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11 May

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

Trump’s recreational Medical Marijuana Threat Contradicts the Law and His Own Position

• May 11, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

The appropriations bill that President Trump signed on Friday renews a rider that bars the Justice Department from interfering with the...

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11 May

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Marijuana’s Mind-Altering Compound May Improve Memory

• May 11, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Marijuana's main psychoactive compound, THC, may improve memory, according to a new study in mice. However, more research is needed ...

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11 May

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Nevada Tax Commission approves regulations allowing early start for Nevada’s recreational marijuana industry

• May 11, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

The Nevada Tax Commission has approved temporary regulations that could allow businesses to start selling recreational marijuana as soo...

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11 May

Featured, International News, Marijuana News, Medical Marijuana

N.Y. Health Department releases medical marijuana provider list

• May 11, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

The state Department of Health is for the first time releasing a list of doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants willing ...

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11 May

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Bills on guns,legalize medical marijuana among those dead for year

• May 11, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina legislation that lets more people carry guns, legalizes medical marijuana and borrows money to rep...

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11 May

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TORONTO-Marijuana sector pioneer launches venture

• May 11, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

TORONTO — Marijuana industry pioneer Chuck Rifici is turning to streaming — a business model often used in mining — to tackle what he s...

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11 May

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Legalizing Marijuana could be legalized for recreational use under new petition

• May 11, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Some Mid-Michigan folks think legalizing marijuana for recreational use is the right thing to do. "I think that marijuana should be ...

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11 May

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Judge blasts ‘ridiculous’ 18-year sentence for marijuana

• May 11, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

(Associated Press) Is 18 years in prison without the possibility of parole too harsh for a man arrested with 18 grams of marijuana? The...

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11 May

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Oregon Has Yet To Distribute Tax Revenue From legal Marijuana Sales

• May 11, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Tax money collected from Oregon’s legal marijuana sales has been a rare bright spot as lawmakers fight over how t...

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11 May

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Let’s talk about marijuana without hysterical name-calling

• May 11, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Even if you are totally turned off by Governor Christie's showboating on the growing problem of opiates addiction, you've got to admit ...

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