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The Roll-Up #122: Come on feel the Illinois
Leafly Podcasts - Published on January 3, 2020read moreIllinois goes legal: David Downs reflects on Opening Day in Chicago.
Canada’s new health minister calls for cannabis abstinence
Jesse B. Staniforth - Published on January 2, 2020read moreThe call for abstinence was received angrily by medical-cannabis patients and advocates.
Illinois pardons 11,000 cannabis convictions on eve of legalization
The Associated Press - Published on January 1, 2020read moreJust one day before Illinois opened its first legal cannabis stores, Governor J.B. Pritzker granted pardons to more than 11,000 people with misdemeanor cannabis convictions.
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Illinois dispensaries open for recreational sales: Leafly’s live coverage
Leafly Staff - Published on January 1, 2020read moreLegalization comes to the Land of Lincoln on New Year’s Day, and Leafly is on the ground with coverage from cannabis dispensaries across Illinois.
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At year’s end, time to ask: Why did the CDC ignore vaping evidence?
Bruce Barcott - Published on December 31, 2019read moreAs American public health officials clung to their bias against nicotine vaping, illegal THC cartridges kept killing people.
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Cannabis legalization around the world
Lisa Felepchuk - Published on December 30, 2019read moreIndustry experts weigh in on several countries that are warming towards legal marijuana.
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2019 in review: Looking back at a year of cannabis in Canada
Soj Ramsay-Taylor - Published on December 27, 2019read moreHow did each province handle the first legal year of cannabis in Canada?
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The Roll-Up #120: The big predictions show
Leafly Podcasts - Published on December 20, 2019read moreScoring our 2019 predictions and forecasting 2020: It’s a double-album podcast perfect for holiday giving.
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Is Bernie Sanders still ahead of the curve on cannabis?
David Bienenstock - Published on December 18, 2019read moreHe pioneered decriminalization in the 1970s and led legalization efforts in Congress. How would he act as president? Bernie’s got a plan.
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Can landlords ban cannabis in a legal state? Here’s what the law says
Alexa Peters - Published on December 17, 2019read moreMost landlords don’t care about your private life. But smoking can destroy a rental unit.
