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Washington, DC’s absurd weed scene shows why the MORE Act just passed a vote

This week, the House Judiciary Committee voted to pass the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or the MORE Act, to decriminalize weed at the federal level.

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‘OK boomer’: Millennial Republican responds to Kellyanne Conway’s concerns about marijuana

A millennial Republican congressman, and one of President Donald Trump's closest allies on Capitol Hill, is hitting back at White House counselor Kellyanne Conway's concerns about marijuana legalization.

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Wednesday’s marijuana legalization vote was truly historic — here’s why

On Wednesday, a body of the U.S. Congress voted to end cannabis’s nearly century-long status as a federally prohibited substance.

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Will Neil Young’s Marijuana Use Keep Him From Becoming a U.S. Citizen?

The famous rocker, a Canadian citizen, wants to vote in America’s 2020 elections. But his naturalization hasn’t gone as planned.

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Marijuana Legalization is a race issue

Marijuana laws are enforced unequally and minority communities bear the brunt of the consequences.

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Mexican Senate Appears Set to Pass Bill to Legalize Marijuana

Mexico's Senate will vote for a bill to fully legalize marijuana in the next few days, a key lawmaker told Reuters, marking a major step toward changing the country's approach to the drug by removing it as a source of income for violent drug gangs.

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The push to unionize cannabis workers, explained

On Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a requirement that all cannabis stores enter into so-called “labor peace agreements” as soon as they have 20 or more employees.

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Sisolak ‘outraged’ that foreigner sought to enter Nevada marijuana market and manipulate rules; calls for special cannabis task force

Gov. Steve Sisolak says he is “outraged” that a foreign national set out to get into Nevada’s legal marijuana business by making political donations to key powerbrokers, and he called for the immediate creation of a multi-agency state task force to “root out potential corruption or criminal influences.”

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The Great American cannabis experiment

Cannabis is legal in many U.S. states… or is it? The contradictions between state and federal law are intensifying.

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Licensed Marijuana Businesses Struggle to Stay Solvent as Black-Market Producers Drain Cash From Market

For many of those trying to make it in California’s legal cannabis market, just keeping the lights on has been a survival story.

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Massachusetts to ban sale of all vaping products for 4 months in toughest state crackdown

Massachusetts will place a four-month ban on all sales of vaping products, the state’s governor announced Tuesday, ushering in the most extensive state-level crackdown on e-cigarettes after a mysterious illness has afflicted hundreds and killed nine people

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