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Alfred Ryan Nerz

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Alfred Ryan Nerz is the author of Eat This Book: A Year of Gorging and Glory on the Competitive Eating Circuit and MARIJUANAMERICA: One Man's Quest to Understand America's Dysfunctional Love Affair with Weed. ...more

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Driving Stoned – “I Think We’re Parked, Man”

When America legalizes recreational marijuana (and I think we can all agree that that historic moment is imminent), there will be a boatload of issues that will be difficult to resolve. Among these problems: how to test whether a driver is impaired by cannabis intoxication. Ever since Colorado and Washington legalized recreational weed in November, officials have been grappling with what qualifies

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Average rating: 3.74 · 98 ratings · 13 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Marijuanamerica: One Man's Quest to Understand America's Dysfunctional Love Affair with Weed 3.77 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)

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