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Matt Ferner ~ Huffington Post ~   Opponents of legalizing marijuana can't be happy about several new polls released Tuesday. Majority support for making cannabis legal is holding steady, while young adults are legalization's biggest fans. And that's true both nationally and in several swing states.

Alex Konrad ~ Forbes ~   It’s been called “Tinder for marijuana users,” but Todd Mitchem hopes his app will be much more.

David Knowles ~ Bloomberg ~   The bill would reclassify marijuana and allow researchers to study its effects on patients.

Matt Ferner ~ Huffington Post ~   If New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) becomes president of the United States, he said on "The Hugh Hewitt Show" Tuesday, he will "crack down" on those states that have ended prohibitions on marijuana.

Ricardo Baca ~ The Cannabist ~   High Times magazine’s New York-rooted editor-in-chief Dan Skye has spent plenty of time in Colorado researching and photographing the state’s medical and recreational systems, but his current, pre-Cannabis Cup trip to the state has been uncommonly eye-opening.

Dan Thompson ~ Mirror UK ~    Hundreds of people are expected to go attend the event - last year, police made no arrests despite visitors openly smoking cannabis

Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy™ Cannabis Industry News ~   As the field of candidates for the 2016 presidential election starts to gel, there’s also a growing discussion about how next year’s national elections will also be a milestone for legalized cannabis use in the United States.

Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy™ Cannabis Industry News ~   The Denver-based dispensary is raising the bar for selection and service, as the city prepares to welcome marijuana enthusiasts to the annual cannabis festivities

 Denver, Colorado (PRWEB) April 13, 2015   Just a month after its official launch, WeedCircles, the legal marijuana industry’s first-ever business social network and marketing platform, is attracting a huge number of cannabis consumers and businesses

David Gonzalez ~ The New York Times ~   Her daily puffs led her to write a book, “Just Say Yes: A Marijuana Memoir.”

Peter Hecht ~ The Sacramento Bee ~   Retired Silicon Valley engineer Angelo Mallol, 56, turned out Sunday for a seminar on how to start a small business – in the pot trade.

Phillip Smith ~ Alternet ~    We know the end is coming, but pot prohibition is going to have to be undone state by state. Here are the ones least likely to jump on the bandwagon.

Will Schmidt ~ TECH.CO ~    It was recently announced that the Third Annual World Cannabis Week will be returning Denver, Colorado.

Trevor Hughes ~ USA TODAY ~    DENVER – Marijuana tourists are preparing to flock to the Mile High City's massive pot festival next weekend.

Will Yakowicz ~ Inc. ~   Meadow, a San Francisco-based medical marijuana-delivery app, is the first cannabis-related company to sprout out of Y Combinator.

Jonathan Oosting ~ Michigan Live ~    LANSING, MI -- An activist-led group seeking to put a marijuana legalization proposal on Michigan's 2016 ballot wants to tax retail sales at 10 percent and allow residents to grow up to 12 plants at home.

Trevor Hughes ~ USA TODAY ~   DENVER — While federal law makes their entire industry illegal, many marijuana store owners, growers and retailers fear something completely different: Big Tobacco.

Bruce Barcott ~ TIME ~   We no longer arrest 12,000 people every year for possessing marijuana in Washington state -