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Brad Bowman ~ The State Journal ~
Democratic Sen. Perry Clark spoke at the Mensa Annual Gathering in Louisville on Wednesday in an effort to clear the smoke about myths surrounding cannabis.
Clark was one of several presenters invited to the four-day Mensa event at the Galt House.
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The race is on to legalize marijuana in Michigan in 2016.
At least three groups are working to put the question in front of voters. But money will play a big role in deciding which of those groups actually makes the ballot.
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Hardliners on Judiciary open up to research on medical pot.
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Bruce Finley ~ Denver Post ~
Metro Denver’s surging legal marijuana industry means surging energy usage in the region.
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Danya Bacchus and Samantha Tatro ~ NBC San Diego ~
The new smartphone application Eaze delivers medical marijuana to a user’s home.
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Oregonians who plan to smoke, cultivate or carry cannabis under the state's new recreational marijuana law should make sure they do it in the roughly 47 percent of Oregon where it's strictly legal.
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Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~
A veteran industry observer looks back on 2014, ahead to next year, and at the growing national acceptance of legal cannabis.
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Jennifer Brooks~ Star Tribune ~
At the stroke of midnight, medical marijuana was legal in Minnesota.
Moments later, the state's first cannabis clinic welcomed its first patients.
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Shelby Sebens ~ Reuters ~
Crowds counted down the minutes to midnight then lit up joints as smoking marijuana became legal in Oregon on Wednesday, part of a growing legalization movement spreading down the United States' west coast.
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Douglas Hanks ~ Miami Herald ~
Miami-Dade commissioners voted Tuesday to let police treat marijuana possession the same way they do littering and loitering — by issuing a civil citation with a $100 fine that keeps the offense out of the criminal system.
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Bruce Kennedy~ WeedWorthy ~
Aaron Smith of the National Cannabis Industry Association calls on legal cannabis industry leaders to create a business sector they can be proud of.
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Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~
U.S. Representative Diana DeGette says while cannabis reforms have progressed regionally, the campaign for marijuana legalization has a long way to go.
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The Associated Press ~
DENVER (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul is holding a groundbreaking fundraiser in Denver Tuesday afternoon.
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Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~
A growing number of women, especially those with degrees in STEM fields, are finding unique opportunities in the legal marijuana sector.
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WASHINGTON — For all the aspiring and current spies, diplomats and F.B.I. agents living in states that have liberalized marijuana laws, the federal government has a stern warning: Put down the bong, throw out the vaporizer and lose the rolling papers.
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Utah families of children with intractable epilepsy say cannabis treatment is a breakthrough; lawmaker plans to push extension.
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Dennis Foley ~ WTOP.com ~
Oaksterdam University brings to Washington, D.C. the city’s first certified career training program for candidates seeking to enter the legal cannabis industry.
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An entrepreneur says his sleek, fully automated “plug ’n’ plant” hydroponic system, controlled via users’ smartphones, will bring cannabis growing out of the closet, or basement.
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Tim Nelson ~ MPR News ~
When medical cannabis goes on sale for the first time in Minnesota next week, the stores that sell it will have decidedly clinical atmospheres.
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