The phone calls would come in, and the voice on the other side would ask, "Do you believe in ghosts?" This wasn't a prank. Read more...

Bahar Moheban came to UCLA with a sense of faith. Read more...

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Bahar Moheban, a fourth-year psychobiology student, said she felt an increase in her spirituality since coming to UCLA.

A large sign jutted off the roof of the building, affixed with a neon green marijuana leaf. Read more...

If passed, Proposition 19, the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010, will allow California residents to grow marijuana for private use or purchase the drug at local grocery stores. The item was first placed on the California ballot last March by medical marijuana provider Richard Lee, and the proposition will be on the ballot next month. According to Yes on 19 spokesman Dan Newman, the initiative is a logical response to California's "failed war" on the drug. Though previous legislation under Proposition 215 only legitimized marijuana use for medical purposes, the drug remains popular in the recreational drug scene as well. Read more...

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The act of smoking a marijuana joint is similar to puffing on a cigarette. Both substances have been known and used for hundreds of years, and their potential risks have long been hot topics of debate among lawmakers. Yet the jury is still out on whether marijuana shares similar health risks as cigarette smoking.
For this reason, UCLA researchers like Dr. Donald Tashkin are looking to compare the effects of marijuana and cigarettes on the lungs. Read more...