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Illinois becomes 11th state to allow recreational marijuana - Cannabis News

EMPIRE, Colo. – Colorado’s $1 billion marijuana industry is helping some small towns stay afloat. A prime example is the town of Empire, in Clear Creek County.

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More than 1000 New CBD Businesses Join the WeedLife Network Over the Past Year

BOSTON – Massachusetts voters are expected to head to the polls in November and likely vote on a ballot measure fully legalizing marijuana, four years after they signed off on medical marijuana and eight years after approving decriminalization of small amounts of the substance.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson: ‘No reason’ for marijuana to be illegal - Cannabis News

BOSTON – Massachusetts voters are expected to head to the polls in November and likely vote on a ballot measure fully legalizing marijuana, four years after they signed off on medical marijuana and eight years after approving decriminalization of small amounts of the substance.

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Plant disease threatening Massachusetts’ huge Marijuana growing industry

Grand Forks, ND (WDAZ-TV) - The debate over legalizing marijuana has heated up nationally in recent years. North Dakota is no exception.

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Colorado’s first full-sized hemp house takes shape - Cannabis News

Notorious for its strict marijuana laws, Louisiana is looking at legalized weed as a way to get out of debt. What will happen to its prisoners?

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Social Life Network Announces New Wholly Owned Subsidiary, MjLink.com to Host its Cannabis and Hemp Social Networks

Notorious for its strict marijuana laws, Louisiana is looking at legalized weed as a way to get out of debt. What will happen to its prisoners?

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Social Life Network, Inc. Announces Uplisting to OTCQB Exchange

Washington (AFP) - Legal marijuana is becoming more and more entrenched in the United States each year, and 2016 looks to be no exception.

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Marijuana May Be Legal, but Good Luck Filing the Paperwork – Marijuana News

Marijuana is legal to buy in several states, but no law says that selling it will be free from cumbersome expense and paperwork, especially when it comes to taxation.

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California gets ready to ignite cannabis culinary-arts scene

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California cannabis prohibition is costing the state about $1 billion per year in lost tax revenue that’s sorely needed for social services, a new analysis from the state’s Department of Finance reports this December 21.

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Huge Demand in South Carolina for Hemp Applications - Cannabis News

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California cannabis prohibition is costing the state about $1 billion per year in lost tax revenue that’s sorely needed for social services, a new analysis from the state’s Department of Finance reports this December 21.

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Studying the impacts of combining cannabis and exercise

Colorado voters approved a statewide ballot measure Tuesday that gives state lawmakers permission to spend $66.1 million in taxes collected from the sale of recreational marijuana. Image: Aaron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post
Colorado voters Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a statewide ballot measure that gives state lawmakers permission, once again, to spend $66.1 million in taxes collected from the sale of recreational marijuana.
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The Next "It" Ingredient in Beauty Products is Marijuana - Cannabis News

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Elizabeth Hernandez ~ The Denver Post ~

Colorado recreational marijuana sales are close to $60 million in August 2015; medical marijuana sales climb slightly.

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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

Small part of Iowa votes to legalize medical, rec marijuana

Customers line up outside one of The Grass Station dispensaries during the Colorado cannabis tax holiday. Image: WeedWorthy.com
Kristen Wyatt ~ Associated Press ~
 
DENVER (AP) -- Marijuana consumers were taking advantage of a tax holiday in Colorado on Wednesday, with some lining up early for doorbuster-style deals.
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Lawmakers push for hemp comeback in Wisconsin – Cannabis News

One of The Grass Station outlets in Denver. Image: WeedWorthy.com
Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy
 
Dispensary CEO Ryan Fox says the unprecedented, one-time tax event means wide-ranging deals that should put patrons at The Grass Station’s two locations in a celebratory mood.
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Cannabis Tax Revenue Is Seeing Higher Numbers In The U.S.

Products on display at The Grass Station dispensary in Denver. Image: WeedWorthy.com
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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