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Kristen Wyatt ~ Associated Press ~
DENVER (AP) -- Colorado's unusual tax law is forcing the state to suspend taxes on recreational marijuana for one day.
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DENVER — Whether bought from a downtown shop or cadged from a friend’s basement greenhouse, legal marijuana is easy to find in Colorado. Places to smoke it, not so much.
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The issue of medical marijuana and zero-tolerance workplace policies remains a major obstacle for cannabis advocates.
Patrick McGreevy ~ Los Angeles Times ~
Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law a measure allowing steep civil fines against marijuana farms that damage the environment by dumping wastewater and chemicals, removing trees and killing wild animals.
Christopher Ingraham ~ Washington Post ~
It's official: the U.S. government's top drug cop has acknowledged that marijuana is less dangerous than heroin.
Megan Schrader ~ Colorado Springs Gazette ~
GOLDEN - Colorado kicked off a month-long effort Wednesday to develop and tweak marijuana enforcement rules dealing with everything from yeast levels to how edible medical marijuana products are labeled and packaged.
Wyomingnews.com ~
A Marijuana Impact Council will study the health, economic and social impacts of potentially legalizing cannabis in the state.
Jake Neher ~ Michigan Radio ~
Attorneys specializing in marijuana law now have their own division within the State Bar of Michigan.
Tom Collins ~ NewsTribune.com ~
For state Conservation Police, finding nature lovers not only carrying cannabis but sometimes firing it up in plain sight is not unusual.
Natalie Schachar ~ Los Angeles Times ~
Fifteen years after Hawaii legalized medical marijuana, the state plans to begin licensing pot dispensaries.
FOX 12 Staff ~ KPTV.com ~
The airport is allowing travelers to board with the legal amount of marijuana on flights that take off and land within Oregon's borders.
Tim Rearden ~ Newsnet5.com ~
The initiative, which would expunge criminal records for past cannabis convictions if marijuana becomes legal, received the necessary 1,000 signatures from registered Ohio voters.
Kassondra Cloos ~ Colorado Springs Gazette ~
As the number of medical marijuana shops and dispensary-related crimes in Colorado Springs has fallen over the past five years, medical pot tax revenue in El Paso County has soared.
Douglas Hanks ~ Miami Herald ~
Miami-Dade commissioners voted Tuesday to let police treat marijuana possession the same way they do littering and loitering — by issuing a civil citation with a $100 fine that keeps the offense out of the criminal system.
Matthew Rosenberg and Mark Mazzetti ~ New York Times ~
WASHINGTON — For all the aspiring and current spies, diplomats and F.B.I. agents living in states that have liberalized marijuana laws, the federal government has a stern warning: Put down the bong, throw out the vaporizer and lose the rolling papers.
Aimee Green ~ Oregon Live ~
Officials say home invasion robberies again could increase when Oregonians begin cultivating marijuana crops in their homes and backyards after July 1.
Tim Evans, Jill Disis and Mark Alesia ~ Indianapolis Star ~
Authorities in Indianapolis warn that anyone caught smoking marijuana at the First Church of Cannabis’ planned service next week could end up arrested.
Ronnie Polaneczky ~ Philly.com ~
A Pennsylvania couple faces charges for possessing and manufacturing marijuana that the young wife used to relieve debilitating symptoms.
René Marsh~ CNN ~
(CNN) -- A new study, funded in part by the federal government, suggests alcohol has a more extreme impact on drivers than marijuana.