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Jonathan Oosting ~ Mlive.com LANSING, MI — The Michigan Medical Marijuana Law Review Panel voted Friday to recommend adding autism as a qualifying condition fit for treatment under the state law.

Fatima Hussein ~ Cincinnati.com ~   Cincinnati area businesses are already pondering what they should do if Ohio votes this fall to legalize marijuana, including use of medicinal pot on the job.

Landon Miller ~ KTVN.com ~   Despite two years of delays, the state’s first MMJ dispensary is ready to open its doors.

Kieran Nicholson ~ Denver Post ~   A Denver-based credit union aiming to become the first of its kind — one created to serve the Colorado marijuana industry — has suffered a setback.

April Short ~ Salon.com ~   A new study is raising hackles about pot-laced edibles. The statistics really aren't as alarming as they seem.

Madison Margolin ~ Village Voice ~   The New York Department of Health is expected to announce either Thursday or Friday which five companies it has selected to award licenses to grow medical marijuana under the Compassionate Care Act.

Wyomingnews.com ~   A Marijuana Impact Council will study the health, economic and social impacts of potentially legalizing cannabis in the state.

Annie Sciacca ~ San Francisco Business Times ~   At chef Coreen Carroll’s latest pop-up dinner series, people may ask you to “pass the weed,” and no one will think it’s strange.

Jake Neher ~ Michigan Radio ~ Attorneys specializing in marijuana law now have their own division within the State Bar of Michigan.

Rich Barlow ~ BU Today ~ Boston University course surveys America’s pot policy through the decades.

Jilian Mincer  ~ Reuters ~   Shop owners seek to capitalize not only on the vaping trend, but on the more widespread, and legal, use of medical marijuana.

Terrence Dopp ~ Bloomberg.com   The New Jersey governor says he would enforce federal laws that criminalize marijuana if elected president.

Jeremy Scott ~ kxl.com   SALEM, Ore. — Governor Kate Brown signed a bill on Tuesday that will allow adults 21 and over to temporarily buy recreational marijuana at established medical pot dispensaries starting on October 1st, nearly a full year sooner than expected.

Patrick Browne ~ thelocal.it ~   Proposals that would largely decriminalize marijuana in Italy currently have the support of 250 MPs – but does that mean Italy will be legalizing the drug any time soon?

Dan Reilly ~ Fortune.com ~   Using cutting-edge technology, Potbotics wants to change how the medical marijuana industry treats patients.

Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~   One inventor-turned-businessman says innovators are finding a market for their ideas as the legal marijuana sector concentrates on its bottom line.