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The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Growing Demand for Marijuana in the World

GOP Elephant from President Bush’s second inauguration in Washington, D.C., 2005. Image: Jonathan McIntosh via Wikimedia Commons
 
Most of the candidates descending on Boulder for Wednesday’s debate have signaled a desire to end the Republicans’ long-running war on pot.

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DEA Raid on Tribe's Cannabis Crop Infuriates and Confuses Reformers

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Authorities claim the plants were marijuana, not hemp – but evidence is lacking.

Small cannabis entrepreneurs say they can't compete against ‘Walmart of weed'’

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Scott Malone and Sharon BernsteinReuters ~
 
Two groups that had backed competing ballot initiatives to make recreational use of marijuana legal in Maine agreed on Monday to join forces on one measure to put before voters in 2016.

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Year after Philly pot law changed, arrests are down

Mike Whiter receives the first citation for rolling up a joint at City Hall. Image: Mike Whiter via Philly.com

Tricia L. Nadolny ~ Philly.com ~

In the year since the city decriminalized possession and use of small amounts of marijuana, arrests have fallen nearly 75 percent.

California Marijuana Growers Reel From Cannabis Farms Consumed By Wildfires

Mike Ray stands on what's left of his marijuana farm, following the Butte Fire in Calaveras County, California, in mid-September, 2015.  Image: Mike Ray via IBTimes.com
 
The 2015 wildfire season, among the worst in recent memory, took a major toll on the state’s marijuana industry.

Puff test for pot use will be reality within a year, WSU researchers say

Joints for sale at Mr. Bill’s of Buckley, the first recreational marijuana store to open in Pierce County outside of Tacoma, September 2014. Image: Peter Haley Staff photographer, via NewsTribune.com
Melissa Santos ~ NewsTribune.com ~
 
Researchers at Washington State University say they think they are about a year away from having a portable breath test that police can use to detect if someone has recently consumed marijuana.

Prosecution collapses against execs caught up in CannTrust Cannabis Scandal

After taking his CBD medicine Moose, a 10-year-old, 120-pound St. Bernard, goes for a walk in San Jose, California. Image: Brandon Chew, Special to The Chronicle
 
Suzanne Kisting’s burly 10-year-old, 120-pound St. Bernard, Moose, hobbled down the 40 stairs of her former Inner Sunset District apartment every morning, crippled by pain from severe arthritis.

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U.S. Support for Legal Marijuana Steady in Past Year - Cannabis News

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Travis Khachatoorian ~ KTUU.com ~
 
ANCHORAGE – While many health officials are mulling over the best way to tackle the spice epidemic in Anchorage, one resident says handing out free marijuana may be the answer.

New Medical Cannabis dispensary opens in Panama City Beach

Michael McGovern, a representative from ResponsibleOhio, a pro-marijuana legalization group, wears a sticker during a promotional tour stop at Miami University, Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, in Oxford, Ohio. AP Photo/John Minchillo
Julie Carr Smyth ~ Associated Press ~
 
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- So a few states out West and a couple cities on the East Coast have voted to legalize marijuana. Does that mean legal pot can fly in the heartland?

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Democrats push President Biden on cannabis reform ahead of midterms

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Washington State expects marijuana sales taxes to bring in more than $1 billion over the next four years, according to a budget forecast published by the Office of Financial Management.

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Phoenix nonproft plans to seek grant from fund created by Marijuana Legalization

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Unless you live in the South, recreational weed is coming to a state near you.

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This Low-Impact Activity May Burn More Calories Than Walking

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Kristen Wyatt ~ Associated Press
 
DENVER (AP) -- Colorado's attempt to create a bank to service its marijuana industry has received a setback from the Federal Reserve.

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South Dakota Legislative Board Adopts Cannabis Study Committee’s Report

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Jeffrey M. Jones ~ Gallup.com ~

PRINCETON, N.J. -- A majority of Americans continue to say marijuana use should be legal in the United States, with 58% holding that view, tying the high point in Gallup's 46-year trend.

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String of Bay Area high-profile retail robberies brings calls for action

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John Aguilar ~ Denver Post ~
 
Englewood liquor licensing authority floats proposed ordinance allowing social pot use at cannabis clubs.

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In states where marijuana is legal, users prefer the edible high - Cannabis News

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When Kimmel asked the presidential candidate where he stood on the legalization of marijuana, Sanders discussed the excessive amount of American citizens in prison for marijuana use and emphasized putting an end to the war on drugs.

New Zealanders could be smoking marijuana legally by 2020

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The number of adults using marijuana more than doubled in recent years, according to new research culling data from two massive surveys.

130-acre marijuana park in Michigan to be largest east of Mississippi, developer says - Cannabis News

British-American author Lesley Hazleton discusses the subject of infinity last week during a lecture, presented by the Goodship Academy of Higher Education, at the Cloud Room on Seattle’s Capitol Hill. Image: Sy Bean / The Seattle Times/Seattle Times
 
A lofty lecture series for stoned people aims to shatter some stereotypes, but also raises the question: Are people really more creative and open-minded when high?

Pot of gold: how the UK beauty industry fell for cannabis - Cannabis News

Sean Adams is a candidate for the Expanded Access Program where he would receive marijuana extract, free of charge, from a pharmaceutical company. Image via KTVB.com
Tami Tremblay ~ KTVB.com ~
 
Only those with the most severe cases of epilepsy will be selected to take part in an Idaho cannabis oil program.

Expert Sees a ‘Strong Need’ for Insurance for Cannabis Industry - Cannabis News

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In a strongly-worded new report out Tuesday, researchers at the Brookings Institution call on the federal government to eliminate roadblocks to medical marijuana research in the U.S.

Meet a rare breed: Missouri doctors eager to help patients try medical marijuana - Cannabis News

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Canada’s new prime minister has promised his Liberal Party will legalize marijuana across the entire country.

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