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3 Presidential Candidates Most Likely to Legalize or Decriminalize Marijuana

Sean Williams ~ The Motley Fool ~

Here’s a look at three presidential candidates who, through past views and statements, offer the perceived-to-be friendliest approaches to the marijuana industry.

Cannabis under grow lights at a Denver facility. Image: WeedWorthy.com

Colorado pot sales spike in June, top $50M for first time

Ricardo Baca ~ The Cannabist ~

Colorado pot taxes: Over the first six months of 2015, the state has pulled in a total of $60.7 million in marijuana taxes, fees.

NORML: Marijuana reform hinges on state politics

Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~

A top NORML official says the number of states that vote in favor of legalizing or decriminalizing cannabis next year will affect the legal marijuana movement’s momentum.

Building a better mousetrap for the cannabis industry

Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~

One inventor-turned-businessman says innovators are finding a market for their ideas as the legal marijuana sector concentrates on its bottom line.

Nyhavn canal as seen from Kongens Nytorv square, Copenhagen, Denmark, Northern Europe. (Photo: Mstyslav Chernov)

More young Danes prefer cannabis to alcohol

Thelocal.dk ~

New figures from the Danish National Institute of Public Health show that cannabis use is up among high school students while drinking is down.

Hashman Infused marijuana chocolate bars are hand-crafted by a classically trained artisan chocolatier. Photo: Salvador Ingram

Consumers are gobbling up cannabis edibles

Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~

Industry experts are watching carefully as more people ingest, rather than smoke, their cannabis.

A cannabis grow room in Denver. Photo: WeedWorthy.com

Marijuana opponents using US racketeering law to fight industry's spread

Kristen Wyatt ~ Associated Press ~

DENVER — A federal law crafted to fight the mob is giving marijuana opponents a new strategy in their battle to stop the expanding industry: racketeering lawsuits.

Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Rand Paul waits to speak during a campaign stop at a sports bar in Denver on Tuesday, June 30, 2015. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Rand Paul backs effort to bring banking to legal marijuana businesses

Meena Thiruvengadam ~ Yahoo Finance ~

Less than a month after holding a fundraiser on the sidelines of a Colorado marijuana conference, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is joining the fight to give America’s growing legal marijuana industry access to banking services.

Texans like Edwin Patterson, on the left, and Sherise Nipper are looking to Colorado for access to medical marijuana. Photo: Alex Ramirez

Texans Head To Colorado For Medical Marijuana Therapy

Mark Reagan ~ San Antonio Current ~

People with a variety of medical ailments are leaving Texas for treatment in Colorado.

Kansas landscape/Photo Credit: Jenna Normandin, JN Photography.

Cannabis in Kansas: An Up-Hill Battle

Jessi Rae ~ WeedWorthy ~

Despite changes in other states when it comes to marijuana legalization, the political and cultural landscape in Kansas makes local analysts doubt whether similar progress can take place there.