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Garbage from Washington state’s booming pot industry clogs gutters, sewers and landfills

Garbage from Washington state’s booming pot industry clogs gutters, sewers and landfills Kristen Millares Young | August 14 Washington state’s penchant for getting high is trashing the place. Plastic “doob Read More

The legal drug we should be worried about isn’t marijuana

The legal drug we should be worried about isn’t marijuana Gianmarco Raddi | July 18, 2018 Massachusetts recently issued its first recreational marijuana license, bringing pot more fully into the Read More

Does legal weed make police more effective?

Does legal weed make police more effective? Christopher Ingraham | July 18 Marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington state has “produced some demonstrable and persistent benefit” to police departments’ ability Read More

Chuck Schumer Just Introduced His Bill To Decriminalize Cannabis Nationwide

Chuck Schumer Just Introduced His Bill To Decriminalize Cannabis Nationwide Miroslav Tomoski | Jun 27, 2018 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced new legislation to decriminalize marijuana on Wednesday Read More

Marijuana mood is shifting nationwide

Marijuana mood is shifting nationwide Gillian Flaccus | June 12, 2018 Mayors from seven U.S. cities in states with legal marijuana said Monday they have formed a coalition to push Read More

Federal cannabis bill would help California marijuana businesses get banking

Federal cannabis bill would help California marijuana businesses get banking Kimberly Veklerov | June 8, 2018 A bipartisan effort in Congress to ease federal restrictions on cannabis, which President Trump Read More

MMJ For Veterans Amendment Approved By Senate Committee

MMJ For Veterans Amendment Approved By Senate Committee Pat Beggan | 6/08/2018 The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved on Thursday an amendment to SB 3024 that ensures access to medical Read More

Trump says he is likely to support ending blanket federal ban on marijuana

Trump says he is likely to support ending blanket federal ban on marijuana Evan Halper | Jun 08, 2018 President Trump said he likely will support a congressional effort to Read More

DEA Clarifies Stance: Not All CBD Is Prohibited

DEA Clarifies Stance: Not All CBD Is Prohibited June 1, 2018 | MJ News Network The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued a statement further clarifying their interpretation and enforcement Read More

The Jeff Sessions Cannabis Crackdown Has Arrived—And It’s Awesome

The Jeff Sessions Cannabis Crackdown Has Arrived—And It’s Awesome Bruce Barcott | May 30, 2018 This isn’t the cannabis crackdown Jeff Sessions envisioned. Back in the early days of 2017,Read More