Stories By Chris Roberts
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Legal
Medical Marijuana Chaos Continues in Florida as Judge ‘Eviscerates’ State Law
August 9, 2018Challenges to the rules imposed by lawmakers on 2016 voter-approved medical cannabis access are coming hard...
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Medical
Arkansas Police: Medical Marijuana Causes Other Crimes
August 8, 2018Voters legalized medical cannabis in Arkansas in November 2016. That’s behind an unspecified rise in crime,...
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Legal
How & Why Detroit Police Raided a Legal Marijuana Operation
August 6, 2018Viola Brands, a cannabis company founded by a former NBA player, was raided by Detroit police...
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Medical
Fake Marijuana Keeps Killing People All Over the U.S.
August 4, 2018The latest death linked to synthetic marijuana demonstrates a real drug scourge facing the United States.
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Economics
California Cities Are Banking on Cannabis Taxes, But How Much Is Too Much?
July 30, 2018Oakland has raked in almost five times as much marijuana tax revenue as similarly sized cities...
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Medical
Australian Medical Marijuana Patients Can’t Get Any Cannabis
July 27, 2018Restrictive medical cannabis laws and few doctors willing to prescribe cannabis in Australia mean many sick...
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Culture
Canadian Company Boasts World’s First ‘True’ Cannabis Beer
July 26, 2018Province Brands brews non-alcoholic beer from cannabis stems, roots, and stalks.
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Culture
How Much Marijuana Is Too Much at ‘Marijuana Friendly’ Rehab?
July 23, 2018Turns out that allowing opiate or alcohol addicts free rein to smoke as much marijuana as...
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Economics
The First U.S. Marijuana IPO Is Coming Today & It’s a Billion-Dollar Doozy
July 19, 2018Tilray, the first marijuana-producing company to be traded on a major stock exchange in America, is...
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Medical
Second UK Patient Receives Government Approval to Use Medical Marijuana
July 18, 2018But steep application fees mean adults, low-income patients still waiting for legal access.
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Economics
Hedge Fund Interest Shows Big Money Slowly Turning to Marijuana
July 16, 2018Large investors are betting on marijuana.
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Legal
How Will the U.S. Border Patrol Treat American Marijuana Tourists?
July 15, 2018Hint: Not well.
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Culture
Ask an Insurance Actuary: Cannabis is Healthier Than Tobacco
July 13, 2018Canadian life insurers have removed marijuana from the list of high-risk activities.
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Legal
California Arrests Plummet With Marijuana Legalization
July 12, 2018Complain all you want about the regulated market, but remember: Legalization means fewer people in jail.
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Medical
Former Navy SEAL Pushes the Feds to Legalize Medical Marijuana
July 11, 2018Co-founder of Veterans Cannabis Project is in a unique position to change national policy.
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Legal
Cannabis Oil Is in Trouble in Arizona
July 10, 2018A strict interpretation of Arizona's 2010 medical marijuana law means that one of the most popular...
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Legal
How Marijuana Smoking in Florida Could Affect the U.S. Supreme Court
July 2, 2018In a real way, Gov. Rick Scott’s attitude towards smoking cannabis could affect abortion rights, gun-control...
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Economics
Coin-Op Pot
July 1, 2018Marijuana vending machines are here. (Well, in a few places.) Are they the future?
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Joint Opinions
Religion Could Slow or Stop Medical Marijuana in Oklahoma
June 29, 2018Oklahoma voted to become the 30th state to legalize medical marijuana, but religious conservatives, in and...
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Joint Opinions
Marijuana ‘Legalization’ is Only the First Step Towards Drug-War Justice
June 28, 2018Without amnesty for “offenders” and economic equity, cannabis legalization remains an unfinished and imperfect experiment.