Stories By Bill Weinberg
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Legal
Will Drone-Dropping Cannabis Push Israel to Legalize?
September 9, 2020Israel is a world leader in medical marijuana and has adopted an experimental decriminalization policy but...
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Economics
Progress, Obstacles in Cannabis Industry Unionization Push
September 7, 2020Gains are reported from Massachusetts in organized labor's push to unionize the cannabis industry. But significant...
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Culture
Son of Peter Tosh Dies Due to Injuries from 2017 Prison Beating
September 1, 2020Gamal Jawara McIntosh was arrested in New Jersey on a marijuana charge and had six months...
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Medical
Thailand Set to Expand Medical Marijuana Program
August 17, 2020Thailand’s medical marijuana program, after a slow and cautious start, is about to embark on commercial...
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Politics
Kamala & Cannabis: Setting the Record Straight
August 12, 2020Joe Biden's choice of running mate is Kamala Harris, who will bring a more progressive position...
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Medical
Louisiana Medical Marijuana Program Expands
August 10, 2020Louisiana's medical marijuana program has been stalled for years and was strictly limited to begin with....
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Economics
Mitch McConnell & Anti-Pot Lobbyists Criticize Speaker Pelosi Over COVID Relief Bill
August 7, 2020Nancy Pelosi roused the ire of Mitch McConnell and anti-pot lobbyists when she defended inclusion of...
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Economics
California Controversies Over ‘Social Equity’ Licenses
August 5, 2020Equity programs for the legal cannabis industry in California are supposed to address the racial and...
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CBD
Congressional Measure Allows Military to Use CBD
July 24, 2020A new amendment to the Defense Department budget could allow service members to use CBD products—a...
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Medical
Veteran Faces 5 Years in Prison for Medical Marijuana
July 20, 2020In Alabama, a Black disabled vet was sentenced to five years for cannabis that he uses...
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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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