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Local café offers hemp-infused meals as option for customers
Cannabis News
State regulators awarded a $1 million, three-year contract this week to a New Jersey-based company to operate a toll-free help line for patients, caregivers and doctors accessing Ohio's new medical marijuana program. 
Cannabis Activism in Pot-Hostile States: Kansas and Oklahoma Are Fighting the Good Fight - Cannabis News
Activism
Legalization advocates in 420-unfriendly states like Kansas and Oklahoma have many hurdles to overcome, but they want the outside world to know they haven’t given up the fight.
Dennis Peron, father of medical marijuana in California, dies at 72 - Cannabis News
Activism
Dennis Peron, the cannabis activist who fired up the movement to legalize medical marijuana in California, died on Saturday in a San Francisco hospital. He was 72.
Connecticut: Cannabis Basic Training Embraces Future Business Opportunities - Cannabis News
Activism
Connecticut cannabis activists believe that legalization of recreational cannabis isn’t a matter of if, it’s a matter of when.
The Best Cannabis Cookbooks for Budding Chefs - Cannabis News
Culture & Arts
“Jeff Sessions is an old dinosaur with old ideas,” said one dispensary customer. “We have a younger, newer, more educated population who will vote that out. It won’t last."
Inside the first-ever Aspen High Summit, a meeting of music and marijuana masterminds - Cannabis News
Activism
Good music and good cannabis can really make me feel the same way," said keynote speaker Steve DeAngelo, "they both activate the brain-heart connection, they stimulate each other and put one in touch with the other.”
Columbia man charged with smuggling weed from California
Politics
One of the world’s most famous scientists says that the U.S. government’s classification of marijuana has absolutely nothing to do with science.
Cleveland School of Cannabis gets state approval - Cannabis News
Activism
The Cleveland School of Cannabis says it received approval from the Ohio State Board of Career Colleges and Schools this week.
California may require labels on pot products to warn of mental health risks
Business & Finance
If you were watching Sunday's game between the Tennessee Titans and the Houston Texans, you may have noticed a particularly green set of cleats on Titans linebacker Derrick Morgan.
Marijuana Legalization May NotMarijuana Legalization May Not Be A Blue Issue Be A Blue Issue
Politics
The comic duo Cheech and Chong, who rose to fame in the 1970s and 80s with routines centered around smoking marijuana, shared an apparent Facebook post by a Standish town councilor advocating for the medicinal use of the drug.
Legalisation of cannabis in Canada deemed a success
Politics
TV travel guide Rick Steves is best-known for his mild-mannered jaunts across Europe, but he traveled to Chicago to speak out Tuesday on a favorite side project: legalizing marijuana.
Veterans are key as surge of states OK medical pot for PTSD - Cannabis News
Activism
The increase has come amid increasingly visible advocacy from veterans’ groups.
New rulings on medical marijuana use go against employers - Cannabis News
National Issues
Medical cannabis ultimately led him on a journey from Maryland to Colorado and back again, giving him a unique perspective on the dramatic differences in state MMJ programs.
A legal Pot Problem that’s now Plaguing the Streets of America: Plastic Litter
Medical News
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Saturday to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of ailments that can legally be treated with medical marijuana.
Cannabis Found to Lower Blood Pressure in Older Adults
Medical News
From cultivation to managing shops to keeping them secure, veterans find a calling in all levels of the cannabis industry.
Medical Marijuana Laws Improve Health And Reduce Alcohol Use For Certain Groups, Study Finds - Cannabis News
Medical News
DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado cannabis companies have found it is hard for them to be charitable.

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