 It's Wednesday, March 5th, 2014. I'm Evan Rogers, or you can refer to me by my criminal kingpin name, El Capitan de Bitcoinio. Esto es 90 seconds on the verge. Washington DC, the capital of the United States, has voted to decriminalize marijuana. By a near unanimous vote, the council ruled that possession and private consumption of the drug in small amounts would be a civil offense resulting in a $25 fine. The bill goes into effect this summer, thus making those family trips to the capital a whole lot more fun. However, as DC is going green, nicotine is having a tough time in LA. Following cities like New York and Chicago, Los Angeles is banning the use of e-cigarettes in some public places. The city council voted unanimously to ban, quote, vaping in restaurants, bars, parks, and other areas where cigarette smoking is prohibited. Thankfully, e-cigarettes will still be allowed for, quote, theatrical purposes. Mmm, the theater lives! And finally, Swiss scientists have broken an informal four-decade-long ban on LSD research. A study was conducted in which cancer patients received the drug as well as talk therapy to curb their anxiety about death. A year after the session ceased, those patients who had received a full dose of LSD experienced a 20 percent improvement in their anxiety levels, while the group who received a lower dose had an increase in their anxiety symptoms. While the study was small and the results weren't statistically significant, the fact that the test took place at all bodes well for psychedelic drug research, as the drug caused no serious side effects. That's it for today's top stories. Coming up tomorrow, we check in on meth. Yep. Still illegal.
 It's Wednesday, March 5th, 2014. I'm Evan Rogers, or you can refer to me by my criminal
 kingpin name, El Capitan de Bitcoinio. Esto es 90 seconds on the verge.
 Washington DC, the capital of the United States, has voted to decriminalize marijuana. By a
 near unanimous vote, the council ruled that possession and private consumption of the
 drug in small amounts would be a civil offense resulting in a $25 fine. The bill goes into
 effect this summer, thus making those family trips to the capital a whole lot more fun.
 However, as DC is going green, nicotine is having a tough time in LA. Following cities
 like New York and Chicago, Los Angeles is banning the use of e-cigarettes in some public
 places. The city council voted unanimously to ban, quote, vaping in restaurants, bars,
 parks, and other areas where cigarette smoking is prohibited. Thankfully, e-cigarettes will
 still be allowed for, quote, theatrical purposes. Mmm, the theater lives!
 And finally, Swiss scientists have broken an informal four-decade-long ban on LSD research.
 A study was conducted in which cancer patients received the drug as well as talk therapy
 to curb their anxiety about death. A year after the session ceased, those patients who
 had received a full dose of LSD experienced a 20 percent improvement in their anxiety
 levels, while the group who received a lower dose had an increase in their anxiety symptoms.
 While the study was small and the results weren't statistically significant, the fact
 that the test took place at all bodes well for psychedelic drug research, as the drug
 caused no serious side effects. That's it for today's top stories. Coming up tomorrow,
 we check in on meth. Yep. Still illegal.