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Street light vandalism in Bogotá, Colombia, 2007. Image: Alejandro Forero Cuervo via Wikimedia Commons

Colombia fully legalizes medical marijuana – Marijuana News

Colombia's president has signed a decree fully legalizing medical marijuana in a shift away from preventing drug crop production.

Steve DeAngelo at a protest in Oakland. Image: Glenn Halog Via Flickr

Do Cannabis Entrepreneurs and Big Business Actually Need Each Other? – Marijuana News

Cannabis entrepreneur and activist Steve DeAngelo long hated the idea of corporations entering the marijuana industry. But today, DeAngelo thinks partnerships with these giants are crucial for the success of the industry.

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Pittsburgh decriminalizes pot possession – Marijuana News

Pittsburgh City Council is ending its 2015 legislative session on a high note, having voted Monday morning to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana within city limits.

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As Pot-Growing Expands, Electricity Demands Tax U.S. Grids – Marijuana News

Pot’s not green. The $3.5 billion U.S. cannabis market is emerging as one of the nation’s most power-hungry industries, with the 24-hour demands of thousands of indoor growing sites taxing aging electricity grids and unraveling hard-earned gains in energy conservation.

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The pot business may be legal, but newspapers can’t run ads for it, the U.S. Postal Service says – Marijuana News

Newspapers in half the states are breaking the law if they mail publications containing ads for marijuana products — even though the states have legalized pot, the U.S. Postal Service said last week.

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Australia's 'Stoner Sloth' Anti-Marijuana Campaign Is an Instant and Classic Fail – Marijuana News

There's a long and not-very-proud tradition of anti-drug advertising that gets ridiculed for missing the mark with young audiences.

Marijuana is used to make cannabidiol oil, which is used for medical purposes in the states that allow it. Image:  WXIA-TV, Atlanta

Medical marijuana battle continues in Georgia – Marijuana News

ATLANTA -- The war on medical marijuana is over - that’s what some are saying following a decision Friday by the federal government to ease its stance on the drug.

But the fight continues in Georgia.

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5 Cannabis Cocktails for the Christmas Season – Marijuana News

'Tis the season for partying - and what better time than the holidays to combine all the vices (sugar, booze, cream, and alcohol) into a tasting course of delicious, sinful beverages?

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Colorado Marijuana Tourism: Cannabis Tours, Bud Hotels Popular With Visitors, But State Won't Market Legal Pot To Travelers – Marijuana News

Nearly two years after recreational pot sales became legal across the state, state tourism officials have continued to downplay Colorado's weed tourism, with some officials going as far as to deny the lure of cannabis culture — against all evidence.

Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs stand in line Thursday, Dec. 17, waiting to vote on a cannabis cultivation referendum. Image via Jefferson Public Radio

Oregon Warm Springs tribe approves pot sales project – Marijuana News

PORTLAND — Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs have approved a plan to build a facility to grow marijuana on their reservation in Central Oregon and sell it at tribe-owned stores outside the reservation.


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