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Debra Borchardt ~ Forbes ~   Legalization of marijuana is expected to be a big issue during the 2016 elections.

 Meg Carter ~ Independent.co.uk ~ The change in US cannabis laws has led to a growing market in food and drink laced with the drug, as Meg Carter reports.

Craig Hlavaty ~ Chron.com ~   Texas country music legend and pot prophet Willie Nelson has found an investor for his Willie's Reserve private marijuana label.

Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~   The Senator from New York says the federal government needs to reform laws affecting marijuana’s medical use, allowing states to determine their own medical marijuana programs.

Kirsten Swanson ~ KOAT.com ~ ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Albuquerque’s city council has voted 5-4 in favor of decriminalizing the possession of 1 ounce or less of pot.

Scott Keyes ~ The Guardian ~ Legal marijuana tax revenues have been breaking records in Colorado this summer, nearly doubling monthly numbers from last year and on pace to exceed projections of legal sales that bring revenue back to the state.

Tom Huddleston, Jr. ~ Fortune.com ~ Jeb Bush certainly wasn’t the first presidential candidate to admit having smoked weed. Here are 15, including a few who ultimately became president.

Kenneth R. Gosselin ~ Hartford Courant ~ The state wants to add as many as three medical marijuana dispensaries — especially in New Haven and Fairfield counties — and now there are 19 proposals for rolling out the expansion.

 Jamie McGee ~ The Tennessean ~   Marijuana is illegal in Tennessee, but when and if the law changes, the business opportunities will be vast — along with the risks.

Julie Turkewitz ~ New York Times ~   DENVER — Some called it Christmas for stoners. Others warned of marijuana anarchy.

Daniel Malloy ~ ajc.com ~   SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — One of the signature moments in the latter portion of Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate came on the topic of marijuana.

Jonah Bennett ~ The Daily Caller ~ No state has ever generated more tax revenue from marijuana than alcohol—until now.

Kristen Wyatt ~ Associated Press ~   DENVER (AP) -- Marijuana consumers were taking advantage of a tax holiday in Colorado on Wednesday, with some lining up early for doorbuster-style deals.

Jackie Borchardt ~ Cleveland.com ~ COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio's Issue 3 received its first endorsement from a national marijuana advocacy group, but the group says the proposed constitutional amendment is not the best way to legalize marijuana.

Eric Lupher ~ TheDenverChannel.com ~   COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The next big marijuana trend may have just hit the ground running in Colorado Springs. Soon, people there will be able to get gas and buy weed.

Matt Helms ~ Detroit Free Press ~ With some medical-marijuana stores in Detroit now offering drive-through purchasing, the city's marketplace for medical pot has spiraled out of control and needs to be regulated, Mayor Mike Duggan said.

Shellie Nelson ~ WQAD.com ~   Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, won't be on the list of conditions for which medical marijuana is allowed in Illinois.

Christopher Ingraham ~ Washington Post ~   Teen marijuana use held steady in 2014, the first year that marijuana was legally available for purchase in the states of Washington and Colorado, according to just-released numbers from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.