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Becky Schlikerman ~ Chicago Sun Times ~    It’s an industry, they say, that’s too new to have a glass ceiling. And for many women, that’s a good reason to get into the booming legal marijuana business.

Douglas A. McIntyre ~ 247 Wall Street ~   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.

Mario J Garcia ~ NBC News ~   Three mothers and their sick kids share how medical marijuana has helped

Laura Donovan ~ SALON ~   Opponents of legal cannabis say it leaves you fried, but research shows it can actually improve your mental health

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.

Thomas Mitchell ~ Westword ~   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.

James T. Mulder ~ Syrac ~   Syracuse, N.Y. -- Medical marijuana dispensaries may be coming to Utica and Rochester.

Andrei Khalip ~ Reuters ~   European Union countries are unlikely to legalize marijuana any time soon as some parts of the United States have done recently, EU drug monitoring agency chief Wolfgang Gotz said on Thursday.

Casey Parks ~ The Oregonian ~   Oregon marijuana users helped propel a Vancouver retailer to the top recreational weed shop in Washington.

Jennifer Brooks ~ StarTribune ~   Small number will certify their patients for medical marijuana, survey finds. 

Kathryn Vasel ~ CNN Money ~   Denver's housing market is on fire.

Smell The Truth ~   Cannabis and technology — two of the Bay Area’s biggest exports — are about to become even more intertwined.

Beth Greenfield ~ Yahoo News ~   Kalel Santiago, 9, who has autism, spoke his first words shortly after starting hemp-oil treatments.

Matt Ferner ~ Matt Ramos ~ Huffington Post ~   WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to reauthorize an amendment that would protect medical marijuana operations from federal interference in states where the drug is legal, siding with a majority of Americans who say that medical marijuana is an issue best left to the states.

Robert Higgs ~ Cleveland.Com ~   COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Language in a proposal to amend Ohio's constitution and legalize sale, use and possession of marijuana in the state has employers antsy over the impact it could have, despite a legal analysis that says they will retain strong workplace control.

Jeff Mapes  ~ The Oregonian ~   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.