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See how the fight for marijuana legalization is unfolding on the national and state level.
New York to Expand the Kinds of Cannabis Products Sold in Dispensaries
While New York’s medical marijuana law was, at one time, considered among the most restrictive in the nation,…
August 11, 2017
Rural California Sheriff, Auditor Spar on Pot Money Spending
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California county auditor is accusing a sheriff of improperly spending some of the…
August 11, 2017
No Applications to Grow, Dispense Arkansas Medical Marijuana
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Demand for permission to use, grow and sell medical marijuana in Arkansas is…
August 11, 2017
Jeff Sessions and the Great Cannabis Shakedown
The good folks of Alabama have a problem… The Yellowhammer State has the highest level of prescription opioid…
August 11, 2017
Trump to Declare Opioid Crisis a ‘National Emergency’
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will officially declare the opioid crisis a…
August 11, 2017
Creeper Pace for Texas Medical Marijuana Program
It has been a long, slow ride for patients hoping to get access to cannabis in the Lone…
August 11, 2017
New Hampshire is Latest State to Sue OxyContin Manufacturer
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The attorney general’s office sued Purdue Pharma on Tuesday, alleging that the drug manufacturer…
August 10, 2017
Shocking Racial Disparities in NYC’s Pot Arrests Provoke Fight between Mayor and DPA
As much as we, and millions of tourists annually, seem to love New York City, there’s no hiding…
August 10, 2017
Is the Weed Industry Too Lucrative to Be Illegal?
CBS recently did a story about a California man who was selling off his huge retail store. The…
August 10, 2017
Concern over Pot Cultivation Eco-Impacts—But EPA Won’t Regulate
Pollution from outlaw cannabis grows deep in California’s national forests is far worse than previously thought, and has…
August 10, 2017