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Sonoma State University offers a Finance, Investment and Investment Law seminar, focusing on the state’s legal cannabis industry

PHOENIX - The fight over legalizing recreational pot in Arizona is heating up. A retired DEA agent with 18 years of experience tells ABC15 he believes it should be legalized, taxed and regulated.

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Canna Provisions’ CEO is reinventing Cannabis Dispensaries as destination stores in Massachusetts

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The Drug Enforcement Administration announced Wednesday it’s making research into the non-intoxicating cannabis compound cannabidiol (CBD) easier, but advocates for legal access to what appears an effective treatment for epilepsy say the change doesn’t go nearly far enough.

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The VA Can’t Provide Cannabis to Veterans With PTSD, so This Group Gives It Out for Free - Cannabis News

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Christmas came early for cannabis research scientists. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) decided to ease some of the regulatory requirements that had been imposed on those who were conducting FDA-approved clinical trials on cannabidiol (CBD).

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Montana Senate Votes to Advance Promising Cannabis Legalization Bill

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The Drug Enforcement Administration is not having a great year.

The chief of the agency stepped down in April under a cloud of scandal.

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Rising depression and anxiety have led to more Cannabis use in Florida

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DEA chief Chuck Rosenberg on Wednesday rejected the notion that smoking marijuana is "medicine," calling the premise a "joke."

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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.

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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.
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A First for Colorado: Tree Free Hemp Is Producing Paper From Seed to Sheet – Cannabis News

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Public support for marijuana legalization surged in 2016 - Cannabis News

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The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to rein in the DEA.
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