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POT SCIENCE

Our May 25 cover story by Bruce Barcott and Michael Scherer, on marijuana’s positive and negative effects–and its medical potential–inspired comments from many people who identified themselves as longtime users. On TIME.com commenter KatieMarsh wrote that drinking cannabis smoothies has drastically reduced her rheumatoid arthritis; she says she has quit taking pharmaceuticals and is now in “full remission.” Another commenter, JohnThomas, downplayed Barcott and Scherer’s citation of studies showing harmful effects of pot on adolescents’ brains: “Right, simply because marijuana consumption is an adult activity. Of all adult activities, smoking marijuana is probably the LEAST dangerous.” Meanwhile, John Hupp, a resident of Littleton, Colo., was irked by our photo of a couple smoking in a Colorado park. Citing laws against public consumption, he wrote, “Many out-of-town visitors think it’s perfectly legal to smoke marijuana anywhere. It’s just not true!”

TEENAGE MILESTONES

“Oh Susanna, you made me cry for me!” Eve Sullivan of Cambridge, Mass., wrote in regard to Susanna Schrobsdorff’s essay on the rocky years leading up to so many kids’ graduations. “I am also a survivor of the turbulent teenage years. They were hard but, in many ways, ‘the good part.'” Joseph Belmont of Frankfort, N.Y., was similarly moved. “I wish I could write like Susanna,” he wrote. “She brings me into her family like I was her 13-year-old son, with all the angst, upset and uncertainty of the Schrobsdorff household.”

MAD MEN

James Poniewozik’s TIME.com essay on the cultural impact of the AMC series was widely shared and drew hundreds of responses. While some, like Diditoo, said Mad Men was overhyped and “reflects neither my (nor friends’) lives,” many praised Poniewozik’s perspective on the show–which, he wrote, “moves, as Don says of the Carousel, ‘backwards and forwards.'”–as insightful. “@poniewozik is a lovely and smart writer, and his Mad Men wrap is wonderful and worth a slow, satisfying stroll,” wrote NPR’s Linda Holmes on Twitter. “A beautiful article about an amazing show,” added LABete on TIME.com. “I’m already feeling nostalgic.”

LIGHTBOX

For 30 years, mysterious lights have illuminated the sky in Hessdalen, Norway, luring thousands of UFO enthusiasts every year. Some scientists say the phenomenon derives from metallic emanations from the town’s mines (seen in the stream above). But as Norwegian photographer Ivar Kvaal discovered when he visited Hessdalen, that’s only part of the town’s remarkable story. For more, visit lightbox.time.com.

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What would your name be if you were born in a different decade? Find out with Chris Wilson’s generator, which uses your name’s popularity rank in your birth year to provide its equivalent in every decade since 1890. If you were born Malia in 1998 (then 545th most popular), you’d now be Chanel (the 545th most popular today). Get yours at time.com/names.

NAME

Malia

BORN

1998

SEX

Female

1960s

Bobby

1970s

Renea

1980s

Melonie

1990s

Kirby

2000s

Janette

NAME TODAY

Chanel

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