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Connecticut comes on board as 19th legal marijuana state

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico's governor on Sunday signed an executive order to authorize the use of medical marijuana in the U.S. territory in an unexpected move following a lengthy public debate.
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Some communities opt out of marijuana dispensaries, citing lack of state guidance

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A former surgical nurse and EMT, Maria Todd has been working in the managed care sector for more than 30 years.
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New Zealand Government Unveils Final Marijuana Legalization Measure For 2020 Ballot - Cannabis News

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Nebraska and Oklahoma say marijuana laws in neighboring Colorado are causing harm to their states and want the US Supreme Court to intervene. On Monday, court showed interest in the case by asking the Obama administration for a brief.
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Cannabis Canada: Pot generates $8.16B toward Canada's economy - Cannabis News

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Legislators failed by just three votes 213-210, to add an amendment, which would have prevented the Department of Veterans Affairs from prohibiting the doctors at Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals about medical marijuana discussion with veterans as an alternative treatment, to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.
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Increasing Numbers Of Americans Support Marijuana Legalization – Marijuana News

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As you may have just heard, medical marijuana will soon be legal in Puerto Rico, provided the executive order signed by its governer, Alejandro Garcia Padilla, unfolds as planned.
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Cannabis Changes the Game of Real Estate – Marijuana News

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The End of Cannabis Prohibition
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Next-Generation CBD Products for Athletes - Cannabis News

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What’s a pot enthusiast to do when possession is legal but public smoking is not? Enter a startup eyeing the wine country of weed and cannabis-friendly rentals
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Nearly half of New Jerseyans want legal recreational marijuana, new poll finds - Cannabis News

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The state of Colorado legalized recreational marijuana a year and a half ago. And those in the industry there say it is already showing dividends in terms of tourism.
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Federal Grant Funding Restrictions Through SAMHSA Updated in Favor of Medical Cannabis

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Finn Selander spent his career fighting the drug war. As a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent, he served as the DEA’s Marijuana Coordinator in Miami and New Mexico for six years, conducting marijuana investigations.
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Best CBD Hemp Flower Strains & Companies of 2021

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Sales in April through the 27th (which include growers to processors, processors to retailers and retailers to, well, you maybe) had already topped sales in March -
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In New York State, a bill to get public health plans to cover medical marijuana - Cannabis News

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A medium-sized commercial weed grow with around 50 lights stands to save about $13,500 in electricity costs a year with the use of two Tesla Batteries. 
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Marijuana Legalization Poses Perplexing Issue for Trucking Industry - Cannabis News

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Let's call a cease-fire on the NFL's senseless war against marijuana.
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You guys got me! Police K-9 finds driver with 53 pounds of Marijuana in truck

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If you had told me even five years ago that marijuana had the potential to be a major issue by the 2016 presidential elections, I'd have probably laughed and walked away.
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Rhode Island bill attempts to prevent Cannabis gatherings of more than three people

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Lily Poulter vividly remembers the last time her shoulder popped out of its socket.
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In Our View, A Simple Fix For Marijuana

 
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Medical marijuana growers can apply in New York

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ALBANY – The state Department of Health announced Monday it is accepting applications from businesses interested in becoming registered organizations to manufacture and dispense medical marijuana in New York.
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The NFL marijuana stance is evolving, but don't hold your breath for lift of ban

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The nation’s laws, and its perspective, on marijuana are shifting, and the NFL is trying to keep pace. 
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Can medical cannabis help treat clinical burnout?

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Oregon has to decide how it will power the growth of legal marijuana
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Why You Should Invest in Pot Stocks in 2021

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Big marijuana money is in the D.C. area this week.
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Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue gets a cannabis dispensary on April 20 - Cannabis News

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It's our legal drug of choice that is at the beginning of the chain
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