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Blumenauer Calls for Cannabis Research to Combat Opioid Crisis
Lisa Rough - Published on October 11, 2017read moreRep. Earl Blumenauer took the floor during a Committee hearing to make an impassioned plea for medical cannabis research.
Holder: Sessions’ ‘Almost Obsession’ With Cannabis Puts DOJ in ‘Strange Place’
Ben Adlin - Published on October 11, 2017read moreFormer US Attorney General Eric Holder took aim at current AG Jeff Sessions this week, saying Sessions has an “almost obsession” with cannabis.
Two Cannabis Proposals Head to the Ballot in Michigan
Gage Peake - Published on October 11, 2017read moreMichigan will be one of the select US states with cannabis on the ballot next month, as two separate proposals make their way to voters on Nov. 7.
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With Plans to Sell CBD Nationwide, Lucky’s Market Charts Legal Gray Area
Chase Scheinbaum - Published on October 11, 2017read more“This is just about the grayest of gray areas as far as federal law and policy,” said Vincent Sliwoski, a cannabis attorney and law professor. “I think the DEA’s even confused about it.”
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California Governor Vetoes Smoking Ban at Beaches and Parks
Ben Adlin - Published on October 9, 2017read more“If people can’t smoke even on a deserted beach, where can they?” Brown asked in his veto message.
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DEA Report: Cannabis Seizures Climbed by Nearly 20% Last Year
Gage Peake - Published on October 9, 2017read moreAccording to the DEA, authorities confiscated more than 5.3 million cannabis plants in 2016—nearly twice what was seized a year earlier.
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Leaked Document Reveals Ontario’s Conflicted Path to Legalization
Jesse B. Staniforth - Published on October 9, 2017read moreThe official government document—leaked to Vice last week—is full of contradictions with Ontario policy.
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‘Marijuana Was Maybe Present at Those Parties’: The Week in Cannabis Quotes
Rebecca Kelley - Published on October 6, 2017read moreA Supreme Court justice makes a surprising cannabis analogy, Bernie Sanders praises protests for criminal justice reform, Stephen Colbert cracks jokes about bongs, and more.
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Cannabis in a Distinct Society: Quebec’s Idiosyncratic Grapple With Legalization
Jesse B. Staniforth - Published on October 6, 2017read moreIn spite of its late-night joie-de-vivre image, Quebec has significantly less enthusiasm toward legal cannabis than anywhere else in Canada, with only 40% of the population in favour of legalization.
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Trudeau Proposes a $1-a-Gram Tax on Canadian Cannabis
Gage Peake - Published on October 5, 2017read moreCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has brought forth his most detailed proposal yet for Canada’s impending recreational cannabis market.
