Law and Politics

01 Jul

Featured, Law and Politics

Cannabis Legalization is Saving People From Police Searches

• July 1, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

A recently published study focused on traffic stops by police in Colorado and Washington found that states experienced a striking decre...

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01 Jul

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Catalonia Spain Legalizes Cannabis Cultivation and Consumption

• July 1, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

The days of Catalonia’s cannabis clubs operating in a legal limbo are coming to an end, and for a good reason. Today, the Catalonia ...

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01 Jul

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Provinces Look to Canadians to Shape Local Cannabis Framework

• July 1, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Canada is slowly but surely headed down the rabbit-hole to become the first G7 nation with legal adult-use cannabis. Thus far, Canad...

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01 Jul

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Majority of Americans Want Trump to Respect State Cannabis Laws

• July 1, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

The new presidential administration in the United States under the leadership of Donald Trump has certainly made cannabis advocates and...

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01 Jul

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Massachusetts Legalization Regulations: Senate and House Must Find Common Ground

• July 1, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Massachusetts House and Senate members have until the end of the month to hammer out a bill that would amend the marijuana legalization...

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01 Jul

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Eight arrested in raid on Canna Clinic marijuana dispensary

• July 1, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Eight employees of a Toronto marijuana dispensary are facing multiple charges following a police raid on Wednesday. Toronto police s...

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01 Jul

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Nevada Goes Green With Recreational Marijuana, and Alcohol Industry Wants a Piece of the Pot

• July 1, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Letters were mailed to eligible license holders in the state, but Chris Thompson, the executive director for the Las Vegas chapter of t...

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01 Jul

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Canada Might Violate UN Drug Treaties

• July 1, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Tomorrow will be Canada’s 150th birthday and apparently, there is no better way to celebrate than by violating three UN drug treaties. ...

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01 Jul

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Nearly 2 tons of marijuana disguised as lettuce

• July 1, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

(CNN) - Carrots didn't work, neither did limes. Now drug smugglers are trying to use lettuce to disguise their marijuana shipments into...

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01 Jul

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CBP Officers Seize Nearly Two Tons of Marijuana at the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge

• July 1, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to work at the Colombia-Solidarity International Bridge seiz...

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