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Canonic uses AI to breed new line of THC-heavy cannabis products
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Cannabis News
Lori Denman-Underhill ~ LA Weekly ~   “You've got to hold it in your lungs longer, George.” A lot of people remember the famous comment by actor Peter Fonda in Easy Rider.
DEA Will Begin Granting Marijuana Cultivation Licenses
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Business & Finance
Douglas A. McIntyre ~ 247 Wall Street ~   Colorado’s effort to tax marijuana as a means to help the state budget never materialized, at least financially, slowing expansion of industries supported by the drug. As attempts to approve marijuana’s use in other states and cities falters, these industries face unexpected road blocks.
Legal New York Pot Means New Police Strategy
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Politics
Mario J Garcia ~ NBC News ~   Three mothers and their sick kids share how medical marijuana has helped
New York Has Banned Delta-8 THC
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Business & Finance
Laura Donovan ~ SALON ~   Opponents of legal cannabis say it leaves you fried, but research shows it can actually improve your mental health
California: Wine grape growers lose labor to cannabis farms - Cannabis News
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U.S. News
Jeremy B. White ~ The Sacramento Bee ~   California’s latest attempt to regulate medical marijuana advanced off the Assembly floor on a 50-5 vote Thursday.
Legal cannabis now supports 243,700 full-time American jobs - Cannabis News
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Business & Finance
Thomas Mitchell ~ Westword ~   Congress voted on two amendments to a Department of Justice spending bill Wednesday that would protect marijuana businesses in states where they're legal, but only one of them passed.
USDA Announces Two More Hemp Insurance Programs - Cannabis News
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CBD & Hemp
James T. Mulder ~ Syrac ~   Syracuse, N.Y. -- Medical marijuana dispensaries may be coming to Utica and Rochester.
Comedy and tragedy: When the GOP debate turned to marijuana
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Politics
Jennifer Brooks ~ StarTribune ~   Small number will certify their patients for medical marijuana, survey finds. 
New Jersey lawmakers to seek marijuana legalization - Cannabis News
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Politics
Beth Greenfield ~ Yahoo News ~   Kalel Santiago, 9, who has autism, spoke his first words shortly after starting hemp-oil treatments.
What have we learned about the arguments for and against legalized Marijuana in the past 10 years?
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Medical News
Jeff Mapes  ~ The Oregonian ~   Depending on who's talking, a 20-acre hemp farm about 10 miles south of Grants Pass is either the harbinger of a new industry that could help save rural Oregon – or an existential threat to local marijuana farmers just as they're anticipating boom times.
Federal raids cool tribal excitement over potential marijuana profits – Marijuana News
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Law & Crime
Zachariah Hughes ~ Alaska Public Media ~   This weekend, Alaska saw its first-ever job fair for careers in commercial cannabis, offering a glimpse of how the semi-legal marijuana industry is taking tentative steps towards professionalism and profits.
With Recreational Weed legal, officials expect Medical Marijuana licenses to dwindle
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Business & Finance
Kyle Munzenrieder ~ Miami New Times ~   Almost a year ago, Gov. Rick Scott signed the Charlotte’s Web bill into law, legalizing a non-euphoric strain of marijuana for medical use in Florida.
The marijuana industry is becoming more inclusive, but progress is slow
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Business & Finance
Anemona Hartocollis ~ The New York Times ~   WALLKILL,N.Y. - Don Crawford comes from a long line of Orange County farmers. Though he no longer tends dairy cows, he still cuts hay for the thriving equestrian industry, and cringes at the creep of the suburbs.
Retailers seeking to offer recreational and medical cannabis can now apply for CT licenses
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Business & Finance
Kyle Potter ~ Associated Press ~   ST. PAUL, Minn. - Sarah Wellington thought she had everything squared away to register for Minnesota's medical marijuana program.
Missouri officials examine protections over medical marijuana information
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Medical News
Bibi Patel ~ University Press ~   Revised recreational marijuana bill SB 1176, died in the Regulated Industries Committee
Cannabis stigma: Millennials caught in changing norms – Cannabis News
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Activism
Kevin Litten ~ The Times-Picayune ~   Gov. Bobby Jindal on Thursday said he plans to sign legislation that would change the state's medical marijuana laws and soften penalties for marijuana offenders.
Medical marijuana grows under strict conditions in Illinois as industry expands – Cannabis News
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Medical News
Christopher S Hopper ~ 11 Alive Atlanta ~   Georgia medical marijuana refugees are returning home from places like Colorado, now that they have temporary permits to legally use cannabis oil in the state.
Obama Administration Set to Remove Barrier to Marijuana Research – Cannabis News
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National Issues
Alex Dobuzinskis ~ Reuters ~   A group opposed to pot legalization is unveiling proposals on Thursday for the U.S. government to ease restrictions on scientific research into marijuana's potential as medicine, in a first step for an organization of its kind.

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