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Bud & Breakfast, in Denver, is one of a handful of marijuana-friendly accommodations across Colorado.  Image: Theo Stroomer for The New York Times
 
DENVER — Whether bought from a downtown shop or cadged from a friend’s basement greenhouse, legal marijuana is easy to find in Colorado. Places to smoke it, not so much.
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Adults Are Using Cannabis More Than Ever - Cannabis News

Customers waited for the first medical marijuana dispensary in Massachusetts to open in Salem, on June 24. Image: Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

Kay Lazar ~ The Boston Globe ~

Facility in Salem reports 1,500 patients in 2 months.

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To protect Cannabis workers and customers, approve federal banking act

A multi-agency team supporting Operation Trident, a large-scale marijuana eradication and reclamation mission, in 2010. Image: U.S. Army National Guard via Wikimedia Commons
 
As America's multibillion dollar cannabis industry continues to expand, the nation's drug cops are seizing less weed.
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CBD Companies Positioning Themselves For Cannabis Legalization

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The issue of medical marijuana and zero-tolerance workplace policies remains a major obstacle for cannabis advocates.
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Does the legal marijuana industry have a race problem?

Co-owners of the recreational marijuana store, Bud Nation, strive to maintain a diverse set of employees in an industry that is predominantly white. Image: Courtesy Bud Nation.

Central Ohio’s first Marijuana drive-thru dispensary prepares to open

Interior of the Euflora dispensary in downtown Denver. Image: WeedWorthy.com
Clarissa Cooper and Michael Bodley ~ Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative via NBCNews.com ~
 
DENVER — Every month, Jamie Perino hires a security detail to come to her three recreational marijuana dispensaries. They stop by, collect thousands of dollars in cash and head out to deliver the money to the state, county and city.
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Recent ruling opens door for multi-state medicinal cannabis operators in Missouri

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Marco Rubio says that, if elected president, he will crack down on states that have legalized marijuana. He plans to enforce federal law, which prohibits pot.
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Gourmet Ganja? Marijuana Dining is Growing Up, Slowly – Cannabis News

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24/7 Wall St. reviewed the 11 states where by law residents in possession of small amounts of the drug are not punishable by jail time, and medical marijuana use is permitted.
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Dava Threads: Ethically Sourced, Hand dyed, Organic Hemp Clothing – Cannabis News

In this Sept. 26, 2014, file photo, smaller-dose pot-infused brownies are divided and packaged at The Growing Kitchen in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Cannabis & Workouts: How To Do It Safely

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Players can still get high before and after the event, though.

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Women see no ceiling in Maryland medical marijuana industry – Cannabis News

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Cannabis production as extraction and distillation technologies advance

A warden with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife hacks down pot plants found growing in a deep ravine in the Sierra Nevada foothills. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
 
Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law a measure allowing steep civil fines against marijuana farms that damage the environment by dumping wastewater and chemicals, removing trees and killing wild animals.
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New York medical marijuana company to roll out home delivery service in five boroughs – Cannabis News

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GOLDEN - Colorado kicked off a month-long effort Wednesday to develop and tweak marijuana enforcement rules dealing with everything from yeast levels to how edible medical marijuana products are labeled and packaged.
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A First for Colorado: Tree Free Hemp Is Producing Paper From Seed to Sheet – Cannabis News

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NBA’s Montrezl Harrell busted with three pounds of weed

Cannabis bud and hand.
 
Cincinnati area businesses are already pondering what they should do if Ohio votes this fall to legalize marijuana, including use of medicinal pot on the job.
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Hawai‘i Legislature Passes Bill to Legalize Industrial Hemp

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Patrick Browne ~ thelocal.it ~
 
Proposals that would largely decriminalize marijuana in Italy currently have the support of 250 MPs – but does that mean Italy will be legalizing the drug any time soon?
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North American canines unwittingly consuming more cannabis: study

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SALEM, Ore. — Governor Kate Brown signed a bill on Tuesday that will allow adults 21 and over to temporarily buy recreational marijuana at established medical pot dispensaries starting on October 1st, nearly a full year sooner than expected.
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2 Marijuana Stocks To Watch Before June 2021

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The New Jersey governor says he would enforce federal laws that criminalize marijuana if elected president.
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U.S., Canadian pot stocks flying high in 2021 as American legalization hopes rise

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Attorneys specializing in marijuana law now have their own division within the State Bar of Michigan.
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'Cannamoms' say using Marijuana makes them better parents

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A Marijuana Impact Council will study the health, economic and social impacts of potentially legalizing cannabis in the state.
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