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Daniel Vasquez ~ Sun Sentinel ~   When pot is this good, people don't give up. And Florida is not giving up on medical-grade marijuana anytime soon.

Jack Suntrup ~ St. Louis Post-Dispatch ~   A circuit judge has ruled that Missouri's so-called "Right to Farm" amendment doesn't allow farming pot.

Lori Denman-Underhill ~ LA Weekly ~   “You've got to hold it in your lungs longer, George.” A lot of people remember the famous comment by actor Peter Fonda in Easy Rider.

Megan Schrader  ~ The Gazette ~   In the final days of the 2015 legislative session, Gov. John Hickenlooper's office asked for a $300,000 earmark to fund a crackdown on toxic pesticides being used in legal marijuana grows in Colorado.

CBS This Morning ~    The number of companies looking to cash in on marijuana is growing, including some with celebrity backers, like Melissa Etheridge, reports CBS News correspondent Gigi Stone Woods.

Becky Schlikerman ~ Chicago Sun Times ~    It’s an industry, they say, that’s too new to have a glass ceiling. And for many women, that’s a good reason to get into the booming legal marijuana business.

Douglas A. McIntyre ~ 247 Wall Street ~   Colorado’s effort to tax marijuana as a means to help the state budget never materialized, at least financially, slowing expansion of industries supported by the drug. As attempts to approve marijuana’s use in other states and cities falters, these industries face unexpected road blocks.

Mario J Garcia ~ NBC News ~   Three mothers and their sick kids share how medical marijuana has helped

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.