Stories By Sean Quinn
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Economics
Crowdfunding Canna-Dreams
January 9, 2017The massive crowdfunding platform Kickstarter is besotted with pot ideas.
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Hemp
Ralph Nader Calls to Liberate Hemp
June 6, 2016Ralph Nader shared his insight that marijuana legalization advocates are going about it unwisely when they...
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Economics
Massive Growth Forecast for America’s Cannabis Industry
February 19, 2016If the steady drumbeat of legalization progress hadn’t already made it obvious, new market research produced...
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Politics
Donald Trump’s Forceful Yes on Medical Marijuana
February 16, 2016A “loud and clear” change is coming in the public perception of cannabis, predicts Donald Trump....
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Politics
Student Aid Penalty for Drug Convictions May End
February 13, 2016In 1998, the famously educated, youthful pot-sampling President Bill Clinton signed a law that took away...
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Joint Opinions
Politics and Pot: After New Hampshire
February 10, 2016If you support national cannabis reform and the candidacy of Bernie Sanders, New Hampshire was your...
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Legal
Warren To CDC: MMJ Can Treat Opioid Crisis
February 10, 2016Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote Centers for Disease Control Director Tom Frieden this week. Her message:...
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Grow
Will Hawaii Ban Home Grows?
February 7, 2016State Representative Marcus Oshiro wants to keep marijuana away from minors and says that home growing...
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Joint Opinions
Politics and Pot: After the Iowa Caucuses
February 3, 2016Wherein your resident political junkie smokes a bowl and explains what happened in Iowa this week,...
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Politics
Imminent Decision Due on Fate of MMJ in Illinois
January 30, 2016If the last half-century has shown us anything in Illinois, it’s that its governors, regardless of...
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Legal
College Students Win First Amendment Pot Case
January 27, 2016Stephen Leath, Warren Madden, Thomas Hill and Leesha Zimmerman are four Americans who had a very...
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Politics
Kansas Supreme Court Hands Prohibitionists a Victory
January 25, 2016What’s the matter with Kansas? When it comes to cannabis, let’s start with the obvious: it’s...
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Medical
Study Suggests THC May Combat Alzheimer’s
January 23, 2016Cannabis may be a ray of hope ahead for sufferers and their families.
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Joint Opinions
Christie’s Pot Comments Draw Heckling at Republican Debate
January 21, 2016“We want Rand! We want Rand!” Somewhere near the two-and-a-half hour mark of last week’s Republican presidential...
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Politics
Pass It, Grassley: The CARERS Act and 2016
January 19, 2016Assume bill dead? Fred and I hit a deer on hiway 136 south of Dyersville. After...
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Economics
You’ve Got a Genius Weed Idea, Now What?
January 17, 2016Let’s say you’ve just come up with that brilliant-but-practical cannabis idea that’s going to get you...
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Politics
Cannabis Advocates Blast DNC Chair Over Interview
January 13, 2016Advocates had strong words, including a resignation call, for Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz following...
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Medical
MMJ in Missouri: Fundraising Hits Big Hurdle
January 9, 2016Although 70 percent of Missouri voters support legalizing marijuana for medical purposes, the state legislature is...
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Legal
Set To Explode in 2016: Pro Teams Playing in Legal Pot Towns
January 7, 2016As marijuana advocates gear up for what many predict will be the biggest year in cannabis...
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Legal
Typo in California Pot Law Leads Cities To Quick Bans
January 2, 2016A mistake in the text in California’s new medical marijuana law, the Medical Marijuana Regulation and...