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Melia Robinson ~ Business Insider ~   Edibles could emerge as a multimillion-dollar food industry in the northwestern U.S. in the next few years

Olga Khazan~ The Atlantic ~   As pot laws liberalize, cannabis capitalists eye opportunities for business—and to upend stereotypes. But can white-collar workers handle it, man?

Ryan Burns ~ Lost Coast Outpost –   Medical marijuana dispensary workers in Humboldt County, Calif., scramble to stay knowledgeable and up-to-date about their rapidly-changing industry

Jonah  Bennett ~ The Daily Caller ~   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.

Jackie Borchardt ~ Cleveland.com  ~   JOHNSTOWN, Ohio -- Andy Joseph didn't seek the marijuana industry -- it found him.

Maggie Lee ~ The Telegraph ~ ATLANTA -- A few hours before Georgia’s medical cannabis registry opened Tuesday morning, the legislator who created it cursed the federal prohibition that makes it necessary.

Lori Geary ~ WSB-TV2 ~   “Tomorrow is going to be a good day,” in an exclusive interview about the launch of Georgia’s medical marijuana cards. 

Trevor Hughes ~ USA Today ~   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.

John Lundy ~ TwinCities.com ~   Esko, Minn., teacher Jess Blake is confident medical marijuana will lessen the nausea that comes with treatment for the brain tumor she was diagnosed with in September.

Steve Raabe ~ The Denver Post ~   The hype over hemp that erupted last year during Colorado's first sensational flirtations with the marijuana look-alike is now starting to live up to expectations. 

Casey Hrynkow ~ Huffington Post ~   This week saw the start of a public hearing in Vancouver on the proposal to regulate marijuana dispensaries. 

Kate Rogers ~ CNBC ~   Inside a cannabis shop's emerging business model

Jackie Borchardt ~ Cleveland.com ~   COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A task force commissioned by ResponsibleOhio to study the effects of its marijuana legalization plan released its findings here Thursday morning but did not endorse the group's proposed constitutional amendment.

Jonathan Starkey ~ Delaware Online ~   Delaware's first medical marijuana dispensary will open on June 26, more than four years after lawmakers and Gov. Jack Markell first legalized pot for medicinal use.

Aaron C. Davis ~ The Washington Post ~   House Republicans advanced a budget plan Thursday that would prevent legal sales of marijuana in the District until at least 2017.

Joseph Spector ~ Press Connects ~   ALBANY – Patients and state lawmakers on Tuesday made a final push for New York to pass a bill that would provide emergency access to medical marijuana for ill patients.

Kristen Gwynne ~ Rolling Stone ~   States across the country are struggling to translate their medical marijuana laws into functional programs

Daniel Vasquez ~ Sun Sentinel ~   When pot is this good, people don't give up. And Florida is not giving up on medical-grade marijuana anytime soon.