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California: Cannabis Equity Act will reverse some damaging impacts caused by prohibition - Cannabis News

The Cannabis Equity Act, Senate Bill 1294, was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown, Wednesday, groundbreaking legislation that aims to reverse some of the damaging impacts cannabis prohibition has had on individuals from disadvantaged communities.

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Judge rules California girl taking medical cannabis for seizures can attend public school - Cannabis News

Tears streamed down Jana Adams’ face Friday when her attorney delivered the news by phone that her 5-year-old daughter, Brooke, can continue attending public elementary school — and bring with her the cannabis-based medication she needs.

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California Moves Closer to Creating Cannabis Bank - Cannabis News

California is on the verge of creating a first-of-its-kind safety net for marijuana retailers to deposit cash gleaned from legal pot sales.

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Native American tribes cut out of California market might grow their own - Cannabis News

American Indian tribes that say they have been cut out of California’s legal marijuana market have raised the possibility of going their own way by establishing pot businesses outside the state-regulated system that is less than two months old.

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5 Winning Food And Cannabis Combos

State Treasurer John Chiang laid out a plan Tuesday to create a public bank for marijuana merchants in open defiance of what he called an “out of step” Trump administration fixing to take the hose to California’s sizzling new herbal trade.

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Cheech Marin teaches Californians how to register marijuana businesses with the state on new website - Cannabis News

State officials have enlisted counter-culture comedian Cheech Marin to help educate Californians that if they want to start a business to grow, distribute or sell marijuana they have to register their business with the state.

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Ohio regulators want 73 new medical marijuana dispensary licenses to address demand, more double current number

Advocates worry that local bans on the commercial cannabis industry will make it much more difficult for some patients to access medical marijuana.

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How To Choose The Best Cannabis Strain

Medical pot patients could see their marijuana become cleaner and safer, with the cost jumping about 10 percent, under new draft regulations for California’s multibillion-dollar medical cannabis industry.

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Can Weed Help You Win? How Cannabis Influences 5 Different Sports

Gov. Jerry Brown revealed a proposal last week to simplify statewide rules that govern medical and recreational marijuana sales and production, in anticipation of the launch of the recreational cannabis industry in California in 2018.

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Low-Dose Cannabis Is Gaining Major Popularity in Europe

San Francisco would have its own independent department of marijuana under legislation headed to the Board of Supervisors.

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High school buddies launch CBD company in Sandston

Dozens of people came to a Southern California hemp importer’s warehouse to look at products and support the domestic farming of industrial hemp.

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Recreational Marijuana sales open Thursday in Rhode Island

Recreational marijuana is now legal in California — and that’s a game changer for public health.

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Nancy Pelosi will vote to legalize pot in California - Cannabis News

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) said Friday she plans to vote for California's Proposition 64, making her one of a small number of high-level politicians to support legalizing the recreational use of marijuana.

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US Court of Appeals: Federal Scheduling of Cannabis “Irrational,” but not Unconstitutional

California appears poised to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, with a strong majority favoring Proposition 64 ahead of Tuesday’s vote.

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The science behind cannabis and the munchies

Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and other elected leaders on Thursday called on California voters to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, saying the current laws are unfairly entangling minorities more than white users.

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Congress to take up marijuana reform this spring

I couldn’t find a single person at the State of Marijuana Conference ’16 on the Queen Mary this week willing to predict anything other than success for Proposition 64, the measure that could legalize cannabis in California for adult recreational use.

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Why Mainstream Businesses Are High On The Cannabis Industry

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, who has proposed liberalizing his country's drug laws, privately asked California lawmakers visiting Mexico about a state measure to legalize recreational marijuana, a state legislator said on Thursday.

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Ski slopes on federal lands in legal states have to walk a tightrope

If Dr. Larry Bedard has his way, Marin General Hospital would become the first acute-care medical center in California to allow patients to openly consume medical marijuana in the hospital.

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One in 50 women admit using Cannabis while pregnant in places where recreational use is legal, major study finds — raising risk of birth defects and complications

Attorney General Kamala Harris called the legalization of marijuana "inevitable" Tuesday.

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More than 64,000 cannabis plants seized from illegal outdoor grows in California watersheds

Los Angeles County voters will decide this fall whether to tax marijuana businesses to help pay for housing and health services for the homeless.

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