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Michigan recreational marijuana sales top $3 million in 2 weeks - Cannabis News

While the lines are shorter and the sales slightly less, Michigan’s recreational marijuana business remained brisk through its second week of existence.

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Massachusetts medical marijuana customers are buying cheap, good weed in Maine - Cannabis News

Since Maine first started accepting Massachusetts medical marijuana cards in late August, stores near the border have seen an influx in customers.

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Minnesota OKs cannabis for chronic pain, eye condition - Cannabis News

Chronic pain, macular degeneration now on list of approved conditions.

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U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Directs Lawmakers To Consider Marijuana Legalization In Special Session - Cannabis News

The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) is calling the legislature into special session this month to consider adult-use marijuana legalization.

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How Vietnam veterans expanded America’s cannabis strains - Cannabis News

Soldiers not only used locally-grown cannabis to cope with the stresses of war while in country; they also brought seeds home to North America, where they would become the progenitors of some of today’s most popular strains.

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Skinny Pot: Could Weight-Loss Weed Be Next? - Cannabis News

CBD has dominated the cannabis wellness market so far -- but THCV could be the next contender.

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Women of weed rise high in Philly - Cannabis News

Is there “pink-washing” in marijuana, where male-owned businesses use women as cover on an application? Probably. But nevertheless, women persist.

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Michigan begins taking applications for first recreational marijuana businesses Friday - Cannabis News

Marijuana’s journey from “reefer madness” to a mainstream product on store shelves is taking another historic step in Michigan this week.

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Recreational weed probably won't be for sale in Michigan until March, April - Cannabis News

For some, it’s a disappointing delay for a market that has been itching to start since voters approved legalizing marijuana last November.

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Poll: Strong Bipartisan Support for Adult-Use Marijuana in Florida - Cannabis News

With three different petition drives hoping to bring recreational marijuana to Florida, legalization will most likely be on the 2020 ballot.

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The Great American cannabis experiment - Cannabis News

Cannabis is legal in many U.S. states… or is it? The contradictions between state and federal law are intensifying.

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FBI: Cannabis Arrests Rise for Third Straight Year, Outpace Arrests for All Violent Crimes

The total number of persons arrested in the United States for violating cannabis laws rose for the third consecutive year, according to data released by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Harvest underway at East Coast’s first legal outdoor pot farm - Cannabis News

It’s fall harvest time at apple orchards and pumpkin patches, but in one small Maryland town, a very different harvest is taking place.

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West Virginia Farmers Quadrupled Their Hemp Crop This Year - Cannabis News

Farmers more than quadrupled West Virginia’s industrial hemp crop this year.

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Navajo Nation’s first hemp dispensary to open Oct. 5 - Cannabis News

While the Navajo Nation Council was debating the merits of hemp production last year, a coalition of private and public entities was quietly doing it.

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There’s a medical marijuana drought in Pennsylvania - Cannabis News

Pennsylvania is in the grip of a medical marijuana drought, according to multiple dispensary owners from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.

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Hemp takes root with Montana farmers - Cannabis News

Montana Department of Agriculture hemp statistics suggest the crop is increasing in popularity.

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Thousands Of D.C. Employees Free To Use Marijuana On Their Own Time, Mayor Says - Cannabis News

Thousands of Washington, D.C. city employees can now use marijuana off the clock, whether for medicinal or recreational purposes.

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More Illinois suburbs starting to say 'yes' to pot sales - Cannabis News

The towns are part of an evolving scorecard of discussions taking place in the suburbs as Illinois becomes the 11th state to legalize consumption of recreational marijuana by people age 21 and over starting Jan. 1.

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How the Cannabis Industry Can Do Better to Fight the Climate Crisis - Cannabis News

Between energy-intensive indoor grows and the mountain of plastic packaging, legal weed is not as green as you would think. But some producers are leading the way to sustainability.

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