A.M. Scouting Report: Facebook's good for ya, and pot has its benefits, too

-- Michigan State University released a study on Facebook usage among 286 undergrads.  Turns out it might be good for you.  Students with lower self esteem could make friends more easily if they used it than if they didn't.  Or in their acadamese: "Facebook appears to play an important role in the process by which students form and maintain social capital."   (FaceReviews)

Last week, the NYT's Freakonomics blog hosted a smart-people debate on the same question.

-- Big on Digg on Thursday was a pro-pot policy paper from the American College of Physicians.  Well, pro-medical marijuana research, anyway:

Additional research is needed to further clarify the therapeutic value of cannabinoids and determine optimal routes of administration. Unfortunately, research expansion has been hindered by a complicated federal approval process, limited availability of research-grade marijuana, and the debate over legalization.

(How good does weed have to be to be research-grade?)

On a related note, the teaser for "Super High Me" is out, a documentary in which comedian Doug Benson (in pic at left) plans to "smoke pot every day for 30 days and try to remember to film it."