Politics
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Florida Legislature Begins Sorting Out Amendment 2
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's Legislature is beginning the process of figuring out how to implement Amendment 2, which allows for the legalization of medical...
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Leaked Report: Canada Aims at Ending $7 Billion Black Market
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was elected just over a year ago, with a sizable portion of voter support growing from his promise to legalize cannabis...
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D.C. Protests Possible Cannabis Crackdown
Safe access advocates in Washington, D.C. took their pro-cannabis message directly to controversial Attorney General appointee, Senator Jeff Sessions, urging him to reconsider his controversial statement...
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Obama Calls for Dramatic Cannabis Reform
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine, president Barack Obama took a clear, pro-decriminalization stance on cannabis. His latest statements stand in stark contrast...
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The State of Marijuana After Election Day
Celebrate marijuana's big wins on Election Day. Marijuana scored historic victories this Election Day. If 2012 broke the seal on recreational legalization, 2016 may have...
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Drug War Update: Sessions to be U.S. Attorney General
Anti-marijuana politician will serve as U.S. Attorney General. Uh oh. President-elect Donald J. Trump has appointed Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions to become the U.S. Attorney...
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U.S. Voters Inspire Former Soviet Republic to Demand Cannabis Decriminalization
With strict prohibition and a law enforcement culture of fear and intimidation, the legacy of Soviet occupation looms large over Georgian drug policy. But an...
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Checkerboard of Yes and No Votes on Marijuana hit Oregon
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Just a few yards from the Salem city line, a customer strolled into the Herbal Remedies cannabis shop on Wednesday, and...
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Will the Donald Trump the People on Cannabis?
Depending on your political bent, digesting the results of the General Election can either feel like sorting the candy in your trick-or-treat bag, or sifting...
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Cannabis Legalization Cleans House at Polls
Florida appears to have helped to bring the nation President Donald J. Trump. And in return, Florida gets to enjoy medical cannabis. A Trump presidency...
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Montana Votes to Bring Back Medical Cannabis
Montana voters decided to restore medical marijuana in their state in Tuesday's election. With the passage of Initiative 182 marijuana dispensaries, forced to close in...
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California, Massachusetts Approve Recreational Cannabis
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California and Massachusetts voters approved measures allowing recreational marijuana Tuesday, handing the legalization movement a huge victory in the nation's most...
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Biggest-Ever Election Day for Cannabis is Here
Welcome to the biggest single day in America's marijuana legalization movement. Sure, it was a big deal 20 years ago when California voters put the...
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Montana Can Vote to Restore Medical Marijuana
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana voters will decide on four citizen initiatives, the most in any election since 2010, alongside the top-of-the-ticket races for president,...
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Video: Obama Shows Support for Marijuana Reform
NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Maher got an early holiday gift this week: a much-sought-after sit-down with President Barack Obama. There were no bombshells or...
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Florida’s Medical Marijuana Amendment Gains Support
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A proposed amendment to the state constitution to legalize medical marijuana has gained widespread support in Florida two years after falling...
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Backers of Marijuana Legalization Tout Doctors’ Endorsements
BOSTON (AP) — Supporters of a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana in Massachusetts touted endorsements from dozens of doctors on Friday, pushing back against...
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Arkansas Court Won’t Reconsider Ruling on Medical Marijuana
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court said Thursday that it won't reconsider its decision last week to disqualify a medical marijuana proposal...
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80 Million Americans (With Access To Recreational Marijuana) Can’t Be Wrong
If things go as planned on Election Day, right after will come a seminal moment in American politics. A presidential candidate could campaign only in...
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Weed Wargaming the White House & Congress After November 8th
Double-check your voter registration. The fate of America’s progressive cannabis policies like legalization and medical marijuana hang in the balance of a bizarre, general election...
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