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Montana Dispensaries Close as Restrictions Take Effect
The Associated Press - Published on August 31, 2016Read moreDispensaries across the state were closing their doors Wednesday as new restrictions took effect that limit cannabis providers to three patients apiece.
Do Medical Marijuana Patients Give Up Their Right to Bear Arms?
The Associated Press - Published on August 31, 2016Read moreA 9th Circuit panel on Wednesday upheld a federal ban on the sale of firearms to cannabis consumers — including MMJ patients.
Is Maine’s Governor Losing His Ever-Lovin’ Mind?
Crash Barry - Published on August 29, 2016Read moreLegalization advocates feared opposition from Maine Gov. Paul LePage might sway undecided voters. Then LePage went LePage, and those fears vanished.
Pennsylvania Governor Urges Decriminalization of Cannabis
The Associated Press - Published on August 29, 2016Read moreToo many people are still going to prison for marijuana possession, Gov. Tom Wolf said on Monday.
Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Petition Unlikely to Make November Ballot
The Associated Press - Published on August 29, 2016Read moreAdvocates will challenge the attorney general’s rewording of the ballot title — a legal process certain to push the measure past the general election.
Oklahoma Enters Home Stretch in Bid to Legalize Medical Marijuana
Lisa Rough - Published on August 26, 2016Read moreAdvocates have surmounted seemingly impossible odds with a long-shot bid to bring medical cannabis to the Sooner State.
Arizona Cannabis Opponents Take Fight to Supreme Court
The Associated Press - Published on August 26, 2016Read moreOpponents of an initiative that would legalize recreational marijuana are urging the state Supreme Court to block the measure from November’s ballot.
Pressure Mounts as Dutch Coffeeshop Pioneer Languishes in Thai Prison
Derrick Bergman - Published on August 25, 2016Read moreJohan van Laarhoven faces a 103-year jail sentence in Thailand despite never having committed a crime in that country.
State of the Leaf: The Battle for the Ballot
Lisa Rough - Published on August 25, 2016Read moreCampaigns across the country — both in support of cannabis legalization and against it — are scrambling to qualify for November’s ballot.
Group Asks Arkansas Court to Block Medical Marijuana Measure
The Associated Press - Published on August 24, 2016Read moreArkansans Against Legalized Marijuana says the proposal misleads voters about its consequences.