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Current Events
Shock & Sadness: The Cannabis World Mourns Franco Loja
January 3, 2017The cannabis community just celebrated 2016 — one of the biggest years in the history of the plant...
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Legal
CA Cannabis Pioneers Hoping for Presidential Pardon
December 27, 2016President Barack Obama has granted pardons and commutations of sentence to over 200 federal prisoners, most...
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Politics
Mexico Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill
December 19, 2016In a recent move that many observers see as a first step towards full legalization, an...
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Industry Events
Celebrating Cannabis Freedom at the Emerald Cup
December 15, 2016The Emerald Cup is a huge harvest celebration for outdoor cannabis. Cannabis Now Associate Editor, Greg...
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Legal
Radical Sentence Reduction Returns Beloved Cannabis Icon to CA
December 9, 2016This Wednesday saw one of the most beloved prisoners of the war on cannabis leave federal...
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Industry Events
Ganja Gift Fair Spotlights Women in Cannabis
December 6, 2016Lady Chatterly's Lover, an SF Bay Area cannabis collective committed to promoting the work of women...
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Cultivation
The Outdoor Weed Oscars: The Emerald Cup 2016
November 22, 2016Celebrate elite outdoor strain selections at The Emerald Cup.
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Politics
U.S. Voters Inspire Former Soviet Republic to Demand Cannabis Decriminalization
November 19, 2016With strict prohibition and a law enforcement culture of fear and intimidation, the legacy of Soviet...
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Legal
Legalization Steadily Moves Forward in CA
November 11, 2016Today is Day 3 of life after legalization in California – and, aside from an unseasonable...
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Politics
Cannabis Legalization Cleans House at Polls
November 9, 2016Florida appears to have helped to bring the nation President Donald J. Trump. And in return,...
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Legal
The Bong Side of the Law: Hitman vs. Starbucks
November 2, 2016Developing cannabis markets will have their hiccups, but few folks in the industry who don’t touch...
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Joint Opinions
Debate Recap: Puppets, Suspense & Bigly Stakes — At Least That’s Over
October 20, 2016America, we have peered into the abyss, and it has stared us right back in the...
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Politics
Major Rights Groups: Decriminalize Use of all Illicit Drugs
October 12, 2016NEW YORK (AP) — As Americans debate the expanding campaign to legalize marijuana, two of the...
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Politics
Things to Know About Nevada’s Legal Pot Ballot Measure
September 26, 2016LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada joins California, Arizona, Massachusetts and Maine as one of five states...
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Joint Opinions
Cannabis Facts to Convince the Opposition
September 19, 2016With the last month’s announcement that the Drug Enforcement Agency will continue to classify marijuana as...
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Legal
Two-Timing Pharma Company Opposes Legalization, Working on Synthetic THC
September 15, 2016Put Arizona pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics into its own basket of deplorable. The company is donating...
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Economics
Will Taxes Kill California’s Golden Ganja Goose?
July 29, 2016The world's largest marijuana market is getting ready to legalize, and local cities and counties are...
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In The Magazine
The Cannabis Now Interview with Dr. Dina
July 27, 2016Dr. Dina has been written about, profiled in a VICE documentary, hailed as the Queen of...
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Legal
Missouri Gov. Signs Bill Expunging Marijuana Convictions
July 21, 2016This week, another state took steps to ensure that a marijuana arrest will not mean devastation...
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Current Events
California Legalization: 10 Things To Know
July 5, 2016On November 8, voters registered in California will get a chance to end cannabis prohibition. Here’s...