Cannabis News

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Portland International Airport allows carrying marijuana on in-state flights

FOX 12 Staff ~ KPTV.com   ~
 
The airport is allowing travelers to board with the legal amount of marijuana on flights that take off and land within Oregon's borders.
Friends and family gather in Nelson, New Zealand to remember Alex Renton. Photo: Marion Van Dijk/Fairfax Media

Cannabis treatment teen Alex Renton sparked national debate in New Zealand

Stacey Knott ~ Stuff.co.nz ~
 
Alex Renton sparked a national debate about medicinal cannabis while in a coma, his sister has told the teen's memorial service.
Love Erchul, left, and Polly Bates, right, dance together at The Oregon Country Fair in 2013. Brittany Greeson/ The Oregonian

Marijuana still banned at the Oregon Country Fair

Jamie Hale ~ OregonLive.com ~

Recreational marijuana may now be legal in Oregon, but it’s still forbidden at the state’s famous festival.

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

 
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.
Glacier National Park, Montana. Author: Jon Sullivan

Ballot Initiative Would Legalize Recreational Marijuana In Montana

 
A part-time sports reporter and medical marijuana patient from Glendive says legalizing pot for recreational use would be an economic boon for Montana.
Cannabis plant at a Denver grow facilility. Photo: WeedWorthy.com

New bill would let marijuana shops use banks

 
Pot shops would have access to banks under new legislation in the Senate.
Some of the cold-pressed fruit and vegetable juices, infused with cannabis, being made available in D.C. Photo: Nevin Martell

Washington, D.C. Growers Debut Marijuana-Infused Cold-Pressed Juices

 
A District company has introduced five so-called medibles for medical marijuana patients.
Bill Levin poses in the sanctuary at The First Church of Cannabis. (Photo: Kelly Wilkinson/The Star file photo)

Church of Cannabis suit raises religious liberty issues

Stephanie Wang and Michael Anthony Adams ~ IndyStar.com ~

Legal experts question whether church can overcome hurdles in challenging Indiana's marijuana laws.

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

 
People with a variety of medical ailments are leaving Texas for treatment in Colorado.
A child wearing a marijuana leaf hat poses during a rally in support of cultivation of cannabis for medicinal purposes in Santiago in March. Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/Reuters

Chile moves toward cannabis decriminalization

 
Chile took a step forward in decriminalizing the use of cannabis on Tuesday after the lower house of Congress approved by a wide margin a bill that seeks to change the law in the South American country.

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