Articles tagged with "politics"
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How Will Spain’s Local Elections Impact Cannabis Reform?
Kenzi Riboulet Zemouli - Published on September 22, 2016Read moreA political stalemate in the nation’s capital has put more importance on local cannabis reform measures—and could make them more likely to pass.
Arizona School Officials Endorse Prop. 205
Gage Peake - Published on September 22, 2016Read moreSchool officials in Arizona endorsed Prop. 205, the ballot measure to regulate marijuana like alcohol.
U.S. Attorney General Says Cannabis Is Not a Gateway Drug
Gage Peake - Published on September 22, 2016Read moreIn a speech to high school students in Kentucky, Loretta Lynch said that opioids are the true gateway drugs, not cannabis.
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Longest Strike in Colombia’s History Dries Up Bogotá’s Cannabis Supply
Jeronimo Gonzalez - Published on September 21, 2016Read moreMultiple social and political factors have converged in Colombia, leading to cannabis shortages and skyrocketing prices.
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Australia’s Entire MMJ Crop Will be Grown on 5 Acres
Joe Wilson - Published on September 21, 2016Read moreIn the Lucky Country, emerging MMJ laws would severely limit the land designated to grow cannabis.
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Medical Cannabis Could be Donald Trump’s Best Bet
Chloe Sommers - Published on September 15, 2016Read moreA leaked memo from the Harmonious Code Council urges Trump to embrace legal MMJ to win votes.
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Thanks, Sean Parker: Calif. Prop 64 Outraising Opponents 60-to-1
Gage Peake - Published on September 14, 2016Read moreLegalization advocates have raised $11.7 million. Opponents–mostly law enforcement groups–trail with $229,000.
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Bud Farming Backlash: Rural America’s Uneasy Embrace of Cannabis Farming
Paul Roberts - Published on September 13, 2016Read moreLegalization brought jobs and profitable farming to the country. Now some small towns are bristling at the fences, the floodlights, and the smell. Are the concerns legit or just a new form of prohibitionism?
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It’s Official: Legalization Measure Makes the Arizona Ballot
The Associated Press - Published on August 31, 2016Read moreAn initiative to legalize cannabis for adult use will be on November’s ballot after the state Supreme Court rejected a final legal challenge to the measure.
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Cannabis Social Clubs Are Illegal, Alaska AG Says
The Associated Press - Published on August 31, 2016Read moreAlaska’s attorney general says marijuana social clubs are illegal, addressing what had been a hazy area following the state’s adult-use legalization.
