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By qualifying doctors to recommend cannabis, Ohio is finally getting the state’s medical marijuana ball rolling.

After some initial anxiety over Conservative opposition, Trudeau’s plan for federal legalization passed its second reading.

To qualify, patients must have six months or less to live, and doctors would not be allowed to recommend the treatment to more than 25 patients at a time.

The $1.3 trillion spending bill prevents the Justice Department from spending money to prosecute MMJ cases in legal states.

The costs stem from a politically-motivated attempt by university administrators in 2012 to block T-shirt designs that featured the ISU mascot and a cannabis leaf.

In his ruling, Judge Wendell Griffen said he “takes no joy” in blocking the state from issuing the licenses.

A new report projects $3.7 billion in legal California cannabis sales in 2018. But local bans still shut millions of customers out of the regulated market.

Gov. Phil Murphy hopes to legalize adult-use cannabis, fulfilling a campaign promise and reversing the resolutely anti-drug policies of Republican predecessor Chris Christie.

63% of voters in Cook County send a message to the state: End prohibition now.

The city’s second, merit-based licensing round was supposed to improve on the first, which worked like a lottery. But so far it’s run into heavy criticism.