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Stephanie Langston ~ WKRN ~    NASHVILLE, Tenn. - It’s the final push for those that want to decriminalize marijuana in Nashville. Tennessee Norml, the group leading the efforts, still needs thousands of signatures to get their measure on the Metro general election ballot.

Maria Gallucci  ~ International Business Times ~   “Cannabis is spurring on an ag-tech revolution,” said Troy Dayton, CEO of ArcView Group, a cannabis-industry research firm in Oakland, California.

Hampton Sides ~ National Geographic ~   As the once-vilified drug becomes more accepted, researchers around the world are trying to understand how it works and how it might fight disease.

Meena Thiruvengadam ~ Yahoo News ~   Making cannabis coffee is now as simple as inserting a pod and pushing a button.

Miane Sun Journal ~   BANGOR, Maine — A health care company that operates walk-in clinics in five states that specialize in qualifying people to use medical marijuana recently expanded into Maine, with locations in Bangor, Augusta, Biddeford, and a fourth planned for Auburn.

Keri Geiger ~ Jesse Hamilton ~ Elizabeth Dexheimer ~ Bloomberg ~   The U.S. government has opened a new line of business for America’s biggest banks, and for once they don’t want it. Little wonder: it’s cash from legalized marijuana.

Lisa Riley Roche ~ KSL.Com ~   SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday he's open to legalizing marijuana in Utah for medical use.

Jacob Sullum ~ Forbes ~    Next Thursday I am scheduled to debate Robert White, co-author (with Bill Bennett) of Going to Pot: Why the Rush to Legalize Marijuana Is Harming America, on Glenn Beck’s radio show.

Bonnie Shelton ~ KTVB ~   ONTARIO, Ore. - Oregon's marijuana law is set to take effect on July 1, allowing for recreational sales and use of the drug for people 21 and older.

Joshua Miller ~ The Boston Globe ~   NORTHAMPTON — The response to Dick Evans at the State House was not warm.

The Lamar Ledger ~   Project could mean up to 200 jobs within 24 months

Ted Shorack ~ The Bulletin ~   The draw may be rooted in the same attraction to local craft breweries

Joey Bunch ~ The Denver Post ~ Cannabist ~   The proposed Therapeutic Hemp Medical Access Act would lift federal prohibitions on using marijuana strains that are medically beneficial to prevent certain seizures.

Frank Bi ~ Forbes ~   They warned us this would happen.

Sara Davidson ~ The New Yorker ~   It was the first day of the first Marijuana Investor Summit, in Denver...

Marcus Wohlsen ~ WIRED ~   IF YOU LIKE puns, then you’ll love the American pot industry.