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Federal Judge Upholds Marijuana’s Schedule I Status
“A federal judge has rejected a motion challenging the constitutionality of cannabis’ classification as a Schedule I prohibited substance without any accepted medical utility. Judge Kimberly J....
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Kansas AG Seeks Invalidation Of Voter-Approved Marijuana Ordinance
“State Attorney General Derek Schmidt filed a lawsuit with the state Supreme Court Friday seeking to halt the city of Wichita from enacting a voter-approved initiative lessening marijuana possession...
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State seizes 11-year-old, arrests his mother for defending medical marijuana
“A spokesman confirmed that officers had searched Banda’s home, though he denied it was a raid. He also said the initial anti-drug program was put on entirely by the school — the police had no...
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Bay Area Farm-To-Table And Legal Cannabis Movements Come Together
“Drawing inspiration from the farmer’s market model, Flow Kana partners with organic, sun-grown cannabis growers. Their platform enables users with medical marijuana cards to select desired strains...
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Silicon Valley meets Bob Marley
“Men in suits swarmed everywhere, but not one spliff or bong could be seen. PhDs and Harvard MBAs networked with investment bankers and hedge-fund managers to raise money for businesses covering...
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Grading the Presidential Candidates on Marijuana Policy
“The candidates were graded on actions they have taken and statements they have made indicating their support for ending pot prohibition, allowing legal access to medical marijuana and defending...
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You May Soon Get Bitcoin-Bought Cannabis Delivered by Drone
“A company near San Francisco has come up with a novel way to deliver bitcoin-purchased marijuana, via drone. Trees, which claims to sell the ‘highest quality’ medicinal cannabis to people holding a...
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The DOJ ‘Intended To Discourage’ A Historic Medical Marijuana Bill
“An internal Department of Justice memo leaked this week reveals that in the days leading up to last year’s historic passage of a federal medical marijuana protections measure, the DOJ passed around...
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Santa Ana Police want video of them stealing marijuana suppressed
“The three Santa Ana police officers who raided a medical marijuana dispensary earlier this year and were caught on camera stealing pot and degrading a disabled woman have filed a lawsuit to block the...
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Italy’s army bringing down the cost of medical marijuana
“In a heavily-guarded lab in Florence, many hundreds of a new type of marijuana plant are being grown. It’s part of the Italian army’s latest mission, to grow medical grade cannabis for the nation....
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Colombian president signs decree to legalise medical marijuana
“Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has signed a decree legalizing the growing and sale of marijuana for medical purposes, a dramatic shift in a country long identified with US-backed policies to...
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Kansas Couple SWAT Raided After Tea Was Mistaken for Marijuana
“U.S. District Judge John Lungstrum said police acted legally and reasonably in planning and conducting the fruitless raid on the home of Robert and Adlynn Harte, former CIA employees whose children...
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Oklahoma man faces life in prison for selling legal Colorado marijuana
“An Oklahoma man faces a possible life sentence after he allegedly sold 4 grams of marijuana to a pair of confidential informants working with police in the city of Enid, an hour and a half drive...
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2015 News Stories You Should Have Heard About, But Probably Didn’t
“In 2015, the iron fist of power clamped down on humanity, from warfare to terrorism (I repeat myself) to surveillance, police brutality, and corporate hegemony. The environment was repeatedly...
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Nasdaq rejects pot startup MassRoots
“MassRoots, a social networking platform for cannabis users, said Tuesday that Nasdaq has rejected its request to trade shares on the exchange. The Denver-based startup had hoped to become the first...
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Trump Attorney General: “Good People Don’t Smoke Marijuana”
“But in recent years, [Jeff Sessions has] repeatedly said he views cannabis to be a dangerous substance and has decried efforts to legalize it. During confirmation hearings for the current attorney...
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Virginia Republican rep introduces bill to end federal marijuana prohibition
“The bill seeks to remove marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act and resolve the existing conflict between federal and state laws over medical or recreational use of the drug. It would...
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Judge Orders California DA To Return Family’s Confiscated Life Savings
“The San Diego District Attorney (DA) seized all of the family’s money from their bank accounts on February 2, 2016, following a raid on James Slatic’s legal medical marijuana business. Although no...
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Smoking Pot Kicks You Off Transplant Lists — Even In States Where It’s Legal
“More than half the states in the country have legalized medical marijuana, but some hospitals still bar users from life-saving organ transplants. The policy delayed the late Riley Hancey’s lung...
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Trump’s Medical Marijuana Threat Contradicts the Law and His Own Position
“Trump is not only trying to usurp the congressional power to decide how taxpayers’ money will be spent; he is threatening to interfere with the autonomy that states are supposed to have under the...
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