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10/04/2019

CDC Intensifies Warnings About Va**ng Illness As Cases Top 1,000

"These are really serious injuries in the lung, and we don't know how well people will recover from them, whether lung damage may be permanent."

Federal agencies are working furiously to find out what is causing people to sicken and are warning consumers not to v**e.

04/04/2018

Places with legal ma*****na issue fewer opioid prescriptions, large studies find

5 year study results....

An analysis of more than five years of Medicare Part D and Medicaid prescription data found that after states legalized w**d, the number of opioid prescriptions and the daily dose of opioids went way down.

02/01/2018

SF will wipe thousands of ma*****na convictions off the books

SF will wipe thousands of ma*****na convictions off the books

http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/SF-will-wipe-thousands-of-ma*****na-convictions-12540550.php

San Francisco will retroactively apply California's ma*****na-legalization laws to past criminal cases, District Attorney George Gascón said Wednesday - expunging or reducing misdemeanor and felony convictions going back decades. The unprecedented move will affect thousands of people whose marijuan...

10/16/2017

Ma*****na Crop Is Burning in the California Wildfires

"Many of the region’s farms, including those that harvest cannabis, have been scorched, including those in Sonoma County and in Mendocino County, the center of California’s ma*****na industry. Mendocino is one of three California counties that comprise Emerald Triangle, where much of the United States’ ma*****na is produced."

Months before recreational ma*****na becomes available to consumers, fires are destroying cannabis farms and exposing plants to smoke, soot and ash.

07/26/2017

This South American country has decriminalized all drugs for 40 years

So progressive.

In 1974, Uruguay passed a law that made drug consumption legal, but there was still no way to buy drugs legally.

04/01/2016

Kate Brown signs bill giving medical ma*****na dispensaries go-ahead to sell edibles, extracts

Meanwhile in Oregon...

The new law allows stores to sell a single low-dose unit of an edible and the equivalent of a vaporizer pen containing a ma*****na extract to a person 21 and older.

09/18/2015

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09/18/2015

Colorado Just Became the First State Ever to Generate More Taxes from Ma*****na than Alcohol

History is in the making as the drug war comes crumbling down.

08/29/2015

An 8-year-old’s tragic illness tests Mexico’s ban on ma*****na use

Story of strength and struggle.

They can tell the next one’s coming when she begins rubbing her hands together, as if washing them. Her head slumps, and she looks left. She starts to flick her fingers and knead her skinny thigh.

04/06/2015

High Up: Behold, 7 Visually Pleasing Medical Ma*****na Dispensaries

So cool. Great look and feel to some of these great dispensaries.

Placebo Pharmacy. Photo via Arch Daily Ma*****na legalization has a host of very real consequences for the country: the neutering of a dangerous black market, the slow acknowledgement of alternative medicines, and an influx of jobs, taxes, and merchandise that...

03/18/2015

Legal Ma*****na In Colorado Has Already Generated More Than $15 Million For Schools

Dollars and Sense....

Legal ma*****na in Colorado has already generated more than $15 million in tax revenue that is specifically earmarked for public schools, according to the latest data from the state's Department of Education. Since Jan. 1, 2014, when the state's f...

02/25/2015

Jamaica decriminalises ma*****na

Big up to Jamaica....

Lawmakers pass anticipated legislation that reduces possession of small quantities to a petty offence and paves way for medical cannabis industry

12/01/2014

Uruguay Tries To Tame A 'Monster' Called Cannabis

Meanwhile in Uruguay...

Uruguay's audacious new law not only legalizes pot, it mandates that government grow and distribute it. Some say the government has pinched more than it can roll.

11/19/2014

The family of Bob Marley is developing a ma*****na brand in his name: Marley Natural. The product will come from “heirloom Jamaican cannabis strains" -- the same pot Marley himself is said to have enjoyed. TIME

We prefer the name "One Love."

11/16/2014

Kentucky's great h**p hope | Al Jazeera America

Back to the future. **p

In industrial h**p, the state of Rand Paul and Wendell Berry sees a solution to its post-agrarian ills

11/05/2014

Ma*****na and minimum wage hikes do well in midterms

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/ma*****na-and-minimum-wage-hikes-do-well-midterms

Even as the Senate swung to the right, midterm voters approved ballot measures hiking the minimum wage and legalizing recreational ma*****na use.

10/02/2014

California adopts 'fair sentencing' drug law | Al Jazeera America

Good start Gov B.

It erases different penalties for crack and co***ne, which critics say amounts to racial discrimination

08/04/2014

New York Times runs full-page pro-ma*****na ad in Sunday edition | Al Jazeera America

Just say know....

Ad follows launch of a six-part series by paper's editorial board advocating repeal of federal ban

07/19/2014

Largest US sentence reduction in history approved for drug offenders | Al Jazeera America

Change is happening....

Decision by US Sentencing Commission to reduce 46,000 drug sentences comes amid a sea change in criminal justice reform

06/17/2014

Florida governor signs '€˜Charlotte'€™s Web'€™ medical ma*****na bill | Al Jazeera America

No recount needed. It's official.

Law will allow some residents to use low-potency pot for epilepsy and cancer treatment

06/12/2014

Legal ma*****na, a multibillion-dollar industry, still faces legal hurdles | Al Jazeera America

Obstacles remain....

‘Fastest-growing industry in America’ employs many, but tax laws and access to banks remain obstacles

06/08/2014

Hershey's sues Colorado pot candy company | Al Jazeera America

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/6/7/hersheys-pot-colorado.html

Chocolate giant slaps ma*****na edibles upstart with lawsuit, saying sweets' wrappings violate trademark

04/08/2014

With Legislator's OK, Maryland Poised To Decriminalize Pot

Terrapin Station...

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, who is expected to sign the bill, said decriminalizing ma*****na might lead to a greater focus on more serious threats.

01/06/2014

Is industrial h**p the ultimate energy crop?

Bioenergy is currently the fastest growing source of renewable energy. Cultivating energy crops on arable land can decrease dependency on depleting fossil resources and it can mitigate climate chan...

01/06/2014

New York set to allow limited use of medical ma*****na

New York state of mind....

ALBANY, N.Y.—New York would become the 21st state to allow medical use of ma*****na under an initiative Gov. Andrew Cuomo will unveil this week.

01/06/2014

High Times launches private equity fund for ma*****na investment

It was bound to happen but ugh!

Executives at High Times, a New York publication that has covered the ma*****na scene for four decades, are launching a new private-equity fund expected to boost Colorado's newest industry.

01/04/2014

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