Stories By Bill Weinberg
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Legal
Militarized Raids in Trinity County Recall Prohibition-Era Policing
July 3, 2019Several homes were raided by state police and National Guard forces — exactly the kind of...
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Politics
House Votes in Favor of AOC’s Measure To Cut DEA Funding
June 28, 2019The House of Representatives has passed a measure that would cut DEA funds and transfer the...
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Economics
Global Cannabis Partnership Unveils ‘Social Responsibility’ Standards
June 26, 2019A group of cannabis companies have announced certification standards to promote corporate responsibility, a move seemingly...
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Politics
New York State Legalization Bill Dies as Decriminalization Expands
June 21, 2019A long hoped-for cannabis legalization bill died in the New York state assembly, but reform advocates...
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Cultivation
Oregon State University Launches Global Hemp Research Center
June 20, 2019Establishment of a global hemp research lab has been announced at Oregon State University, where a...
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Medical
A Cannabis ‘Overdose’ Death in Louisiana? Why Experts Don’t Buy It
June 18, 2019A Louisiana coroner declared a local woman's death to be the first on record attributed to...
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Legal
Nevada Bans Employment Discrimination Over Cannabis Use
June 14, 2019Two years after legalizing, Nevada has become the first state to bar employers from discriminating against...
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Politics
U.S. Citizen Caught in Anti-Drug Sweeps in the Philippines
June 12, 2019A young man from Wisconsin has been jailed on a cannabis charge in the Philippines in...
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Politics
Uganda Poised to Become Africa’s Next Cannabis Powerhouse
June 10, 2019After the country’s Agriculture Ministry approved cultivation licenses, other legislators demanded that legality be clarified before...
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Industry Events
Steve DeAngelo on Harborside’s Public Opening: ‘In Order to Survive, We Need to Grow’
June 7, 2019Founder and chairman emeritus of Harborside, Steve DeAngelo, speaks with Cannabis Now about what this means...
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Legal
U.S. Appeals Court Orders DEA to Consider Cannabis Rescheduling Petition
June 6, 2019The Cannabis Cultural Association won a limited legal victory, with a federal appeals court ruling that...
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Legal
Colorado Law to Allow Social Cannabis Consumption
June 4, 2019Colorado has passed a law allowing Amsterdam-style public cannabis smoking in "Marijuana Hospitality Establishments," along with...
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Medical
‘False Positives’ Drug Testing Scandal Emerges in New Orleans
June 3, 2019A scandal in New Orleans over false positives in the city's drug testing program comes just...
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Legal
Activists Back Last-Ditch Bid for New York Cannabis Legalization in 2019
May 30, 2019With the end of the legislative session in Albany closing in, a new bill has been...
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Concentrates
Arizona Court Rules to Include Extracts & Concentrates in Medical Marijuana Program
May 29, 2019The state's highest court finally ruled that its medical marijuana program does indeed cover concentrates and...
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Legal
Colorado Courts Tighten Legal Leash on Drug Dogs, With Fraught Implications for Cannabis
May 25, 2019Colorado's Supreme Court ruled that thanks to the constitutional changes instated by the 2012 cannabis legalization...
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Economics
Northern Swan’s Newest Appointees Vindicate AOC’s Critique of Cannabis Legalization
May 23, 2019Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won praise from activists when she decried a white-dominated legal cannabis industry. As if...
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Legal
Majority of Attorneys General Call for Passage of SAFE Banking Act
May 21, 2019A group of 38 attorneys general penned an open letter urging Capitol Hill to pass a...
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Economics
U.S. Patent Office Issues CBD Trademark Guidelines
May 18, 2019The federal bureaucracy is finally starting to catch up with the law in the wake of...
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Politics
Sen. Schumer Reintroduces Marijuana Freedom & Opportunity Act in Congress
May 17, 2019Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced he will reintroduce his bill to remove cannabis from the...
