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Across America, efforts to decriminalize marijuana are pitting cities vs. states – Cannabis News

A marijuana farm in western Mexico. Image: Deborah Bonello via PRI.org

It's a tough time to be a Mexican pot farmer. The price of marijuana has been plummeting partly because of the loosening of laws in parts of the US — encouraging growth of more high-end pot in America.

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10 Wonderful ways to use Hemp

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Massachusetts voters are expected to spark up a new legalized recreational marijuana industry this year, and state lawmakers are preparing for a regulation process that could be anything but mellow.

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Wisconsin hemp advocates plan next steps after legalization - Cannabis News

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Massachusetts voters are expected to spark up a new legalized recreational marijuana industry this year, and state lawmakers are preparing for a regulation process that could be anything but mellow.

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Oregon Warm Springs tribe approves pot sales project – Marijuana News

Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs stand in line Thursday, Dec. 17, waiting to vote on a cannabis cultivation referendum. Image via Jefferson Public Radio

PORTLAND — Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs have approved a plan to build a facility to grow marijuana on their reservation in Central Oregon and sell it at tribe-owned stores outside the reservation.

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Cannaverse Technologies launches Cannaland™ world's first cannabis metaverse

The second-generation prototype of the portable marijuana field breath tester. Image: Tom Banse, Northwest News Network

Washington State University researchers are developing a hand-held device that police officers can use to detect THC in breath. THC is the main psychoactive compound in marijuana.

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UK Medical Cannabis Registry – First Study Results

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When Colorado legalised cannabis possession in 2014, the anticipated ‘Green Rush’ of dope tourists didn’t quite happen. But the first stoners’ B&B in Denver is now leading the way.

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Wiz Khalifa partners with Medical Cannabis Company 

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Small businesses depend on cheap advertising. From word of mouth to social media, cannabis dispensaries all over Oregon use Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to show their products and interact with customers and patients.

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Emerging From Shadows, Pot Industry Tries to Build Brands – Marijuana News

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CHICAGO -- More than 3,000 patients with Illinois-issued ID cards will be able to buy medical marijuana legally for the first time Monday, according to the state official overseeing the pilot program.

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Patients suffering rare seizures to get Cannabis-based medicine on NHS for first time

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto addresses the 2015 Sustainable Development Summit at United Nations headquarters. AP Photo: Seth Wenig.

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Monday he opposes any eventual legalization of marijuana, five days after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of four people who wanted to grow pot for personal use.

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Recreational Marijuana will soon be added to Missouri constitution

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Mark Segraves and Maddi Pariser ~ NBCWashington.com ~

A townhouse in the Park View neighborhood of D.C. has a wet bar, wine fridge and a high-tech grow closet for marijuana.
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South Dakota Legislative Board Adopts Cannabis Study Committee’s Report

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Jeffrey M. Jones ~ Gallup.com ~

PRINCETON, N.J. -- A majority of Americans continue to say marijuana use should be legal in the United States, with 58% holding that view, tying the high point in Gallup's 46-year trend.

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Cannabis License winners in CT spent big to come out on top

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It didn’t take long before marijuana companies would be treated like any other company, and that means getting sued.
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The Cannabis question: What would legalizing recreational pot mean for North Dakota?

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Exclusive: Private analysis for the British Treasury concludes that regulation could also produce huge savings for the justice system.
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Why you need a workplace marijuana policy

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Kathleen Burke ~ MarketWatch ~
 
 If you’re a small-business owner and marijuana has been legalized in your state, should you care?
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Colombia Challenges Canadian Cannabis Dominance

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Jeremy Cox, The (Salisbury, Md.) Daily Times ~ via USAToday.com ~
 
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. -- Somerset County could soon be home to one of Maryland's first medical marijuana facilities.
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Hemp milk claims to be the greenest yet – but is it any good?

Mark Goldfogel with The Fourth Corner Credit Union speaks at the National Cannabis Summit. Image: WeedWorthy.com
Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~
 
Denver’s Fourth Corner Credit Union launched last year as an answer to the legal marijuana industry’s inability to access financial institutions. But the Fed had other plans.
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Amid layoffs and falling sales, Colorado’s Cannabis Industry grapples with an economic downturn

A tractor cuts a small plot of hemp at a University of Kentucky research plot near Lexington. Image: Dylan Lovan, Associated Press via Washingtonpost.com
 
Tobacco isn’t the reliable cash crop it once was. And that has hundreds of other farmers across the South revisiting a plant from deep in the region’s past: industrial hemp.
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Medical Marijuana Gains Momentum In South Carolina - Cannabis News

Medicinal cannabis may soon be legalized in Australia. Image: Max Mason Hubers via Sydney Morning Herald

Jane Lee ~ Sydney Morning Herald ~

Medicinal cannabis could be legally grown and prescribed to patients as early as next year under a cross party bill that has attracted initial support from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
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Greece Hopes Its Economy Can Get High From Medical Weed - Cannabis News

Anthony Rivera. Image: CannaNative via Bloomberg.com
 
A possible end to the era of $20,000 of cash stuffed into bags.
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The Next "It" Ingredient in Beauty Products is Marijuana - Cannabis News

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Elizabeth Hernandez ~ The Denver Post ~

Colorado recreational marijuana sales are close to $60 million in August 2015; medical marijuana sales climb slightly.

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