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CBD: here’s what science says about its real health benefits

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Cannabis industry representatives are looking back to 2014’s successes, as they prepare for the 2016 election cycle.

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Day Without Marijuana Tax Draws Mixed Reactions in Colorado

Matthew Lopez, 33, examines marijuana buds with his iPhone light while shopping with his fiance Lizette Ortiz, 26, at The Grass Station in Denver, Co. Credit: Benjamin Rasmussen for The New York Times

Comedy and tragedy: When the GOP debate turned to marijuana

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SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — One of the signature moments in the latter portion of Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate came on the topic of marijuana.
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Colorado Just Became The First State In History To Collect More Taxes From Marijuana Than Alcohol

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Small part of Iowa votes to legalize medical, rec marijuana

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DENVER (AP) -- Marijuana consumers were taking advantage of a tax holiday in Colorado on Wednesday, with some lining up early for doorbuster-style deals.

Medical marijuana debuts in Illinois but some patients turned away

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Compared to 1969, when only 12% supported legalizing pot, the majority of Americans today support legalizing recreational use of the drug.

State mulls research with cannabis oil

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Canadian company to develop medicinal products from Jamaican marijuana for international market.

New California bill would allow Cannabis catering

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 This THC-infused salmon is what happens when edibles meet appetizing.

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What went right, what went wrong, and what went sideways: 2022 In Cannabis

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Why grow marijuana when you can brew it?

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Telling the difference between Hemp and Marijuana

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio's Issue 3 received its first endorsement from a national marijuana advocacy group, but the group says the proposed constitutional amendment is not the best way to legalize marijuana.

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Wondering why Hemp Seed Oil is being perceived as a wonder Element?

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BOSTON - When Cristina Barbuto of Brewster took a job with a marketing firm, she told the company that she used medical marijuana to treat symptoms of Crohn's disease.

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Sustainable solutions: How hemp is being used to make prosthetic limbs

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The next big marijuana trend may have just hit the ground running in Colorado Springs. Soon, people there will be able to get gas and buy weed.

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Billings lowers minimum age to own or work for marijuana businesses to 18

420 Dank, a medical dispensary in Detroit, is seen on Friday, September 11, 2015. Image: Salwan Georges via Detroit Free Press

Matt Helms ~ Detroit Free Press ~

With some medical-marijuana stores in Detroit now offering drive-through purchasing, the city's marketplace for medical pot has spiraled out of control and needs to be regulated, Mayor Mike Duggan said.

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Arizona collects more cannabis than liquor taxes, poll finds one-third Americans prefer weed over booze

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Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, won't be on the list of conditions for which medical marijuana is allowed in Illinois.

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Why HEXO Stock Is Getting Smoked This Week

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Teen marijuana use held steady in 2014, the first year that marijuana was legally available for purchase in the states of Washington and Colorado, according to just-released numbers from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

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The Australian cannabis market is opening up, 5 years after landmark legal changes.

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If there was any doubt about the national momentum on legalized marijuana use in America, consider this. There will be a medicinal marijuana dispensary right off New York City's Union Square come January 2016.

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Cannabis Seltzers: Here’s What You Should Know

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Nisa Donnelly ~ WeedWorthy ~
 
SACRAMENTO, CA -- In a late-night move and after a more than 20-year wait, California’s legislature is finally poised to regulate the state’s multi-billion-dollar medical marijuana industry.

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Cannabis Tax Revenue Is Seeing Higher Numbers In The U.S.

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Katie Lobosco ~ CNN Money ~
 
For one day and one day only, you can get a 10% discount on recreational marijuana in Colorado. September 16 is a pot tax holiday, thanks to a quirky state law.

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Does The New MORE Act Have A Better Chance Of Passing?

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Anjali Shastry ~ Washington Times ~

South Carolina voters overwhelmingly say their state’s own medical marijuana law should trump federal enforcement, said a new poll being released Thursday.

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Year after Philly pot law changed, arrests are down

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Current players say marijuana use in the sport is extensive, with many using the drug to deal with the ramifications of head trauma.
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