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Things Are Canna Crazy in New York City These Days
Bruce Barcott - Published on May 21, 2018Read more25 New Yorkers were just hospitalized because of cannabis prohibition. It’s time to stop the madness.
Cannabis Entrepreneur Antuanette Gomez Launches Bid for Toronto City Council
Sam Riches - Published on May 21, 2018Read moreAfter breathing new life into the Toronto chapter of Women Grow, Antuanette Gomez is shifting her focus to politics and, beginning next month, making a run for Toronto city council.
With State Senate Bid, Cannabis Pro Leaps Into Politics
Tobias Coughlin-Bogue - Published on May 21, 2018Read moreThe 2016 presidential election helped launch cannabis-industry veteran Jessa Lewis into politics. Now she’s running for state Senate.
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Kauai’s First Medical Cannabis Dispensary Approved to Begin Sales
The Associated Press - Published on May 21, 2018Read moreHave a Heart, opening in partnership with a popular chain from Washington state, will open for business Monday.
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Utah Prohibitionists File Hail-Mary Motion to Stop Medical Marijuana Vote
The Associated Press - Published on May 21, 2018Read moreTheir campaign to rescind petition signatures didn’t work, so opponents took their case to court.
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Estonian Town’s New Logo? A Cannabis Leaf
Ben Adlin - Published on May 18, 2018Read moreThe Estonian village of Kanepi announced this week it will adopt the cannabis leaf as its new symbol following a landslide outcome in an online poll.
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The Roll-Up #34: How Not to Steal a Cannabis Plant
Leafly Podcasts - Published on May 18, 2018Read moreThis week: New York City’s legalization moves, the Supreme Court’s betting case, and an Englishman’s decision to offer a healthy sativa a better home.
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US Attorney Details Cannabis Enforcement in Light of Oregon’s Oversupply
The Associated Press - Published on May 18, 2018Read moreUS Attorney Billy J. Williams is the first federal prosecutor to detail his strategy for enforcing federal drug laws in a state where marijuana is legal.
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New Excise Tax Puts Canada’s Black-Market Cannabis Producers on Notice
Harrison Jordan - Published on May 18, 2018Read moreUnder the Excise Tax Act, illicit cannabis producers could face huge fines or five-year prison terms—on top of the potential 14-year prison sentences they face under the Cannabis Act.
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State Board Certifies Ohio Petition to Legalize Cannabis
The Associated Press - Published on May 18, 2018Read moreOrganizers are aiming to put the issue to voters next year.
