

July 30, 2015August 5, 2015 News21 Fellow

Eleven-year old Mercedes Gonzales of Mesa, Arizona, became the first child to openly use cannabis oil as treatment for her seizures while attending an Arizona summer camp.

Business Culture

Big Tobacco may be dreaming of Big Marijuana

July 28, 2015 News21 Fellow

An analysis of previously secret documents from major U.S. tobacco companies show Big Tobacco, despite denials, has since the 1970s considered cannabis as both sales rival and possible product.

Culture Medical

Pennsylvania parents call for compassionate cannabis use

July 27, 2015July 28, 2015 News21 Fellow

The media has nicknamed the core group of about 15 Pennsylvania mothers the “Mama Bears” for their fierce devotion to alleviating their children’s severe and intractable diseases.

Culture

92-year-old YouTube star ‘Nonna Marijuana’ describes first experience with pot

July 22, 2015August 12, 2015 News21 Fellow

YouTube star Aurora Leveroni, also known as Nonna Marijuana, started cooking with cannabis four years ago. Since then, she’s reached more than 1.5 million views.