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Hemp-Based Construction Materials Are Building Sustainable Homes - Cannabis News
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Debra Borchardt ~ Forbes ~   Legalization of marijuana is expected to be a big issue during the 2016 elections.
Growing off the grid: Marijuana businesses find ways to be eco-friendly - Cannabis News
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 Meg Carter ~ Independent.co.uk ~ The change in US cannabis laws has led to a growing market in food and drink laced with the drug, as Meg Carter reports.
Cannabis tech's fight to be accepted at CES - Cannabis News
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Craig Hlavaty ~ Chron.com ~   Texas country music legend and pot prophet Willie Nelson has found an investor for his Willie's Reserve private marijuana label.
House panel set to examine federal marijuana policies - Cannabis News (2)
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Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~   The Senator from New York says the federal government needs to reform laws affecting marijuana’s medical use, allowing states to determine their own medical marijuana programs.
The Tech Behind Growing Cannabis - Cannabis News
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Kirsten Swanson ~ KOAT.com ~ ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Albuquerque’s city council has voted 5-4 in favor of decriminalizing the possession of 1 ounce or less of pot.
What does the start of Missouri recreational Marijuana sales mean for the Metro East?
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Scott Keyes ~ The Guardian ~ Legal marijuana tax revenues have been breaking records in Colorado this summer, nearly doubling monthly numbers from last year and on pace to exceed projections of legal sales that bring revenue back to the state.
Breeding for Dummies: how to make your Weed plants screw
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Tom Huddleston, Jr. ~ Fortune.com ~ Jeb Bush certainly wasn’t the first presidential candidate to admit having smoked weed. Here are 15, including a few who ultimately became president.
Marijuana Use Growing Among Bay Area Women - Cannabis News
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Kenneth R. Gosselin ~ Hartford Courant ~ The state wants to add as many as three medical marijuana dispensaries — especially in New Haven and Fairfield counties — and now there are 19 proposals for rolling out the expansion.
Texas patients sharpen plea for medical marijuana legalization - Cannabis news
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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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