Stories By Bill Weinberg
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Medical
Florida’s Medical Marijuana Chief Steps Down Amid Controversy
August 2, 2018After three years of mounting discontent from patients and providers alike, Florida's medical marijuana chief Christian...
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Politics
Israel Decriminalizes Cannabis on a Provisional Basis
July 31, 2018Israel's Knesset overwhelmingly passed a cannabis decriminalization measure, sponsored by the ruling conservative government. The law...
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Politics
Medical Cannabis Products Will Finally Be Legal in the UK, But Which Ones?
July 28, 2018The British government has finally pledged to make medical cannabis products available through a prescription this...
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Economics
The Alcohol Industry Is Changing Its Mind About Cannabis
July 27, 2018It appears that the booze business may be adopting an attitude of "If you can't beat...
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Cultivation
Police Investigate Cannabis Greenhouse Fire in Salinas Valley, California
July 25, 2018A fire swept through one of California's premier cannabis cultivation facilities in the agricultural Salinas Valley,...
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Medical
Compassionate Care Programs Pushed Out of California’s New Regulations
July 23, 2018Donating medical marijuana to the ill, or compassionate care, was what first opened up California's legal...
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Politics
Pressure Builds for Cannabis Legalization in New Jersey & New York
July 21, 2018New York and New Jersey are notorious rivals, and the two states are now racing to...
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Politics
Sri Lanka to ‘Replicate’ the Philippines’ Drug-War Police State
July 19, 2018Sri Lanka has announced that it will start hanging drug convicts, as leaders explicitly hope to...
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Legal
California Bans Hemp-Derived CBD Oil
July 17, 2018California health authorities dealt a blow to the burgeoning CBD industry by banning preparations of CBD...
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Economics
Trump’s Trade Wars Hit Cannabis Businesses Hard
July 15, 2018In a fast and furious exchange of retaliatory tariffs, Donald Trump and China’s president Xi Jinping...
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Politics
Lebanon Considers Legalizing Hash After Cannabis Growers Help Fight Back ISIS
July 14, 2018Lebanon, a legendary hashish-producing country, is now considering a proposal to legalize cannabis. Now that the...
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Medical
Oklahoma & Florida Roll Back Access to Smokable Medical Marijuana
July 13, 2018Medical marijuana users who demand their right to smoke herbaceous cannabis were dealt a double whammy...
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Politics
Mexico Considers Legal Cannabis As Solution to Narco Crisis
July 12, 2018Mexico's new president, Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (known by his initials as AMLO), is pledging a...
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Politics
Conservative UK Think-Tank Urges Legal Cannabis for Britain
July 8, 2018In another sign of turning tides, a prestigious British think-tank once beloved of the conservative Margaret Thatcher...
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Politics
Only 1 State in the US Doesn’t Have a Medical Marijuana Law: Idaho
July 4, 2018This Fourth of July, only one state in the union has yet to pass a law...
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Politics
Legal Cannabis Unfolds in Massachusetts & Vermont — Very Slowly
July 2, 2018On July 1, a new chapter began for legal cannabis in two New England states —...
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Legal
The Next Countries Likely to Legalize Cannabis
June 27, 2018With Canada now joining Uruguay as the second country to legalize cannabis at the national level,...
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Politics
Colorado Cannabis Community Energized by Jared Polis Gubernatorial Bid
June 26, 2018As Colorado voters go to the polls today to choose gubernatorial candidates, the Democratic favorite is...
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Politics
Section 8 Residents Stand Up for Their Right to Cannabis
June 22, 2018Under federal regulations, Section 8 housing residents risk losing their homes if they use cannabis. But...
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Medical
GPR55: The Third Cannabinoid Receptor?
June 21, 2018For a generation, science has known of two cannabinoid receptors: CB1 and CB2, both discovered in...
