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Texas patients sharpen plea for medical marijuana legalization - Cannabis news
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Texas
 Jamie McGee ~ The Tennessean ~   Marijuana is illegal in Tennessee, but when and if the law changes, the business opportunities will be vast — along with the risks.
Day Without Marijuana Tax Draws Mixed Reactions in Colorado
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Business & Finance
Julie Turkewitz ~ New York Times ~   DENVER — Some called it Christmas for stoners. Others warned of marijuana anarchy.
Comedy and tragedy: When the GOP debate turned to marijuana
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Daniel Malloy ~ ajc.com ~   SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — One of the signature moments in the latter portion of Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate came on the topic of marijuana.
Colorado Just Became The First State In History To Collect More Taxes From Marijuana Than Alcohol
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Business & Finance
Jonah Bennett ~ The Daily Caller ~ No state has ever generated more tax revenue from marijuana than alcohol—until now.
Small part of Iowa votes to legalize medical, rec marijuana
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Iowa
Kristen Wyatt ~ Associated Press ~   DENVER (AP) -- Marijuana consumers were taking advantage of a tax holiday in Colorado on Wednesday, with some lining up early for doorbuster-style deals.
Telling the difference between Hemp and Marijuana
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Cannabis News
Jackie Borchardt ~ Cleveland.com ~ COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio's Issue 3 received its first endorsement from a national marijuana advocacy group, but the group says the proposed constitutional amendment is not the best way to legalize marijuana.
Sustainable solutions: How hemp is being used to make prosthetic limbs
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Medical News
Eric Lupher ~ TheDenverChannel.com ~   COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The next big marijuana trend may have just hit the ground running in Colorado Springs. Soon, people there will be able to get gas and buy weed.
Billings lowers minimum age to own or work for marijuana businesses to 18
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Business & Finance
Matt Helms ~ Detroit Free Press ~ With some medical-marijuana stores in Detroit now offering drive-through purchasing, the city's marketplace for medical pot has spiraled out of control and needs to be regulated, Mayor Mike Duggan said.
Arizona collects more cannabis than liquor taxes, poll finds one-third Americans prefer weed over booze
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Business & Finance
Shellie Nelson ~ WQAD.com ~   Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, won't be on the list of conditions for which medical marijuana is allowed in Illinois.
Why HEXO Stock Is Getting Smoked This Week
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Christopher Ingraham ~ Washington Post ~   Teen marijuana use held steady in 2014, the first year that marijuana was legally available for purchase in the states of Washington and Colorado, according to just-released numbers from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
The Australian cannabis market is opening up, 5 years after landmark legal changes.
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Business & Finance
Kate Rogers ~ CNBC ~   If there was any doubt about the national momentum on legalized marijuana use in America, consider this. There will be a medicinal marijuana dispensary right off New York City's Union Square come January 2016.
Cannabis Tax Revenue Is Seeing Higher Numbers In The U.S.
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Cannabis News
Katie Lobosco ~ CNN Money ~   For one day and one day only, you can get a 10% discount on recreational marijuana in Colorado. September 16 is a pot tax holiday, thanks to a quirky state law.
Does The New MORE Act Have A Better Chance Of Passing?
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Politics
Anjali Shastry ~ Washington Times ~ South Carolina voters overwhelmingly say their state’s own medical marijuana law should trump federal enforcement, said a new poll being released Thursday.
What Will Australian Import Changes Mean for Local Cannabis Growers?
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World News
Tyler Carter ~ KSNT.com ~   TOPEKA (KSNT) — A nationwide argument between the veterans’ administration and groups which represent the rights of veterans emerged in Topeka Tuesday.
Inside story: World’s first cannabis artist-in-residence shares his year of weed immersion - Cannabis News
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Culture & Arts
Nicola Swanborough ~ Epilepsysociety.org.uk ~   The latest trials of cannabis in the treatment of children with epilepsy suggest a pure form of the drug may be of benefit.
Support for marijuana legalization surges to record high, Fox News poll finds - Cannabis News
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U.S. News
Julie Weed ~ Forbes ~   While many retirees spend time in their gardens, 82-year-old Florence Childs has chosen to work with another kind of plant.
Jamaican farmers just harvested their first legal cannabis crop
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World News
Gogo Lidz ~ Irish Examiner ~   It seems fitting that a plant called Mary Jane could smash the patriarchy.
Denver approves first social marijuana license, allowing vaping and edibles in Lincoln Park coffee shop - Cannabis News
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U.S. News
Angus Chen ~ NPR.org ~   The Pet Poison Helpline, a 24-hour pet poison control center, has seen a fourfold increase in calls concerning pets experiencing marijuana intoxication over the past three years.

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