Are You Ready for a New Drink-Marijuana Cola set to launch in U.S.

A California man is hoping to have a line of soft drinks laced with the psychoactive ingredient found in cannabis available on the U.S. market by February. Soquel, Calif., commercial artist and designer Clay Butler has told local media he doesn't do drugs, drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes but feels adults should be able to ingest what they choose.

"Even though, personally, I'm not interested and I don't think it's right for me," Butler told the Santa Cruz Sentinel, "I'm a firm believer that adults have an inalienable right to think, eat, smoke, drink, ingest, decorate, dress any way they choose to do so. It's your life; it's your body." Though other marijuana sodas exist, Butler feels his design background will ensure the marketing of his product will be different. Other sodas are "so mom-and-pop, hippie-dippy and rinky-dink," he said.

The "Just Say Yes" slogan and logo featuring a cannabis leaf made out of soda pop bubbles are aimed at trying to get the product to appeal to a wider audience. But U.S. laws means the soda will only be legally available to patients with a medical marijuana prescription. Canna Cola will be the flagship product but the line will include other flavours, such as Doc Weed, Sour Diesel, Grape Ape and Orange Kush. Each soda will contain 35 to 65 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is substantially less than what is found in similar drinks, giving Clay's products a milder marijuana taste. The bottles are expected to sell between $10 to $15. The marijuana soda is slated to go on sale at medical-marijuana dispensaries in some of the western states beginning in February.

Very Sick Sale-Baby offered for sale in online ad

Police in Nova Scotia are investigating after someone posted an online ad offering someone else's baby for sale.

The posting appeared briefly Friday on classifieds website Kijiji, according to Cape Breton Regional Police.

The ad listed a two-month-old Sydney, N.S., baby boy for sale and provided the contact information of his parents, police said.

Police visited the home and found the mother and her seven-month-old child were not in distress. The mother wasn't aware of the posting.Police are trying to track down who posted the ad but currently suspect it was just a bad joke.

The post has since been removed from Kijiji.

Godzilla-like creature' nabbed in Calif. Town

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Animal services officers often get calls reporting "huge," monstrous reptiles, only to arrive and find an itty-bitty garden snake. The 5-foot Monitor lizard wandering around a condo complex in the city of Riverside was way bigger than animal control officer Jenny Selter could have imagined."She said she saw it and almost jumped back in her truck," said John Welsh, spokesman for Riverside County Animal Services. "The residents were freaking out because here's the Godzilla-like creature walking down the sidewalk."Selter managed to get a catch pole — a long pole with a loop at the end that's used to handle vicious dogs — around the animal's neck, Welsh said. It was docile at first, but then it started hissing.

Carnivorous -A police officer grabbed the lizard's body while Selter held onto its sharp, lashing tail, and together they put it in a compartment of her truck that's usually used for large dogs.Back at the shelter, staff found the reptile was well-behaved for a Monitor lizard."The last one we had was nasty. But this one doesn't hiss and we were able to walk it around. It was investigating and didn't snap at anyone," Welsh said. "We suspect that it's been someone's pet for a long time, because it's so big. I think they might let it wander around the house. Maybe it sleeps on a bean bag?"Welsh thinks the scaly pet might have escaped its cage or gotten loose while its owner was away, and he hoped its owner comes to claim it soon.

Wow-Calif. girls hospitalized after eating pot cookie

COVINA, Calif. — Police in California say two children were hospitalized after eating a marijuana cookie they found on a kitchen counter, and their mother was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment. Covina police Lt. Tim Doonan says the girls, ages 10 and 11, found the chocolate chip cookie in a baggie when they came home from school on Monday.

Doonan tells the San Gabriel Valley Tribune that the girls felt ill, complaining of numbness and pale, clammy skin, and were taken to a hospital, where tests showed traces of marijuana.Their mother, 33-year-old Veronica Sylvester, remained in jail Wednesday on $100,000 bail.Doonan says she told detectives she got the cookie from a friend for medical purposes. But Doonan says Sylvester had no prescription for the drug.

World's first tram sauna unveiled in Milan

Unfortunately this real tram is no longer in operation and sits in one place at the spa resort in northern Italy.But, created by public transport designers QC Termemilano, it has all the features of the original carriage - except now it's a bit more wooden inside, a bit hotter, and a bit stuffier.It comes complete with hot coals and benches - as well as the tram's trademark pitched roof and open window views of its surroundings. The designers claim the idea is to show commuters that public transport needn't always be stressful.A spokesman said: 'People can get very stressed travelling through a city centre.'This innovative design is to show that not all public transport is frustrating. It can be somewhere to relax.'The historical Carelli tram sits in the middle of a spa complex on a real track, all of its own.And models frequently turn up to pose by it too, apparently.

A man films himself being run over by a train

This incredible footage shows the moment a man lays down on a rail track and lets a high speed train run over him.

The bizzare act has been balsted as 'stupidity in the extreme' by Network Rail.

A spokesman said: "It is stupidity in the extreme. It doesn't bear thinking about what would have happened if the turbulence created had swept the man's coat up into the underside of the train. "The shocking footage shoes the man lying length ways between thetracks while an approaching train terrifyingly thunders over the top of him. He seems inches from death as he presses himself tightly to the floor while the train passes by.

 

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