Stories By Bill Weinberg
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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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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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Politics
New Mexico Races to Legalize Pot by the End of February
February 11, 2020The race is on to become the 12th state in the union to legalize cannabis. With...
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Economics
Peddler’s Licenses & Co-Ops: Chicago Brainstorms Ways to Make Cannabis More Equitable
February 5, 2020A month into legal cannabis in Illinois, Chicago is considering various experimental models for cannabis cultivation...
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Politics
Jay-Z Sues Mississippi Over Prison Violence Impacting Pot Prisoners
January 30, 2020Mississippi has some of the harshest cannabis laws in the country, and pot convictions are contributing...
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Politics
Cuomo Pledges Legal Cannabis for New York in 2020, But Where’s the Equity?
January 25, 2020The new budget just released by New York's Gov. Andrew Cuomo includes his promised cannabis legalization...
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Legal
Canadian City Supports Exemption for an Unlicensed Dispensary
January 22, 2020A ground-breaking British Columbia dispensary that has been operating for 20 years is challenging the national...
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