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Joint Opinions
The DEA Should Deschedule Cannabis, Not Move it to Schedule II
August 14, 2018The debate around the medical value of cannabis often perpetuates a few crucial lies: that our...
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Politics
Will Jeff Sessions’s Religious Liberty Task Force Protect Sacramental Cannabis Use?
August 8, 2018Jeff Sessions's newly announced Religious Liberty Task Force has progressives fearing the worst. However, it might...
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Politics
Former Deputy AG James Cole Wants Cannabis Regulated Like Alcohol
August 3, 2018Cole tells NCIA audience that the cannabis industry doesn’t need descheduling.
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Politics
AG Sessions Could Crackdown On Legal Weed, But ‘Unlikely’
August 1, 2018Attorney general does not comment on Trump’s statement about supporting siding with the STATES Act.
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Culture
Chicago Cops No Longer Rejected for Past Cannabis Use
July 25, 2018The police department is relaxing its hiring policies when it comes to past marijuana use.
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Legal
The DOJ Warns Massachusetts Over Legal Pot Program, But Says Opioid Epidemic a Priority
July 11, 2018The top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts isn’t giving the state’s legal cannabis program a free pass,...
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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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Politics
Schumer Introduces Bill to Deschedule Cannabis to U.S. Senate
June 28, 2018The Democratic senator from New York has introduced a bill to deschedule cannabis, thereby making it...
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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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Culture
The Essential Father’s Day Marijuana Gift Guide 2018
June 17, 2018The holiday dedicated to celebrating dad has arrived, and this year more fathers will have access...
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Joint Opinions
Trump Should Pardon Non-Violent Cannabis Offenders, Too
June 11, 2018On June 6, President Trump announced he had granted clemency to a 63-year-old woman serving a...
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Economics
Beware of Marijuana Banking Scams
May 25, 2018Ongoing prohibitions against cannabis businesses create space for scammers. Don’t be fooled.
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Politics
Sessions Acknowledges ‘Some Benefits from Medical Marijuana’
April 27, 2018Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the Trump administration's most notorious anti-cannabis hardliner, surprised advocates when he said...
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Legal
How Close Are We to Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition?
April 26, 2018The time to decriminalize cannabis on the federal level is now.
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Politics
Trump Deal Could Signal Twilight Hours of War on Marijuana
April 15, 2018An announcement of a Trump deal on marijuana, made on Friday by a Senator from Colorado,...
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Economics
Banks Are Pulling Out of the Medical Marijuana Business
April 5, 2018The cannabis industry still deals in cash.
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Politics
CA Treasurer, Cannabis Industry Figures Want to Meet Sessions
April 4, 2018Officials are looking for guidance on cannabis banking.
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Economics
Colombia Strives to Lead Global Pot Market, Pushing Out Peasant Growers
March 26, 2018With foreign capital pouring in to Colombia's newly legalized cannabis sector, industry leaders foresee the country...
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Cultivation
The Classic Cannabis Strains We Miss
March 23, 2018Here at Cannabis Now we’ve combed the globe over many years in search of the best...
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Politics
Federal Medical Marijuana Protections Renewed Again
March 23, 2018Rohrabacher-Blumenauer is included in government spending bill.