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Bipartisan Wisconsin Lawmakers Unveil Cannabis Reform Proposal

With 420 right around the corner, Nike is getting ready to release a brand new pair of kicks designed specifically for weed’s high holy day. This year’s cannabis-themed SB Dunk Highs are going with a sleek “spaced out” look.

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Massachusetts Farmland Unlocked For Cannabis Cultivation

The 2016 election helped pave the way.

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Will the 'Entrepreneur' President Embrace the Cannabis Economy? – Cannabis News

Cannabis industry thought leaders share some thoughts on how the Trump administration may affect them.

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Project Playlist: How to Find the Right 420 Tunes

Cannabis industry thought leaders share some thoughts on how the Trump administration may affect them.

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Is CBD in trouble?

"I would look and I would think to myself what can I put here? What can we do? It hit me. This could be a medical marijuana facility."

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Drug Testing in the Era of Marijuana Legalization - Cannabis News

Everything from high-tech advancements in edible weed to big-data analysis can be seen at this year's New West Summit in San Francisco.

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Study: Realtors Say Pot Equals “Hot” - Cannabis News

With jurisdictions around the country legalizing pot for recreational and medicinal use, budding groups like Women Grow are rising to the forefront of what had been an illegal black market dominated by men.

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Indoor cannabis grow centers responsible for 10% of industrial electricity consumption in Massachusetts

DENVER — Normally, when a company based in one state wants to sell products in another state, it starts calling truckers. For Strainz, a Las Vegas marijuana company, it was more complicated.

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Alcohol use rises in states where Marijuana is legalized

Comparing legal marijuana sales to the annual revenue of nine popular food and beverages brands proves to be no comparison at all.

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Arkansas recreational marijuana supporters push for legalization proposals on 2022 ballots

The weed industry is becoming a legitimate economic engine. Sales of legal marijuana in the US are estimated to more than double by 2020, as is the broader economic impact of the industry, a new report predicts.

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Medical freedom needs to include medical Marijuana home grow

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Thanks to changing federal and state regulations, the marijuana industry in California is booming. And now women are taking the lead and breaking through the "grass ceiling."

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Social Life Network Announces Turning Point in Technology

Legal pot startups brought in more than $200 million from investors last year, more than twice what they had in 2014.

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5 Ways the Cannabis Industry Has Matured - Cannabis News

The legalization of marijuana has brought a bumper crop of weed-laced foodstuffs, from cookies and candies to sodas—and now, coffee.

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Group supporting Arkansas Recreational Marijuana initiative contends it’s exceeded State’s Standards

It’s time to take America’s legal marijuana market seriously. As voters in more states embrace legalized marijuana sales, the burgeoning cannabis industry has gone from a curiosity to a bona fide booming market.

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What Does This Recent Milestone for Canadian Pot Companies Mean for Investors?

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A new wave of legal-weed entrepreneurs wants to put the dope in your doppio. And the potential profits from a mashup of coffee and caffeine are, well, high.

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Marijuana gets the farm-to-fork foodie treatment in Sacramento – Cannabis News

Consultant Jonathan Hunt checks seedlings growing in the marijuana growing facility on the Flandreau Santee Sioux Reservation in September. AP Photo: Jay Pickthorn

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- Tribes across the U.S. are finding marijuana is risky business nearly a year after a Justice Department policy indicated they could grow and sell pot under the same guidelines as states.

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Ohio lawmakers vote to decriminalize CBD oil, hemp products - Cannabis News

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NEGRIL, Westmoreland -- President of the Westmoreland Hemp and Ganja Farmers Association Ras Iyah is urging the Government to "align" with other countries to secure a slice of the international marijuana market.

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People prefer getting High over CBD beauty products

Tim Blake, founder of the Emerald Cup cannabis competition, smells a sample of his Berry White strain of marijuana in a drying room at his farm. Image: Ramin Rahimian, Special to the Chronicle

While a Silicon Valley company can legally protect its most valuable technology with federal patents, cannabis companies cannot secure their core products as long as the federal government continues to classify marijuana as an illegal drug on par with heroin — one with “no accepted medical use.”

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UK Medical Cannabis Registry – First Study Results

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When Colorado legalised cannabis possession in 2014, the anticipated ‘Green Rush’ of dope tourists didn’t quite happen. But the first stoners’ B&B in Denver is now leading the way.

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Cannabis Strain Names Have the Most Fascinating Origin Stories! – Cannabis News

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Jessica Contrera ~ Washington Post ~

If Ohio votes yes on marijuana legalization on Tuesday, the Cincinnati native and long-ago leading man of “Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica” will automatically become one of the top weed kingpins in the Buckeye State.

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