Stories By Bill Weinberg
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Politics
Cannabis Case Highlights Russian Human Rights Issues Ahead of World Cup
April 18, 2018With Moscow accused of all manner of sinister shenanigans on the global stage, calls are mounting...
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Politics
Chinese Crime Networks Linked to Crackdown on CA Grow Ops
April 15, 2018Federal agents seized about 100 homes around Northern California, which were supposedly used in grow operations...
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Culture
Recovering the Lost Legacy of Cannabis in Japan
April 13, 2018Cannabis is completely verboten in Japan — rare, expensive and very illegal. First Lady Akie Abe...
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Politics
Cynthia Nixon Endorses Cannabis Legalization in New York Governor’s Race
April 12, 2018With a bombshell homespun video statement, New York's gadfly celebrity gubernatorial hopeful Cynthia Nixon has —...
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Industry Events
Michigan Hash Bash Pushes for Cannabis Legalization
April 12, 2018Ann Arbor's Hash Bash marked its 46th annual celebration of cannabis culture, with public smoking, no...
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Industry Events
Controversy Over Denver’s Upcoming 420 Event: A ‘Rally’ No More
April 7, 2018Authorities' denial of a permit to the longtime organizers of Denver's annual 420 rally has prompted...
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Politics
Utah Medical Marijuana Initiative Faces Uphill Fight
April 6, 2018A medical marijuana initiative has won enough signatures to make the November ballot in Utah. But...
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Legal
Anti-Cannabis Stigma Thrives in Hate Crime Trials
April 5, 2018The horrific case of an elderly Jewish woman in Paris killed in a clear anti-Semitic attack...
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Politics
Costa Rican Activists Launch Medical Marijuana Effort
April 4, 2018A new government study revealed that cannabis has overtaken tobacco as the smoking substance of choice...
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Politics
Activists Pass Out Joints to Protest D.C. Pot Laws
March 29, 2018District of Columbia activists passed out joints to city lawmakers this week in their effort to...
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Politics
Should State-Legal Cannabis Growers Worry About Trump’s Death Penalty Threat?
March 29, 2018After Jeff Sessions issued a memo urging prosecutors to seek the death penalty for those "dealing in...
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Economics
Colombia Strives to Lead Global Pot Market, Pushing Out Peasant Growers
March 26, 2018With foreign capital pouring in to Colombia's newly legalized cannabis sector, industry leaders foresee the country...
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Medical
Sick Child’s Petition Pressures UK Gov’t to Legalize
March 24, 2018Turned down by the British government when they requested permission to use cannabis oil, the family...
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Economics
Top Canadian Pot Producer Wins Deal With Pharma Giant
March 22, 2018A British Columbia firm that is one of Canada's leading licensed producers of medical marijuana has...
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Politics
Big Pharma Bill Considered in Colorado
March 21, 2018New bill could make CBD available through pharmacies in Colorado.
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Politics
Michigan Cracks Down On ‘Gray Market’
March 21, 2018Amid legal challenges and disputes over zoning in Detroit, Michigan's long-awaited regulatory regime for cannabis dispensaries...
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Medical
Cannabis Treatments for Alzheimer’s Blocked by Bureaucracy
March 20, 2018Seniors are the fastest growing group of medicinal cannabis users in the country, and a growing...
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Legal
Toronto Crackdown in Countdown to Canadian Legalization
March 15, 2018Another dispensary is raided by police in Toronto — the latest in a string of such...
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Politics
Oakland Moves to Stop Cannabis Displacement
March 14, 2018Oakland, California's city council has passed an ordinance protecting tenants from being evicted by cannabis businesses...
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Cannabis
Medical Marijuana Regulations Delayed in Peru
March 11, 2018The process of working out implementing regulations for Peru's new medical marijuana program is now officially...
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