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Many legislators are anticipating a long night, as the House and Senate planned votes on dozens of bills before they recess until after the November election.

Lawmakers ditched the scheme Tuesday over concerns the rare setup would create an undue burden on the state.

You’ve heard that football players are regularly pumped full of painkillers. Ever wonder what that looks like? Baltimore Ravens tackle Eugene Monroe wants to show you.

Cannabis crowdfunding is here, a GOP congressman admits to using while in office, and should you be brushing your teeth with bud?

The cannabis-focused social network could be seen as aiding and abetting the distribution of an illegal substance, the exchange determined.

The Teamsters union has joined police and prison guard associations in trying to defeat California’s initiative to legalize cannabis at the ballot.

NYC Police Commissioner blames cannabis for the city’s violence but shrugs at its heroin epidemic — that and more in today’s Shake roundup.

The government of Macedonia, a small country in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe, announced this month that it will legalize cannabis for people suffering from serious illnesses.

Thanks to odd quirks of Austrian law, the country has become the capital of legal cannabis clones. Consumption, though? Still verboten.

“Cannabis should transform capitalism, not the other way around,” says David Bienenstock. “We have to fight really hard to make this an inclusive industry.”