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Politics
AG Sessions’ Right Hand Man Wants to Amp Up the Drug War
April 17, 2017The uncertainty surrounding the Trump Administration's policy direction on cannabis enforcement has had a chilling effect...
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Economics
Why Cannabis Needs a Civil Rights Act
April 4, 2017Why does the cannabis industry need to be forced by government to stick to its social...
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Culture
Shots (Symbolically) Fired: Snoop & Trump Clash Over Video
March 15, 2017Rapper Snoop Dogg is no stranger to controversy, but a mock assassination of an obvious Donald...
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Legal
Speaker: Use Massachusetts Pot Revenue to Fight Addiction
March 8, 2017BOSTON (AP) — A top Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday proposed directing tax revenue from legal marijuana...
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Legal
The First Shot of Trump’s War on Weed: Feds Ice Cannabis Cup
March 1, 2017Authorities are threatening to shut down the High Times Cannabis Cup in Las Vegas.
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Politics
Officials in Legal Pot States Vow to Fight Federal Crackdown
February 27, 2017Remarks by White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer signaling increased federal enforcement of drug laws have...
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Economics
Nevada Plans July Pot Sales Despite Warning of US Crackdown
February 24, 2017CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada still plans to launch recreational marijuana sales in July despite...
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Politics
Spicer: ‘Greater Enforcement’ Coming from DOJ on Cannabis
February 23, 2017There has been much speculation about what approach the Department of Justice will take when it...
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Politics
Congressional Cannabis Caucus Kicks Off
February 17, 2017In the face of legal uncertainty surrounding the future of federal enforcement of drug laws in...
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Economics
Sessions Recession? What a Federal Cannabis Crackdown Would Mean for CO
February 14, 2017Would a federal crackdown bring a recession to Colorado's economy?
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Culture
Music to Toke With: Bells Atlas’ Meditative Funk
February 12, 2017Bells Atlas have a knack for juggling an ability to hypnotize with a biting attention to...
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Legal
New Mexico Legislature Considers Legalizing Cannabis
January 26, 2017SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democratic state lawmakers in New Mexico are redoubling efforts to legalize...
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Legal
Guidelines Give More Clemency for Crack than Cannabis
January 23, 2017Former president Obama released more prisoners through pardon and clemency than any other U.S. president in...
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Politics
Will Jeff Sessions Try to Reverse Two Decades of Progress?
January 11, 2017On Monday, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to give testimony on...
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Current Events
Big Pharma Gets Green Light
January 2, 2017Guess who benefits when Uncle Sam opens the research weed supply chain?
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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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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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Legal
The Pot Train Could Still Go Off the Tracks, and Here’s How
November 28, 2016DENVER (AP) — Weed is winning in the polls, with a solid majority of Americans saying...
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Politics
Checkerboard of Yes and No Votes on Marijuana hit Oregon
November 14, 2016SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Just a few yards from the Salem city line, a customer strolled...
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Industry Events
How Trump Stole Weed-Mas
November 10, 2016Despite cannabis winning 8-1 at the polls, storm clouds gathered quickly as supporters of various cannabis...