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Cannabis cowboys: A 900-mile trip with Montana’s marijuana legalization campaign
Max Savage Levenson - Published on September 9, 2020read moreTo ask Montanans about marijuana legalization, Leafly’s writer road-tripped with Pepper and Ted. “We are gonna get wreckt towards an artistic and political purpose.”
Weed falling from the sky! 2020 is finally looking up
Bruce Barcott - Published on September 3, 2020read moreMembers of Israel’s Green Drone group used a drone to drop packets of cannabis on Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square. One of the masterminds said it was ‘his patriotic duty.’
Nebraska advocates fight to keep medical marijuana on Nov. 3 ballot
Max Savage Levenson - Published on September 2, 2020read moreWith medical marijuana legalization likely to pass, Nebraska prohibitionists are filing last-minute lawsuits to kick it off the ballot.
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Historic House vote to legalize marijuana expected this month
David Downs - Published on September 1, 2020read moreThe strongest step toward legalization ever taken by Congress.
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Pennsylvania governor calls for marijuana legalization to boost economic recovery
Bruce Barcott - Published on August 25, 2020read moreGov. Tom Wolf puts recreational legalization at the top of his autumn 2020 legislative agenda.
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Massachusetts Senate primary begs the question: Which candidate loves legalization least?
Grace Griffin - Published on August 17, 2020read moreTwo Democratic heavyweights slug it out in the Sept. 1 primary. Both say they’re progressive—but have opposed legalization for years.
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Dear Joe Biden: Here’s the data, now it’s time to embrace marijuana legalization
David Bienenstock - Published on August 13, 2020read moreDear Joe Biden, Congratulations! You’ve officially chosen a running mate who—despite previously opposing cannabis—is now fully on board with federal legalization. There’s still time for you to make a similar evolution, by repenting for your past sins as one of the nation’s leading drug warriors, and then quickly pivoting to embrace legalization— an incredibly popular […]
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Cannabis leaders react to Biden’s choice of Kamala Harris: Will she help or hurt marijuana legalization?
Leafly Staff - Published on August 11, 2020read moreIn 2016, Harris laughed at California’s legalization measure. Four years later she accepts legalization—but will she move Biden on the issue?
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You can help free America’s cannabis prisoners. Here’s how
Bruce Barcott - Published on August 6, 2020read moreYes, people are in prison just for marijuana. Here are their names and what you can do to help release them.
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Black residents made up 97% of marijuana arrests in New York state capital
The Associated Press - Published on August 3, 2020read moreWTF, Albany? In the past year, police made 134 cannabis arrests. Only four were white people.









