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Nick Gillespie, Meredith Bragg & Todd Krainin ~ Reason.com ~
Arizona senator does not believe legalizing marijuana is a good idea.
BBC News ~
Scores of cannabis plants have been discovered growing in a remote area of disused land in south-west London.
Amy Wang ~ OregonLive.com ~
With recreational marijuana sales starting Oct. 1, pot likely will become more visible in Oregon neighborhoods, potentially raising tensions among neighbors, especially those with young children.
Debra Borchardt ~ Forbes ~
Legalization of marijuana is expected to be a big issue during the 2016 elections.
Laura A. Bischoff ~ Dayton Daily News ~
COLUMBUS — While campaigning for legal pot through Issue 3, ResponsibleOhio took steps Tuesday to pass a law that would allow Ohioans with marijuana convictions to go to court to get their records expunged.
Meg Carter ~ Independent.co.uk ~
The change in US cannabis laws has led to a growing market in food and drink laced with the drug, as Meg Carter reports.
Christopher Ingraham ~ Washington Post ~
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.
Craig Hlavaty ~ Chron.com ~
Texas country music legend and pot prophet Willie Nelson has found an investor for his Willie's Reserve private marijuana label.
Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~
The Senator from New York says the federal government needs to reform laws affecting marijuana’s medical use, allowing states to determine their own medical marijuana programs.
Nicole Bitette ~ NY Daily News ~
For one day, Brooklyn will have its own Great Weed Way.
Kirsten Swanson ~ KOAT.com ~
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Albuquerque’s city council has voted 5-4 in favor of decriminalizing the possession of 1 ounce or less of pot.
AFP ~
San Francisco (AFP) - Snoop Dogg is rolling his love for cannabis into a new lifestyle website intended to be an online "encyclopedia" for anything anyone would want to know about pot.
Scott Keyes ~ The Guardian ~
Legal marijuana tax revenues have been breaking records in Colorado this summer, nearly doubling monthly numbers from last year and on pace to exceed projections of legal sales that bring revenue back to the state.
Tom Huddleston, Jr. ~ Fortune.com ~
Jeb Bush certainly wasn’t the first presidential candidate to admit having smoked weed. Here are 15, including a few who ultimately became president.
Kyle Potter ~ Associated Press ~
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Just two months after Minnesota launched its medical marijuana program, some patients turned off by high costs say they are back to buying the drug illegally because it's the only way they can afford it.
Kirk Johnson ~ New York Times ~
As it prepares to begin retail marijuana sales next month, Oregon is blazing a profoundly new trail, legal experts and marijuana business people said, to rethink cannabis-related violations.