Stories By Bill Weinberg
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Legal
New Jersey Governor Plugs Legal Cannabis for Post-Pandemic Recovery
July 16, 2020As New Jersey awaits a November ballot initiative on legalization, the state's governor invoked cannabis as...
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Joint Opinions
Mexico’s Cannabis Legalization Languishes as Narco-Wars Escalate
July 13, 2020Mexico's President López Obrador met with Trump at the White House last week to inaugurate the...
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Economics
Illinois Notches Record-Breaking Cannabis Sales in June
July 9, 2020In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and historic levels of unemployment, Illinois cannabis retailers saw...
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In History
Lester Grinspoon Pioneer of Cannabis Normalization Dies at 92
June 29, 2020Cannabis advocates across the United States and the world bid a grateful farewell to Lester Grinspoon,...
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Legal
Calls to Defund the Police Lead to Cannabis Decriminalization Measures
June 26, 2020A month into the national uprising sparked by the killing of George Floyd, cities and states...
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Current Events
The Cannabis Industry and the Black Lives Matter Uprising
June 9, 2020Protests have spread across the U.S. in response to the death of George Floyd at the...
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Culture
Cannabis & Artificial Intelligence: The Arrival of Robopot?
April 6, 2020Entrepreneurs are aggressively plugging the application of artificial intelligence in everything from automating grow operations to...
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Grow
Cannabis Shortages Spur New Interest in Growing at Home
April 1, 2020Lockdowns and economic paralysis imposed by the COVID-19 outbreak are creating a new emphasis on self-sufficiency....
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Economics
Canopy Grow Facility Announces Lay-Offs
March 22, 2020Canada's largest licensed producer of cannabis, with globe-spanning operations, is shutting down two massive greenhouses in...
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Politics
Brooklyn Brutality Re-Ignites Outrage Over Pot Policing in NYC
March 17, 2020An egregious incident of police abuse in Brooklyn has gone viral on the internet and re-ignited...
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Politics
Bernie Beats Biden on Pot
March 12, 2020With the Democratic horserace having narrowed into a two-man contest, cannabis voters appear to face a...
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Medical
Tod Mikuriya: Grandfather of Medical Marijuana
March 8, 2020If there is one person with a claim to reviving the pharmacopoeia of cannabis in the...
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Culture
Study: Boomers Smoking More Cannabis
March 3, 2020What may have been a symbol of rebellion and the counterculture in youth, is increasingly seen...
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Medical
Pebbles Trippet: The Activist With Her Own Legal ‘Standard’
March 1, 2020One longtime California cannabis activist actually has a legal standard named in her honor. Pebbles Trippet...
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Politics
Re-Legalize it? Herer’s Legacy Lives on in Hemp Initiative
February 27, 2020The legendary hemp crusader Jack Herer drew up a California ballot initiative for a cannabis economy...
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Economics
Coronavirus Outbreak Impacts Cannabis Industry
February 23, 2020With half a billion people under lockdown, the coronavirus outbreak in China is virtually certain to...
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Politics
Drug War Dystopia Continues as Mexico Waits to Legalize Cannabis
February 20, 2020Mexican lawmakers are predicting legal cannabis by the month’s end, and portraying it as a key...
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Legal
Spain’s ‘Grandma Marijuana’ Fights the Power
February 18, 2020Fernanda de la Figuera has been sentenced to nine months in prison for growing cannabis in...
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Politics
When Pot Prisoners Become Geopolitical Pawns
February 16, 2020The global prohibition of cannabis affords the opportunity for imperial powers and authoritarian regimes to exploit...
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In History
Sister Somayah Kambui: An Early Visionary of Cannabis Equity
February 13, 2020Sister Somayah Kambui spent her life working toward "cannabis equity" — a term not yet coined...
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