<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><div>Courtesy of <i>KIRO7 News</i> at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.kiro7.com/news/eastside-news/wsu-researchers-need-volunteers-to-smoke-marijuana-for-study/524826748">http://www.kiro7.com/news/eastside-news/wsu-researchers-need-volunteers-to-smoke-marijuana-for-study/524826748</a></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><h1 class="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 2.3em; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">WSU researchers need volunteers to smoke marijuana for study</h1><div><br></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In accordance with Washington state law volunteers must be at least 21-years-old to participate in the study. All volunteers for the study must also reside in Pullman, Wash.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Participants will begin with a blood test and a mouth swab as part of preliminary testing. The volunteers will then purchase marijuana of their choice from a Washington state licensed retail store, and smoke it privately at their own home. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Taxi cabs will pick up the volunteers from their homes and bring them to a hospital to complete secondary testing. The taxi cabs will help avoid any participant from driving under the influence. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Volunteers will be paid $30 an hour for the first hour and $10 for every additional hour of participation.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The study will also encourage participants to partake in a standard sobriety test conducted by local law enforcement. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have passed legislation legalizing marijuana for medical usage while eight states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The study will take place the last two weeks of May and continue through the first two weeks of June. To join the study, contact Nathan Weller at <a href="tel:(509)-432-1943" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;">(509)-432-1943</a> or by email at <a href="mailto:nathan_weller@hotmail.com">nathan_weller@hotmail.com</a></span></p></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>In support of this community activity, may I suggest that participants . . . </div><div><br></div><div><b>"Don't Bogart That Joint"</b></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Dont_Bogart_That_Joint.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Dont_Bogart_That_Joint.mp3</a></div><div><br></div><div>And my suggestion for the Idaho state legislature . . .</div><div><br></div><div><b><i><u>LEGALIZE IT! REGULATE IT! TAX IT!</u></i></b></div><div><img src="cid:E09FF5C3-DC5B-46D0-A2C3-1FABEB5AD704" alt="image1.jpeg" id="E09FF5C3-DC5B-46D0-A2C3-1FABEB5AD704"><br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>