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Two Cannabis Hotels Are Coming to Coachella Valley - Cannabis News

From left, Brynlee Whitten, 4, (doll is Sarah), JoAnn Whitten, Dennis Whitten, Kate Jackson and Linda Moczulski stand in front of a home that may become a marijuana dispensary in Cedar Mill, Oregon. (Wendy Owen/Oregon Live Staff)

Amy Wang ~ OregonLive.com ~

With recreational marijuana sales starting Oct. 1, pot likely will become more visible in Oregon neighborhoods, potentially raising tensions among neighbors, especially those with young children.

Hemp-Based Construction Materials Are Building Sustainable Homes - Cannabis News

U.S. Capitol Building. Image: Kathrin Tausch via Wikimedia Commons
 
Legalization of marijuana is expected to be a big issue during the 2016 elections.

Marijuana Legalization Measure Officially Qualifies For South Dakota 2020 Ballot - Cannabis News

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COLUMBUS — While campaigning for legal pot through Issue 3, ResponsibleOhio took steps Tuesday to pass a law that would allow Ohioans with marijuana convictions to go to court to get their records expunged.

Growing off the grid: Marijuana businesses find ways to be eco-friendly - Cannabis News

Hashman Infused marijuana chocolate bars are hand-crafted by a classically trained artisan chocolatier. Photo: Salvador Ingram

The change in US cannabis laws has led to a growing market in food and drink laced with the drug, as Meg Carter reports.

What Is CBN And Is It Legal? - Cannabis News

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The Drug Enforcement Administration spent $960,000 to destroy marijuana plants in that state in 2014 as part of its "Cannabis Eradication Program," according to a recent report by NBC affiliate KGW in Portland, Ore.

Cannabis tech's fight to be accepted at CES - Cannabis News

Willie Nelson performing at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, New Jersey, May 2012. Image: joshbg2k via Wikimedia Commons
Craig Hlavaty ~ Chron.com ~
 
Texas country music legend and pot prophet Willie Nelson has found an investor for his Willie's Reserve private marijuana label.

House panel set to examine federal marijuana policies - Cannabis News (2)

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, addresses the National Cannabis Industry Association meeting, in New York, Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. AP Photo: Richard Drew via OneidaDispatch.com
Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~
 
The Senator from New York says the federal government needs to reform laws affecting marijuana’s medical use, allowing states to determine their own medical marijuana programs.

Illinois: $19.7 million in marijuana sales in first 12 days - Cannabis News

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For one day, Brooklyn will have its own Great Weed Way.

The Tech Behind Growing Cannabis - Cannabis News

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Kirsten Swanson ~ KOAT.com ~

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Albuquerque’s city council has voted 5-4 in favor of decriminalizing the possession of 1 ounce or less of pot.

Full hearings needed on marijuana driving-under-the-influence bill

Honolulu, Hawaii. Hip Hop artist Snoop Dogg at a special concert for over 8000 military personnel and their dependents during the 2005  Bodog Salutes the Troops event.  Image: US Navy via Wikimedia Commons

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San Francisco (AFP) - Snoop Dogg is rolling his love for cannabis into a new lifestyle website intended to be an online "encyclopedia" for anything anyone would want to know about pot.

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What does the start of Missouri recreational Marijuana sales mean for the Metro East?

Cannabis bud at a Denver grow facility. Image: WeedWorthy.com

Scott Keyes ~ The Guardian ~

Legal marijuana tax revenues have been breaking records in Colorado this summer, nearly doubling monthly numbers from last year and on pace to exceed projections of legal sales that bring revenue back to the state.

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Breeding for Dummies: how to make your Weed plants screw

Former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush at New Hampshire Education Summit August 19th, 2015. Image: Michael Vadon via Wikimedia Commons

Jeb Bush certainly wasn’t the first presidential candidate to admit having smoked weed. Here are 15, including a few who ultimately became president.

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Former NBA Player Writes Impassioned Plea to End the War on Marijuana - Cannabis News

Jonathan Holmgren with medical cannabis products at his home in Spring Lake Park, Minn. Holmgren is back to using the raw plant that the state still deems illegal to treat his Crohn's disease. AP Photo/Jim Mone via TwinCities.com
Kyle Potter ~ Associated Press ~
 
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Just two months after Minnesota launched its medical marijuana program, some patients turned off by high costs say they are back to buying the drug illegally because it's the only way they can afford it.

What's in Your Weed? Touring Florida's Marijuana Testing Lab - Cannabis News

Erika Walton, 43, fills out paperwork to have a marijuana violation expunged from her record. Credit Ruth Fremson/The New York Times
 
As it prepares to begin retail marijuana sales next month, Oregon is blazing a profoundly new trail, legal experts and marijuana business people said, to rethink cannabis-related violations.

New York to look at legalizing recreational pot - Cannabis News

Ronda Rousey after her open workout at Dinamo center, Yerevan, Armenia. Image: Narek75 via Wikimedia Commons
 
Ronda Rousey just made it known that she’s against drug testing for marijuana.

Marijuana Use Growing Among Bay Area Women - Cannabis News

Connecticut State Capitol, Hartford Connecticut. Image: John Phelan via Wikimedia Commons

Kenneth R. Gosselin ~ Hartford Courant ~

The state wants to add as many as three medical marijuana dispensaries — especially in New Haven and Fairfield counties — and now there are 19 proposals for rolling out the expansion.

Texas patients sharpen plea for medical marijuana legalization - Cannabis news

Taylor West, deputy director of the National Cannabis Industry Association,  spoke at Nashville NERVE conference showing the latest data on the marijuana industry on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. (Photo: Shelley Mays/The Tennessean)
 
Marijuana is illegal in Tennessee, but when and if the law changes, the business opportunities will be vast — along with the risks.

NFL players fight pain with medical marijuana: ‘Managing it with pills was slowly killing me’ - Cannabis News

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The Doggfather himself made a public service announcement wishing everyone in Colorado a happy pot tax holiday.

Nebraska parents testify in favor of ‘conservative’ Medical Marijuana bill

The logo for the Michigan Cannabis Coalition, one of two groups seeking to put a marijuana legalization proposal on the Michigan ballot in 2016. Image via MLive.com

Jonathan Oosting ~ MLive.com ~

LANSING, MI -- The Michigan Cannabis Coalition still isn't saying much about its investors, but it's learning a lot about supporters who are signing its petition to legalize recreational marijuana for adults. 

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Middle schoolers treated after ingesting Cannabis edibles

Melissa Etheridge performs at Spirit Mountain Casino in Grand Ronde on August 24, 2010. Image: Andrew Olivo Parodi via Wikimedia Commons
 
How did rock star Melissa Etheridge become the keynote speaker for the leading cannabis business event?

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