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Thad Moore ~ Washington Post ~   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.

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.

Louise Yaxley ~  ABC.net.au ~   The Federal Government has announced it will legalise the growing of cannabis for medicinal purposes.

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.

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.

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

Christopher Ingraham ~ Washington Post ~   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.

Nigel Morris ~ Independent.co.uk ~   Exclusive: Private analysis for the British Treasury concludes that regulation could also produce huge savings for the justice system.

Debra Borchardt ~ Forbes ~   It didn’t take long before marijuana companies would be treated like any other company, and that means getting sued.

Steve Sternberg ~ U.S. News & World Report ~ Nearly half the country has so far made it legal. Does it work?

Marc Schneider ~ Billboard.com ~ Move over Miles: The legendary record store wants to convert its jazz room into Berkeley's newest medical marijuana dispensary.

Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~   Veteran cannabis entrepreneur Christian Hageseth says the legal cannabis industry is rapidly evolving and on the verge of explosive growth.

Elizabeth Hernandez ~ The Denver Post ~ Colorado recreational marijuana sales are close to $60 million in August 2015; medical marijuana sales climb slightly.

Jennifer Kaplan ~ Bloomberg ~   A possible end to the era of $20,000 of cash stuffed into bags.

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.

Patrick McGreevy  ~ Los Angeles Times ~   Nearly two decades after Californians legalized marijuana for medical use and a year before they may approve it for recreational purposes, Gov. Jerry Brown has imposed statewide rules on the growth, transport and sale of the drug.