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Medical Marijuana Platform Offering Scholarships For Cannabis Research
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Medical News
A proposal to allow minors with certain medical conditions to use marijuana for palliative purposes is back before legislators this year, this time with the backing of onetime opponents: pediatricians.
Bernie Sanders Promises to Legalize Marijuana At Puerto Rico Rally – Marijuana News
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Politics
As Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prepare for Super Tuesday, marijuana legislation has hit the headlines again.
California pot growers now eligible for energy discounts offered to other farmers – Cannabis News
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Business & Finance
The legislation now goes to the House where advocates of the proposal believe it has a good chance to pass.
For insurers, no rush to offer pot coverage - Marijuana News
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Business & Finance
Marijuana may be the fastest growing industry in the U.S., with expected yearly revenue of $11 billion by 2019. So, why aren't major insurance companies providing coverage?
Canada Post to start delivering marijuana
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World News
After sitting out a failed effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Ohio last year, a national pot policy group is taking the lead to legalize medical marijuana in Ohio.
Lawsuit: Shops in Catoosa, Dade Counties claim legal right to sell products with THC
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Business & Finance
Adelanto, known 80 years ago for its fruit trees, is tying its star to another agricultural boom. In November, it became the second city in Southern California to permit commercial cultivation of medical marijuana.
New York City's first recreational Marijuana dispensary set to open next week in Manhattan
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Cannabis News
While it's still controversial, medical marijuana is edging toward normality.
Priscilla Vilchis Is Set to Become First Latina to Receive California Marijuana License - Cannabis News
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Business & Finance
The Supreme Court was scheduled to confer over a major marijuana case Feb. 19 but has postponed the meeting due to late Justice Antonin Scalia’s memorial ceremony at the Supreme Court falling on the same day, according a SCOTUS Blog report.
Marijuana May Be Legal, but Good Luck Filing the Paperwork – Marijuana News
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Business & Finance
Marijuana is legal to buy in several states, but no law says that selling it will be free from cumbersome expense and paperwork, especially when it comes to taxation.
80 percent of North Carolinians want medical marijuana legalized, poll says - Cannabis News
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Politics
As legal marijuana markets continue to expand in the United States, some experts are arguing that growers have both the need and the opportunity to make their operations, well, greener.
South Carolina farmers could be growing industrial hemp by the end of the year - Cannabis News
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South Carolina
California farmers are known for producing some of the finest fruits, vegetables and nuts in the world. But what if the state’s big agriculture also included marijuana?
Concerns remain about new Hawaii hemp law
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Politics
The cannabis plant’s unsteady transformation from outlaw weed to mainstream commodity is poised for another step forward as entrepreneurs lay plans to launch hemp derivatives.
Virginia Lawmakers Pass Bills To Ban Searches Based On Marijuana Odor
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Politics
New start-ups have been putting together software that helps banks and dispensaries monitor and record transactions, with the long-term goal of moving transactions away from cash.
WeedLife Social Network Partners with CannaMakeADifference to Bring Charity and Community Front and Center at Largest Free 420 Festival in the United States
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AURORA, Colo. - A baby girl who began having life-threatening seizures within days of her birth is receiving hemp oil while in the neonatal intensive-care unit at Children's Hospital Colorado, her mother says.
10 Great US cities for weed lovers in 2022
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Cannabis News
SANTA FE, N.M. — A proposal to legalize and tax recreational marijuana use in New Mexico was voted down tonight on a 17-24 vote in the Senate, with six Senate Democrats joining Republicans in casting “no” votes against the measure.
Emerald Cup Pot Fair Draws 30,000 To Sonoma County Fairgrounds – Cannabis News
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Cannabis News
A proposal that would allow voters to weigh in on legalizing recreational marijuana passed its second test and will now advance to the Senate floor.
Can cannabis help you get in shape? - Cannabis News
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Sports
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is urging the CDC to look into marijuana as a possible antidote to painkiller deaths.
Cannabis and the South: How Things Change
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Politics
HARTFORD – Legislation has been introduced that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana for people 21 and older.

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