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Officials: 10-Year-Old Boy Among Youngest Victims of Opioid Crisis
MIAMI (AP) — Prosecutors in Florida believe a 10-year-old boy who died with the painkiller fentanyl in his…
July 18, 2017
Court: Firing Someone for Medical Marijuana Use Is Illegal Discrimination
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Monday in Massachusetts that voter approval of medical marijuana means that employers…
July 18, 2017
Colorado Court: Marijuana Scent Does Not Give Police Right to Search Vehicles
Because there is a distinct possibility that a drug-sniffing dog could alert to “legal marijuana” during a roadside…
July 17, 2017
Lawyer: Marijuana Prohibition Laws Unconstitutional
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut lawyer is hoping his arguments in a drug case eventually are used…
July 17, 2017
Trump Wants Border Wall ‘Transparency’ So No One Gets Hit When Bags of Drugs Are Thrown Over It
As much as we love to make fun of Trump’s insane plan to build a wall between the…
July 14, 2017
Study: Closure of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Causes Crime Stats to Rise
A new study has found that closing medical marijuana dispensaries does not reduce crime in neighborhoods, but rather,…
July 14, 2017
Nevada Adopts Emergency Rules to Combat Pot Bottleneck
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada moved Thursday to reduce supply problems at recreational marijuana stores that have…
July 14, 2017
‘Betrayal’ of Patients as Ireland Medical Marijuana Bill Stalls
The Republic of Ireland’s long-promised medical marijuana law is being held up in the country’s parliament, the Dáil—leading patients who have…
July 14, 2017
The Latest: Nevada Approves 2 Recreational Pot Distributors
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Latest on Nevada’s recreational marijuana regulations (all times local): 2:15 p.m. The…
July 13, 2017
In New Challenge to Madrid, Catalonia Legalizes Cannabis
Spain’s restive northeastern region of Catalonia and especially its freewheeling capital Barcelona have, over the past years, come to rival…
July 13, 2017