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Philadelphia Bans Marijuana Drug Tests for Employment Screening (with Exceptions)

Voters in five states – Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada – will decide this November on ballot initiatives seeking to legalize and regulate the adult use, production, and retail sale of marijuana.

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Senate Parliamentarian May Have Foiled Schumer’s Marijuana Legalization Plan

Voters in five states – Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada – will decide this November on ballot initiatives seeking to legalize and regulate the adult use, production, and retail sale of marijuana.

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51-foot marijuana joint coming to Philly for the DNC – Cannabis News

Activists celebrate the strides they've made in a once intractable issue in recent years.

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What’s impeding New Jersey’s cannabis amendment?

Activists celebrate the strides they've made in a once intractable issue in recent years.

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States Enter the Billion Dollar Cannabis Club For 2020

The organization’s Congressional Scorecard is an all-encompassing database that assigns a letter grade ‘A’ through ‘F’ to members of Congress based on their marijuana-related comments and voting records.

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Marijuana Is Replacing Alcohol During The Pandemic And May Have Long Term Benefits

The organization’s Congressional Scorecard is an all-encompassing database that assigns a letter grade ‘A’ through ‘F’ to members of Congress based on their marijuana-related comments and voting records.

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Missouri Cannabis Activists to Unveil Adult Use Initiative for 2022

With only 22 primaries and caucuses left and the general election fast approaching, some college students are looking beyond typical candidate platforms to determine their choice for president.

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Researchers not yet ready to say whether or not cannabis affects brain development in young people with ADHD

With only 22 primaries and caucuses left and the general election fast approaching, some college students are looking beyond typical candidate platforms to determine their choice for president.

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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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2 Top Cannabis Stocks to Buy in May

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Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~

A top NORML official says the number of states that vote in favor of legalizing or decriminalizing cannabis next year will affect the legal marijuana movement’s momentum.

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Polish Bill to Legalize Medical Cannabis Reaches Parlimentary Committee

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The city of Arcata has created what is believed to be the nation’s first-ever land use designation specifically meant to promote and regulate the production of marijuana and cannabis-related products.
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Kentucky marijuana legalization 2022: Kulkarni pushes to decriminalize cannabis

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With a wave of legalization measures in recent years, marijuana in some form is now legal in 38 states. But in the 12 where it is not — a swath of the west and Midwest, including Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas, and in the rust belt states of Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania — parents whose use of the drug would be legal elsewhere are losing their children and often seen as irresponsible parenting pariahs.
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This Coast-to-Coast Cannabis Grower Just Made a Big Move in Colorado

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A proposal that would create a $100 fine for marijuana possession in Miami-Dade gets its first hearing before county commissioners Wednesday, a key test for a law designed to keep minor pot offenses out of the criminal system.
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Oregon marijuana growers turning to hemp as CBD extract explodes - Cannabis News

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Stephanie Langston ~ WKRN
 
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - It’s the final push for those that want to decriminalize marijuana in Nashville. Tennessee Norml, the group leading the efforts, still needs thousands of signatures to get their measure on the Metro general election ballot.
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Meet Mr. Marijuana

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NORTHAMPTON — The response to Dick Evans at the State House was not warm.
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