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Cannabis Strain Names Have the Most Fascinating Origin Stories! – Cannabis News

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Jessica Contrera ~ Washington Post ~

If Ohio votes yes on marijuana legalization on Tuesday, the Cincinnati native and long-ago leading man of “Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica” will automatically become one of the top weed kingpins in the Buckeye State.

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Year after Philly pot law changed, arrests are down

Mike Whiter receives the first citation for rolling up a joint at City Hall. Image: Mike Whiter via Philly.com

Tricia L. Nadolny ~ Philly.com ~

In the year since the city decriminalized possession and use of small amounts of marijuana, arrests have fallen nearly 75 percent.
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Small cannabis entrepreneurs say they can't compete against ‘Walmart of weed'’

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Scott Malone and Sharon BernsteinReuters ~
 
Two groups that had backed competing ballot initiatives to make recreational use of marijuana legal in Maine agreed on Monday to join forces on one measure to put before voters in 2016.
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Growing Demand for Marijuana in the World

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Most of the candidates descending on Boulder for Wednesday’s debate have signaled a desire to end the Republicans’ long-running war on pot.
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Two Marijuana Stocks To Watch At The End Of June

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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders announced Wednesday he supports removing marijuana from the federal government's list of outlawed drugs.
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Medical marijuana dispensary MedMen loses license in Virginia. Now Staunton could lose out entirely.

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Republican presidential candidates don't get pressed about marijuana at CNBC-hosted debate in Boulder.
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Connecticut hemp farmers want to be given preference for growing Recreational Marijuana

Veteran Jose Martinez, who lost three limbs in Afghanistan, found relief to his pain with medical marijuana. Image: Shanna Hogan, Phoenix New Times
 
As part of its work, the group collects donations of cannabis and makes it accessible to veterans who cannot afford it. 
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String of Bay Area high-profile retail robberies brings calls for action

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John Aguilar ~ Denver Post ~
 
Englewood liquor licensing authority floats proposed ordinance allowing social pot use at cannabis clubs.
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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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This Low-Impact Activity May Burn More Calories Than Walking

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Kristen Wyatt ~ Associated Press
 
DENVER (AP) -- Colorado's attempt to create a bank to service its marijuana industry has received a setback from the Federal Reserve.
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Phoenix nonproft plans to seek grant from fund created by Marijuana Legalization

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Unless you live in the South, recreational weed is coming to a state near you.
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Meet a rare breed: Missouri doctors eager to help patients try medical marijuana - Cannabis News

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Canada’s new prime minister has promised his Liberal Party will legalize marijuana across the entire country.
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Expert Sees a ‘Strong Need’ for Insurance for Cannabis Industry - Cannabis News

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In a strongly-worded new report out Tuesday, researchers at the Brookings Institution call on the federal government to eliminate roadblocks to medical marijuana research in the U.S.
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New Zealanders could be smoking marijuana legally by 2020

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The number of adults using marijuana more than doubled in recent years, according to new research culling data from two massive surveys.
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In states where marijuana is legal, users prefer the edible high - Cannabis News

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When Kimmel asked the presidential candidate where he stood on the legalization of marijuana, Sanders discussed the excessive amount of American citizens in prison for marijuana use and emphasized putting an end to the war on drugs.
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Social Media’s Effect On Cannabis Stocks

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Nearly half the country has so far made it legal. Does it work?

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Biden’s Focus on Marijuana Is Part of the Problem

Sen. Bernie Sanders campaigning in September 2015. Image: Phil Roeder via Wikimedia Commons
 
Asked whether he'd support Nevada's 2016 ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana in that state, Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders answered "I suspect I would vote yes" to applause from the crowd.
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Companies like Amazon are rethinking drug testing as cannabis legalization grows

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The Federal Government has announced it will legalise the growing of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
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Czech Republic on the way to legalizing Cannabis

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Barry Petersen ~ CBS News ~
 
Four states already allow recreational pot, but approved medical marijuana first. Now, Ohio could make history by legalizing both at the same time, and the pro-marijuana camp is ramping up as the days until the vote are counting down.
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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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