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The price of Massachusetts weed has fallen by half. Here’s why
Dave Howard - Published on March 9, 2023Read moreLong-planned grow operations are finally delivering weed—and flooding the state market.
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This federal agency creates cannabis worker safety plans for free
Dave Howard - Published on January 25, 2023Read moreNIOSH experts don’t care if you’re growing federally illegal marijuana. They just want to keep your workers safe.
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Death of a Trimmer (Part 2): A tragic death raises questions about health hazards in the cannabis industry
Dave Howard - Published on January 25, 2023Read moreLorna McMurrey’s death raises alarms about safety risks in the cannabis industry. Who’s looking out for workers on the factory floor?
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Death of a Trimmer (Part 1): A cannabis worker’s death went unnoticed for months. Now it’s raising alarms in the industry.
Dave Howard - Published on January 24, 2023Read moreWhen an asthma attack killed Lorna McMurrey, it should have set off alarms industrywide. But her death didn’t become publicly known for eight months, even as thousands of cannabis workers remain exposed to the same hazards.
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Are you too high? A promising new ‘comedown drug’ may be on the way
Dave Howard - Published on October 3, 2022Read moreA drug that blocks the brain’s cannabinoid receptors is now in clinical trials and showing promising results.
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Did Minnesota’s marijuana legalization parties kill marijuana legalization?
Dave Howard - Published on May 6, 2021Read moreA promising legalization bill is expected to die in the state Senate, which Republicans control thanks to the Legal Marijuana Now Party.
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This plumber was sentenced to 12 years for growing marijuana in a legal state. How is that possible?
Dave Howard - Published on March 30, 2021Read moreOutdated drug war laws and a secondary offense led to Thomas Laverty’s outrageous sentence.
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He was serving a life sentence for cannabis. Then he got a phone call from Ivanka Trump
Dave Howard - Published on January 22, 2021Read moreCraig Cesal is living proof of how ludicrous America’s war on drugs became.
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Trump pardoned 12 cannabis prisoners on his way out. Here are their stories
Dave Howard - Published on January 20, 2021Read moreOn his final day in office, Donald Trump pardoned 12 federal marijuana prisoners serving outrageous sentences.
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In New York, Gov. Cuomo vows (again) to legalize marijuana
Dave Howard - Published on January 8, 2021Read moreIt’s gonna be hard to watch all that cannabis tax money migrate to New Jersey.
