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Buy A Shirt, Get ‘Gift’: Companies exploit pot law loophole
PUBLISHED: February 2nd 2018BOSTON — That ordinary bottle of juice delivered to your doorstep will set you back at least $55. But the bag of marijuana that comes with it? On the house. Retail marijuana stores are months
VA urges vets, doctors to talk about pot
PUBLISHED: January 22nd 2018“Don’t ask, don’t tell” is how many veterans have approached health care conversations about marijuana use with the doctors they see from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Worried that owning up to using the drug
Murray, Cantwell say legal marijuana relies on banking
PUBLISHED: January 19th 2018Two weeks ago, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded Obama-era marijuana rules. These rules included the Cole memo, which states the federal government will not interfere with state-approved marijuana laws. Sessions has still not clarified
State AGs want Congress to let banks work with cannabis industry
PUBLISHED: January 17th 2018Attorneys general in 19 states and U.S. territories say Congress must act to end the banking industry’s prohibition on serving the marijuana industry, calling the current state of affairs a public safety threat and a
Gun-owning pot fans’ choice: firearm or weed
PUBLISHED: January 14th 2018HARRISBURG, Pa. — The federal government says grass and guns don’t mix, and that is putting gun owners who use marijuana — and the strongly pro-gun-rights administration of President Donald Trump — in a potentially
Gun-owning pot fans’ choice: firearm or weed
PUBLISHED: January 14th 2018HARRISBURG, Pa. — The federal government says grass and guns don’t mix, and that is putting gun owners who use marijuana — and the strongly pro-gun-rights administration of President Donald Trump — in a potentially
Study: Legal pot nationwide would spur jobs, revenue
PUBLISHED: January 11th 2018Legalizing marijuana nationwide would create at least $132 billion in tax revenue and more than a million new jobs across the United States in the next decade, according to a new study. New Frontier Data,
Some fans of Trump and pot feel allegiances go up in smoke
PUBLISHED: January 11th 2018PORTLAND, Maine — The Trump administration’s anti-marijuana move has some members of the president’s voting base fuming. Fans of President Donald Trump who use marijuana say Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ move to tighten federal oversight
Universities eye hemp for the future
PUBLISHED: January 7th 2018If you believe the enthusiasts, industrial hemp could be the comeback story of our time – if given a chance. Potential uses abound for the plant, a primary cash crop as clothing, oil and rope
Medical marijuana at risk following move by Sessions
PUBLISHED: January 5th 2018SALEM, Ore. — When U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions green-lighted federal prosecutions of marijuana lawbreakers, the vast majority of U.S. states that allow some form of medical marijuana were unexpectedly placed at risk of a