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18 May

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Marijuana, casinos, labor deals among governor’s budget ideas

• May 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

HARTFORD - Ideas ranging from legalized retail marijuana to additional state employee givebacks are being proposed on the eve of budget...

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18 May

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Sessions’ war on drugs causing uncertainty in medical marijuana industry, concern in advocates

• May 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

WASHINGTON – A little-noticed document issued by President Donald Trump has put advocates of medical marijuana on edge, raising questio...

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18 May

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Study: Racial Disparity In Marijuana Arrest Rates Increasing

• May 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

African Americans in Virginia are arrested for violating marijuana possession laws at more than three times the rates of whites and thi...

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18 May

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Kamala Harris of california: Leave grandma’s marijuana alone

• May 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

WASHINGTON-Sen. Kamala Harris of California used the year’s first big 2020 presidential spotlight Tuesday to rail against Trump adminis...

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18 May

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Task force releases photos of marijuana grow operation

• May 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

The law enforcement task force that raided four local locations Monday and identified three suspects in a marijuana growing operati...

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18 May

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State of Washington law paves way for organic recreational marijuana market

• May 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Washington Governor Jay Inslee on Tuesday signed a bill that paves the way for the state to create what is believed to be the first sys...

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18 May

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Legalizing Marijuana, Casino Included In Democratic Budget Proposal

• May 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Democratic lawmakers called for legalizing marijuana, taking a step toward tolls, cutting aid to towns, and opening a third casino as p...

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18 May

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Recreational marijuana would be legal in NJ under new bill

• May 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Marijuana could be grown, sold and used in New Jersey under new legislation introduced Monday in the state Senate....

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18 May

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Illinois Looks to medical and recreational Marijuana to Plug Huge Hole it Its Budget

• May 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

As always, nothing breeds success quite like success. Out West, where states first made medical and recreational marijuana legal, th...

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18 May

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Editorial No sanctuary for legalize marijuana in California

• May 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

When Californians approved Proposition 64 to legalize marijuana in California last November, it was no secret that the drug would remai...

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