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Dion Rabouin ~ International Business Times ~   DENVER -- It turns out selling weed is pretty hard. Contrary to popular belief, selling it legally, at least, isn’t all THC-infused lollipops and rainbows. Just ask David Schwartz.

Mark Reagan ~ San Antonio CURRENT ~   Medical marijuana could be legal in Texas, sort of.

Pantagraph.com ~   CHICAGO (AP) — Advocates of Illinois' troubled medical marijuana experiment hope to reassure investors by pushing to have lawmakers extend it beyond 2017, when it expires, but the initiative faces an uncertain fate on Gov. Bruce Rauner's desk.

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.

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?