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Michigan marijuana legalization advocates confirm plans for 2016 ballot proposal

Jonathan Oosting ~ Michigan Live ~
 
LANSING, MI -- Michigan marijuana advocates have confirmed plans to launch a petition drive later this year and hope to put a legalization proposal on the statewide ballot in 2016.
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Majority Continues to Support Pot Legalization in U.S.

Lydia Saad ~ Gallup
 
PRINCETON, N.J. - A slim majority of Americans, 51%, favor legalizing the use of marijuana - similar to the 50% who supported it in 2011 and 2012, but down from a reading of 58% last year.
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Marijuana Legalization In Ohio Could Raise $554M In Taxes By 2020, Advocacy Group Says

Philip Ross ~ International Business Times ~
 
Legal weed in Ohio could raise more than $550 million in tax revenue for the state by 2020, according to figures released Tuesday by the advocacy group ResponsibleOhio, the organization behind a proposed November ballot initiative that would legalize marijuana for medical and recreational use.
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Cannabis, neuroscience and TV: A ~ joint ~ enterprise

The Guardian ~
 
What’s it like to turn your science into 90 minutes of TV? The researchers involved in Channel 4’s Drugs Live share their experience
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Investors See Potential Opportunity in Marijuana Reform Bill

Thomas Dunford ~ The Wall Street Journal ~
 
Proposed Carers Act would redefine cannabis as a Schedule II controlled substance
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Mayor opens first government-run pot shop in Wash., buys some Blue Magoo

Douglas Ernst ~ The Washington Times
 
North Bonneville, Washington, has the distinction of launching the nation’s first government-run pot shop. Its mayor, Don Stevens, was the first customer.
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Marijuana legalization gets a boost on Capitol Hill

Evan Halper ~ L A Times ~
 
Marijuana legalization got a boost on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as a trio of rising stars in the Senate launched an effort to rewrite federal drug laws.
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Senators set to unveil bill allowing medical marijuana legalization

Luke Brinker ~ Salon
 
Bipartisan trio wants to end federal obstacles to legalizing cannabis for medicinal purposes
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Groups From Thirteen Countries Form an International Medical Cannabis Patient Coalition

Johnny Green ~ The Weed Blog
 
Medical cannabis (marijuana) patients from thirteen countries, including those represented by U.S. advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA), established the International Medical Cannabis Patient Coalition (IMCPC) this past week while at the “Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Policy, Research and Medical Practice” conference in Prague from March 4-7th. IMCPC member countries include Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States.

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