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Hemp CBD Market to More Than Double by 2022 - Cannabis News

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Crowds counted down the minutes to midnight then lit up joints as smoking marijuana became legal in Oregon on Wednesday, part of a growing legalization movement spreading down the United States' west coast.
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What To Do With Leftover Marijuana Stems - Cannabis News

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A veteran industry observer looks back on 2014, ahead to next year, and at the growing national acceptance of legal cannabis.
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Survey reveals risks, rewards of cannabis use

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Hardliners on Judiciary open up to research on medical pot.
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Weed is legal in California, but you can still get in trouble. Here’s what you should know

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DENVER (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul is holding a groundbreaking fundraiser in Denver Tuesday afternoon.
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The Politics of Legal Marijuana

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Bruce Kennedy  ~  WeedWorthy ~
 
Taylor West, Deputy Director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, talks about how much the American political landscape has changed when it comes to lawmakers and their perceptions of legal marijuana
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Is Delta-8 THC Legal?

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Authorities in Indianapolis warn that anyone caught smoking marijuana at the First Church of Cannabis’ planned service next week could end up arrested.
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The man behind Reditus Labs wants to become a destination employer for a lot more than COVID testing

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Delaware Gov. Jack Markell signed a bill decriminalizing marijuana Thursday night, making Delaware the twentieth state to end jail time for possession of small amounts of the drug.
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Majority of New Yorkers support marijuana legalization to combat budget deficit, poll shows - Cannabis News

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DENVER – Marijuana entrepreneurs rushing into the booming market are running headlong into a patchwork of state-by-state regulations that make it hard to transfer their expertise, brands and staff— and even their profits.
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Illinois recreational weed sales on pace to top $1 billion in 2020 with room to grow

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House Republicans advanced a budget plan Thursday that would prevent legal sales of marijuana in the District until at least 2017.
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Public support for marijuana legalization surged in 2016 - Cannabis News

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The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to rein in the DEA.
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Why The US Has Made A Complete Mess Of Partial Marijuana Legalization (So Far)

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A circuit judge has ruled that Missouri's so-called "Right to Farm" amendment doesn't allow farming pot.
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Legal cannabis now supports 243,700 full-time American jobs - Cannabis News

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Congress voted on two amendments to a Department of Justice spending bill Wednesday that would protect marijuana businesses in states where they're legal, but only one of them passed.
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California: Wine grape growers lose labor to cannabis farms - Cannabis News

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Jeremy B. White ~ The Sacramento Bee ~
 
California’s latest attempt to regulate medical marijuana advanced off the Assembly floor on a 50-5 vote Thursday.
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DEA Will Begin Granting Marijuana Cultivation Licenses

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Colorado’s effort to tax marijuana as a means to help the state budget never materialized, at least financially, slowing expansion of industries supported by the drug. As attempts to approve marijuana’s use in other states and cities falters, these industries face unexpected road blocks.
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Federal Report On Marijuana Legalization Required Under New Bill - Cannabis News

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AUSTIN, Texas -- Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Monday legalizing medical cannabis for epilepsy. The new law gives epilepsy patients access to low doses of cannabis oil.
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How Long Does Weed Stay Good For? - Cannabis News

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WILMINGTON, Del. — Delaware House lawmakers on Tuesday approved legislation that would treat simple marijuana possession and personal use by adults like a traffic violation, replacing criminal penalties with civil fines.
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What have we learned about the arguments for and against legalized Marijuana in the past 10 years?

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Depending on who's talking, a 20-acre hemp farm about 10 miles south of Grants Pass is either the harbinger of a new industry that could help save rural Oregon – or an existential threat to local marijuana farmers just as they're anticipating boom times.
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Missouri officials examine protections over medical marijuana information

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Revised recreational marijuana bill SB 1176, died in the Regulated Industries Committee
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With Recreational Weed legal, officials expect Medical Marijuana licenses to dwindle

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Almost a year ago, Gov. Rick Scott signed the Charlotte’s Web bill into law, legalizing a non-euphoric strain of marijuana for medical use in Florida.
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High fashion: Put your weed in this designer purse to mask the smell – Marijuana News

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Lawmakers are prepping for what could turn into a marijuana vote-a-rama Wednesday, sources say.
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