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Michigan, Illinois set to usher in recreational pot sales

DAVID EGGERT and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — James Daly is [...]

02
Dec
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Marijuana Use Tied To Lower Rates Of Depression And Suicidal Ideation Among PTSD Patients

By Kyle Jaeger People suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who consume marijuana experience significantly [...]

21
Nov
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U.S. Lawmakers To Vote On MORE Act To End Federal Cannabis Prohibition

By Sara Brittany Somerset Washington, D.C. – The Executive Director of the National Organization to [...]

19
Nov
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Amid PTSD Crisis, Veterans Are Still Waiting for Medical Cannabis

On this Veterans Day, many of America’s former soldiers find themselves without access to plant [...]

12
Nov
More older people are reaching for cannabis, but they face barriers in accessing it. Johnce / Getty
The number of people over age 65 using marijuana is increasing faster than any other age group, but they think doctors need to catch up

•More and more older people are using cannabis to soothe the pains, diseases, and mental [...]

04
Nov
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White House Signs Off On Proposed Hemp Rules From USDA

By Kyle Jaeger The White House approved plans to regulate hemp and its derivatives on [...]

28
Oct
A judge has put a stay on Oregon’s ban of flavored vaping products containing nicotine. But the ban remains in place for cannabis products. Kristian Foden-Vencil/OPB
Oregon’s Cannabis Retailers Pull Product In Observance Of Flavored Vape Ban

by Kristian Foden-Vencil Confusion over Oregon’s new flavored vape ban does not seem to have [...]

25
Oct
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Mexico Legalization Plan Unveiled, Vote Expected Soon

Mexican lawmakers are poised to pass adult-use legalization legislation as early as this week; an [...]

22
Oct
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Banning legitimate vaping is ‘absolute madness’

By Anthony L. Fisher, Business Insider US All panics begin with a rational fear that [...]

21
Oct
Former FDA head Scott Gottlieb called for legalization to solve the vape crisis, but Wall Street Journal editors blamed legalization for causing the crisis—over Gottlieb's own story. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
How mainstream media botched the vape lung story

In 1989, a mysterious figure known as Dr. Lunglife sent High Times a set of [...]

17
Oct
Vaping in Oregon: The Flavored Products Ban is Just the Beginning

By Vince Sliwoski, Attorney at Harris Bricken On Friday, Oregon Governor Kate Brown issued Executive [...]

08
Oct
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FBI: Cannabis arrests on the rise for 3rd year running

By Janet Burns The number of US cannabis arrests continued to climb last year, new [...]

07
Oct
Fabian Castillo lies in a hospital ICU last month when he was suffering from severe lung damage linked to his use of a bootleg marijuana vape.salazar383412 / Instagram
Tests show bootleg marijuana vapes tainted with hydrogen cyanide

NBC News commissioned laboratory tests of knock-off marijuana vapes that found a pesticide linked to [...]

03
Oct
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Pennsylvania Gov. Calls for Adult-Use Cannabis LegalizationBy

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has formally announced his support for adult-use cannabis legalization and called [...]

26
Sep
Vape Cart Update: Producers release statements, illegal cart ring brought down in Wisconsin

There have been a number of developments this week around the vaping related illnesses and [...]

12
Sep