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Connecticut Takes a Step Closer to Legalizing Weed
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As Pennsylvania prepares to award its first licenses for the fledgling medical marijuana industry, Lehigh University intends to partner with one of the potential growers in the Lehigh Valley to study the effect of the drug on children with autism.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to treat hemp like other NY crops - Cannabis News
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ALBANY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo is making a late-session push to boost the state's budding hemp industry, introducing a bill late Saturday that would treat the plant more like other agricultural crops in New York.
One of Trump's closest allies is starting a lobbying group to change the President's stance on marijuana - Cannabis News
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Longtime Trump adviser and staunch conservative Roger Stone has a new mission: legalizing marijuana nationwide.
Medical Cannabis research bill set to become law
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Taxation isn't the only factor in the quest to undercut black market prices.
Why Don’t Many Dispensaries Sell Pre-Ground Cannabis? - Cannabis News
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As you painstakingly turn your grinder against the resistance of sticky resin, you may have at one point thought to yourself, “why doesn’t my dispensary sell cannabis that’s already ground?”
Minnesota: State's report on medical marijuana termed 'clinically significant and promising' - Cannabis News
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A bipartisan group of senators and representatives has reintroduced legislation to protect patients in states where medical marijuana has been legalized.
Giving the gift of green in the ‘District of Cannabis’ - Cannabis News
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Kentucky's criminal ban against medical marijuana was challenged Wednesday in a lawsuit touting cannabis as a viable alternative to ease addiction woes from opioid painkillers.
Canna Business Services Announces to New Jersey Cannabis Business Applicants: Act Fast!
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CARERS stands for Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States. The original version of the bill would have ended the drug war, at least with regard to cannabis. This latest version is softer.
EPPD to ask City Council to spend $360,000 in tax money on marijuana testing
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Iowa passed emergency rules Tuesday to expand the list of medical conditions that allow a patient to use medical marijuana.
Interest grows in hemp as nutritional supplement for livestock - Cannabis News
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Former Mexican President Vicente Fox put domestic cannabis industry leaders on notice Tuesday at a marijuana business conference in Oakland that his nation and Canada intend to take the lead in the booming market for medical and recreational pot exports.
Hemp Wine Returns To New York State - Cannabis News
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Eager to get in on what’s expected to be a booming industry, cannabis companies and investors are beginning to flock to New York state.
How Seth Rogen and Ricky Williams are aiming to succeed in cannabis: ‘People view [Rogen] as an authority’
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Toronto’s Board of Health has unanimously endorses Medical Officer of Health’s recommendations on the looming legalization of pot.
Marijuana and the metaverse: How LA cannabis startups are lighting up the virtual realm
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Technology
In Hawaii, the first hemp research program was approved by the state Legislature in 1999, but it wasn’t until 2016 that a formal pilot program for developing a new state crop was approved.
Do Biden’s views on weed now make him a conservative?
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Medical marijuana dispensaries and growing farms could begin popping up along Missouri's southern border.
Scientists have good news about Cannabis breathalyzers
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California is on the verge of creating a legal market for marijuana worth more than $5 billion that will help make the state a destination for pot-loving tourists, according to a new state-sponsored economic study.
Aurora Cannabis president is stepping down at the end of the month
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott said he “absolutely” intends to sign the medical marijuana bill passed Friday by the state Legislature.
Bill could reduce penalties for first-time marijuana offenders in Iowa
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Right now, PTSD is not included on the list of sicknesses that can be relieved with medical cannabis in New York.
Hawaii Senate Approves Measures to Legalize Cannabis
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Being your own boss is a dream for a lot of people, and some risk-taking entrepreneurs are turning that dream into reality in the rapidly-evolving legal cannabis space.

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