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25 May

Featured, International News, Marijuana News, Medical Marijuana

Marijuana Startup Economy Booms As The Medical Cannabis Industry Struggles

• May 25, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

First you get land and water rights. Then you’ve got to find the right strain of cannabis. That can involve as much luck as science. ...

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25 May

Featured, International News, Law and Politics, Marijuana News

Legal Recreational marijuana draws ire of some in West Springfield, as they push for town to ‘opt out’

• May 25, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

WEST SPRINGFIELD -- While voters in the Commonwealth in November approved the legalization of recreational marijuana use and sales, Wes...

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25 May

Featured, International News, Law and Politics, Marijuana News

Survey:Legal Marijuana not a driving factor for rising homeless population

• May 25, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Homelessness is on the rise in Colorado Springs and anecdotally, we often hear that legal marijuana drives the trend. The implication i...

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25 May

Featured, International News, Marijuana News, Medical Marijuana

Cleveland rethinking ban on medical marijuana growing sites

• May 25, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

CLEVELAND, Ohio - City Council could roll back a moratorium on cultivation of marijuana for medical purposes, a step viewed as necessar...

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25 May

Featured, International News, Law and Politics, Marijuana News

Multimillion-dollar marijuana growing operation uncovered in Metuchen

• May 25, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

MIDDLESEX COUNTY - Two men — one from Monroe and one from New York — have been arrested and charged in connection with operating a mult...

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25 May

Featured, International News, Law and Politics, Marijuana News

Vermont governor to veto legalize marijuana bill

• May 25, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott said he will veto a marijuana legalization bill, eliminating the chance — for now — of the st...

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25 May

Featured, International News, Law and Politics, Marijuana News

Recreational marijuana moratorium in Holyoke getting do-over

• May 25, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

HOLYOKE -- The City Council's recreational marijuana moratorium was established improperly and must be redone in a process that will in...

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24 May

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

Organization looks to get marijuana legalization on the 2018 ballot

• May 24, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

FLANDREAU, S.D. "Signer beware" is the message from a pro-pot organization in South Dakota that's hoping to bring the issue of marijuan...

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24 May

Featured, International News, Law and Politics, Marijuana News

One Pleads Guilty and Two Are Sentenced for Marijuana-Growing Operations in the Sequoia National Forest

• May 24, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

FRESNO, Calif. — One defendant pleaded guilty and two others were sentenced today for their involvement in large-scale marijuana cultiv...

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24 May

Featured, International News, Law and Politics, Marijuana News

Madison County Commissioners discuss medical marijuana

• May 24, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

“He’s just growing, packaging it and shipping it out,” said David Hughes, director of zoning. The applicant said the zoning departme...

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