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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.

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.

Brittany Lewis ~ WQAD8 ~   Twenty three states plus Washington D.C. have comprehensive medical marijuana programs. Iowa is not one of them.

Robert W. Wood ~ Forbes ~   Should marijuana businesses pay tax on gross profits or net profits?

Megan Brooks ~ MedScape ~   Calls to poison control centers in the United States related to synthetic marijuana spiked in April, and May could be a record month as well, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC)

Johnny Green ~ The Weed Blog ~   The numbers are in for Washington State’s recreational marijuana sales for April 2015.

Jack Healy ~ New York Times ~   DENVER — Money was pouring into Bruce Nassau’s five Colorado marijuana shops when his accountant called with the bad news 

Kurtis Lee ~ LA Times ~   New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's response in a recent radio interview to a question about legal marijuana was in keeping with his tough-on-crime persona.

Stephanie Castillo ~ Medical Daily ~   Marijuana and alcohol are often pitted up against each other in an effort to determine which one is the healthier vice.

Matt Ferner ~ Huffington Post ~   Here are the positions that each of the GOP's many 2016 presidential hopefuls -- from the definitely-running to the definitely-maybes -- has taken on marijuana legalization.

Dave Boucher ~ The Tennessean ~   NASHVILLE — It's now legal to use cannabis oil for limited medical purposes in Tennessee.

Brooke Singman ~ FoxNews ~   Reading, writing ... and reefer? 

Kim-Mai Cutler ~ TechCrunch ~   The End of Cannabis Prohibition

Meredith Rodriguez ~ Chicago Tribune ~   Post-traumatic stress disorder, along with migraines and irritable bowel syndrome, have been recommended as additions to the list of conditions that can be treated by medical marijuana in Illinois.

Rex Macadangdang ~ Tech Times ~   Legislators failed by just three votes 213-210, to add an amendment, which would have prevented the Department of Veterans Affairs from prohibiting the doctors at Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals about medical marijuana discussion with veterans as an alternative treatment, to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.

Gillian Graham ~ Portland Press Herald ~   Five state legislatures are working on legalization bills, and two states could put the question to voters.

Matt Ferner ~ Huffington Post ~   In a letter sent Friday, lawmakers are urging President Barack Obama to select a more progressive head of the DEA, following the embattled current chief will resign in May.