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Georgia Senate bill would make pot possession a misdemeanor – Marijuana News

ATLANTA | Possession of marijuana would no longer be a felony under legislation awaiting lawmakers when they return next week.

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Former NFL players call for medical marijuana to be taken off banned list – Marijuana News

Football players take an alarming array of pain medication to get back on the field but some believe medical cannabis is a safer and more effective alternative.

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Bernie Sanders Has a Plan That Could Revolutionize Nation’s Marijuana Industry Beyond Just Legalization – Marijuana News

Bernie Sanders has a chance to make history in 2016, and not just by winning the presidential election. Sanders is poised to make some giant leaps toward ending the prohibition of marijuana, which has long been an aim of the left-leaning Vermont Senator.

Vessel Verde, a division of Wausau's Roastar Inc., produces child-resistant plastic pouches for retailers of marijuana-infused products. Image: Rostar Inc. via Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel

Some Wisconsin companies find opportunity in growing market for legal marijuana – Marijuana News

The rapidly growing marijuana industry — legal to some degree in much of the country — is providing a still-small but potentially fertile bed of opportunity for companies in Wisconsin and other states where the drug remains outlawed.

The WeedLife Network had 1.5 million reasons to be grateful for in 2015 – Marijuana News

The ground-breaking network of websites and apps for marijuana businesses and consumers reached its planned sales goals nearly one year ahead of schedule, and looks forward to aggressively expanding its footprint in the legal cannabis industry in 2016.

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Mass. Politicians plan to regulate recreational pot if voters OK in November – Marijuana News

Massachusetts voters are expected to spark up a new legalized recreational marijuana industry this year, and state lawmakers are preparing for a regulation process that could be anything but mellow.

Jerry and Lisa Miller pose with their dog Dinah, who suffers through cluster seizures about once a month. Image: Karl Etters, Tallahassee Democrat

Pet owners excited about pot research potential – Marijuana News

Lisa Miller believes pot may be the cure for the tremors that regularly overtake her dog Dinah.

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$1 billion in legal pot taxes predicted for California – Marijuana News

California cannabis prohibition is costing the state about $1 billion per year in lost tax revenue that’s sorely needed for social services, a new analysis from the state’s Department of Finance reports this December 21.

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Crossing the green line: The first cannabis company on Wall Street – Marijuana News

A broken neck in a surfing accident triggered a dramatic career change for Derek Peterson, a former Wall Street banker who now heads listed cannabis company Terra Tech.

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Congress Did Not Legalize Medical Marijuana – Marijuana News

Contrary to what you may have read or heard, Congress did not quietly lift the federal ban on medical marijuana. Nor did it lift the ban loudly. It did not lift the ban at all. Here is what actually happened.


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