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Bill Laitner ~ Detroit Free Press ~ Medical marijuana was OK’d by Michigan voters with a 63% yes vote in 2008, yet implementation is always controversial.

Ed Cara ~ Medical Daily ~   Canadian researchers unraveled the genetic structure of 81 different marijuana and 43 hemp samples, in an attempt to test long-held assumptions about cannabis.

Kristen Wyatt ~ Associated Press ~   DENVER (AP) -- Talk about higher learning. A Colorado county may create the world's first public college scholarship program funded with marijuana money.

Paul Gattis ~ AL.com ~ Some Alabama families have headed west, seeking access to various forms of medical marijuana that are unlawful to possess in their home state.

Nolan Feeney ~ Time.com ~ “It’s all just getting snatched up by these marijuana people.”

Amy Willis ~ Metro.co.uk ~   Perhaps this is why mums really go to Iceland.

Cathy Marshal ~ KGW.com ~   WEST LINN, Ore. -- The legalization of pot in Oregon has couples considering weed bars at their weddings.

Tim Devaney ~ The Hill ~   The majority of Republican voters in the first caucus and primary states are voicing their support for a GOP presidential candidate who backs marijuana reform.

Ricardo Baca  ~ Denver Post ~ Two new hemp-based product lines are coming from Colorado's Dixie Brands: Therabis is CBD-infused supplements for pets; Aceso has three formulas for human consumption.

Britt Moreno ~ CBS Denver ~ The college course is called Cannabis Journalism: reporting and covering the new normal.

Steve Mollman ~ Quartz.com ~   Economic turmoil in China, the world’s second-largest economy and top consumer of industrial metals, has hit commodity prices hard. For the smaller players in the mining industry, that’s made business difficult, and the future uncertain.

Alexandra Posadzki ~ The Canadian Press ~   TORONTO – When Sarah Stuive first got into the natural pest control business – which uses predatory insects, or “good bugs,” to weed out pests – she never expected to be working with cannabis plants.

Charlotte Albright ~ Vermont Public Radio ~ A group of Vermont business leaders called the Vermont Cannabis Collaborative has been inviting public comment on the best way to create a safe, sustainable marijuana industry.

Laura Brodbeck ~ Benzinga ~   A new study suggests that marijuana users have a lower body mass index than non-users.

Emily Muirhead ~ Seattlepi.com ~   For decades, people of color have paid a heavy price for the war on drugs. It’s well known that minorities are arrested and jailed at disproportionate rates on marijuana-related charges.

Steven Nelson ~ U.S. News & World Report ~ An Ohio ballot measure makes some reformers squirm, but backers says its grower oligopoly is nothing to worry about.