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Snoop Dogg performing in Hawaii, 2005. Image: U.S. Navy via Wikimedia Commons

A Snoop Dogg brand of weed was pretty much inevitable - Marijuana News

Tying a celebrity's name to a brand can be a big deal for marketing. You see it with sportswear and cosmetics all the time.

Hannah Loew, a child who suffers from a severe form of epilepsy called Dravet Syndrome, is among dozens who have moved to Colorado to receive higher concentrated doses of marijuana. Photo: KHOU

Medical refugees leave Texas for marijuana treatments - Marijuana News

Hannah Loew, a child who suffers from a severe form of epilepsy called Dravet Syndrome, is among dozens who have moved to Colorado to receive higher concentrated doses of marijuana.

Chris Favela, who has multiple sclerosis, is the first recipient of medical marijuana at a dispensary in Addison, Illinois on November 9. Image: Stacey Wescott, Chicago Tribune

Medical marijuana debuts in Illinois but some patients turned away – Marijuana News

Only a fraction of the 60 planned medical marijuana dispensaries opened in the state this week.

Illinois state regulators have authorized only about 3,300 patients — a far cry from the 100,000-plus originally projected.

Map of Florida highlighting Broward County. Image: David Benbennick via Wikimedia Commons

Broward County, Florida downgrades penalty for pot possession – Marijuana News

Pot smokers busted by cops in Broward County with a joint or a baggy of marijuana could walk away with a civil fine and a clean criminal record.

DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg. Image via DEA.gov

The DEA chief called medical marijuana ‘a joke.’ Now patients are calling for his resignation – Marijuana News

Last week, the acting chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration called medical marijuana "a joke" during a Q&A with reporters. Now, medical marijuana patients are calling for his head, with an online petition demanding his resignation attracting over 10,000 signatures on change.org.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto addresses the 2015 Sustainable Development Summit at United Nations headquarters. AP Photo: Seth Wenig.

Mexican president opposes marijuana legalization – Marijuana News

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Monday he opposes any eventual legalization of marijuana, five days after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of four people who wanted to grow pot for personal use.

Mailman on 1973 U.S. stamp. Image via Wikimedia Commons

Officials report spike in pot-laden packages being mailed – Marijuana News

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Since recreational use of the marijuana became legal in several states, authorities report a major jump in the number of pot-filled packages being sent through the mail.

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Council president Tony Reider, right, and council treasurer Ryan Kills A Hundred. Image: Barry Amundson, Forum News Service

Tribe's recreational, medicinal marijuana operation suspended – Marijuana News

FLANDREAU, S. D. – A recreational and medicinal marijuana resort planned for the Flandreau Santee Sioux Indian Reservation in southeast South Dakota has been put on hold.

Hundreds of veterans attended the first-ever Grow for Vets free cannabis giveaway on Memorial Day, 2014, in Denver Colorado. Image: Grow for Vets U.S.A.

Growing numbers of veterans demand access to cannabis for medical treatment - Marijuana News

 Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~

On Wednesday November 11, Remembrance Day in Canada and Veterans Day in the U.S., American military veterans from the Weed For Warriors Project will end their national awareness tour by emptying bags of empty pill bottles at the gates of the White House. 

Cannabis leaf. Image: Psychonaught via Wikimedia Commons

3 States That Are Most Likely to Legalize Recreational Marijuana in 2016

There may be more than a dozen states looking to legalize recreational marijuana in 2016, but these three may have the best chance to do so.


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