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Laura Donovan ~ SALON ~   Opponents of legal cannabis say it leaves you fried, but research shows it can actually improve your mental health

Jeremy B. White ~ The Sacramento Bee ~   California’s latest attempt to regulate medical marijuana advanced off the Assembly floor on a 50-5 vote Thursday.

Thomas Mitchell ~ Westword ~   Congress voted on two amendments to a Department of Justice spending bill Wednesday that would protect marijuana businesses in states where they're legal, but only one of them passed.

James T. Mulder ~ Syrac ~   Syracuse, N.Y. -- Medical marijuana dispensaries may be coming to Utica and Rochester.

Andrei Khalip ~ Reuters ~   European Union countries are unlikely to legalize marijuana any time soon as some parts of the United States have done recently, EU drug monitoring agency chief Wolfgang Gotz said on Thursday.

Casey Parks ~ The Oregonian ~   Oregon marijuana users helped propel a Vancouver retailer to the top recreational weed shop in Washington.

Jennifer Brooks ~ StarTribune ~   Small number will certify their patients for medical marijuana, survey finds. 

Kathryn Vasel ~ CNN Money ~   Denver's housing market is on fire.

Smell The Truth ~   Cannabis and technology — two of the Bay Area’s biggest exports — are about to become even more intertwined.

Beth Greenfield ~ Yahoo News ~   Kalel Santiago, 9, who has autism, spoke his first words shortly after starting hemp-oil treatments.

Matt Ferner ~ Matt Ramos ~ Huffington Post ~   WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to reauthorize an amendment that would protect medical marijuana operations from federal interference in states where the drug is legal, siding with a majority of Americans who say that medical marijuana is an issue best left to the states.

Robert Higgs ~ Cleveland.Com ~   COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Language in a proposal to amend Ohio's constitution and legalize sale, use and possession of marijuana in the state has employers antsy over the impact it could have, despite a legal analysis that says they will retain strong workplace control.

Jeff Mapes  ~ The Oregonian ~   Depending on who's talking, a 20-acre hemp farm about 10 miles south of Grants Pass is either the harbinger of a new industry that could help save rural Oregon – or an existential threat to local marijuana farmers just as they're anticipating boom times.

Jonathan Starkey ~ USA Today ~   WILMINGTON, Del. — Delaware House lawmakers on Tuesday approved legislation that would treat simple marijuana possession and personal use by adults like a traffic violation, replacing criminal penalties with civil fines.

Associated Press ~ KHOU ~   AUSTIN, Texas -- Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Monday legalizing medical cannabis for epilepsy. The new law gives epilepsy patients access to low doses of cannabis oil.

Zachariah Hughes ~ Alaska Public Media ~   This weekend, Alaska saw its first-ever job fair for careers in commercial cannabis, offering a glimpse of how the semi-legal marijuana industry is taking tentative steps towards professionalism and profits.