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Obama's Pot Problem
Now that states have started legalizing recreational marijuana, Rolling Stone explores if President Obama will continue the government’s war on weed...
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Majority Says Feds Should Stay Out of Marijuana Legalization States
Marijuana legalization: Some 51% of respondents said the federal government should "exempt adults who follow state law from enforcement."
Piece of the Week | Spine Pipes and Bongs
Using medical marijuana for your back pain? Medical advances may someday allow you to replace your spine, but until then you can remind yourself exactly why you use your medicine with a…
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Sir Richard Branson: War on Drugs a Trillion-Dollar Failure
Sir Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Group and a member of the Global Drug Commission poses the simple question on drug prohibition...
Arizona's Medical Marijuana Law Upheld
Arizona's medical marijuana law is not pre-empted by federal drug laws because it does not stop the fed government from enforcing its laws, a Superior Court
First Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensary Set to Open
Arizona's first legal medical marijuana dispensary is to open in Glendale two years after voters approved the use of the drug to treat certain health problems such as chronic pain and cancer.
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A History of Pot, From George Washington to Legalizing Ganja
The grass is no greener. But, finally, it's legal — at least somewhere in America. It's been a long, strange trip for marijuana.
Georgia Police Kill Armed Man During Marijuana Bust
Police officers in Buford, Georgia, shot & killed a man who refused to drop his weapon after they encountered him as they investigated a report of marijuana
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Ithaca Mayor: Legalize Marijuana in New York
Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick has called on New York lawmakers to allow medical marijuana and consider legalizing marijuana in general.
Cannabis Is Now Legal in Washington State
History was made in Washington on Election night when 55 percent of voters decided in favor of Initiative 502, legalizing cannabis. And at 12am this...
First Ounces Leave a New Jersey Medical Marijuana Dispensary
It was the opening of New Jersey’s first and so far only medical marijuana dispensary, in downtown Montclair, on Thursday.
Washington State’s Cannabis Legalization Explored in Detail on NPR
NPR: On what sounded more like ‘National Pot Radio’ than good ol’ National Public Radio, a two-part series today on the morning and afternoon shows...
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Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Bill to Be Considered in 2013 - Maybe
Over the last four years, two medical marijuana bills have sat in the Pennsylvania Legislature just waiting to come up for a vote. And they haven’t. Not once. But advocates hope next year will be different.
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How to Sell Marijuana Legally, In Four Inconvenient Steps
John Davis, who runs a legal medical marijuana business in Washington, shares with NPR 4 key steps in trying to operate in the cannabis industry...
Quinnipiac Pollster Calls Marijuana Legalization "Just a Matter of Time"
The third different poll in less than a week to report a majority favoring marijuana legalization was released Wednesday, with the pollster saying the...
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Jamen Shively: Microsoft Executive Turned Marijuana Entrepreneur
James Shively, a former Microsoft executive, has decided to enter the marijuana gold rush about to occur in Washington state “by creating the category...
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Seattle Feds Warn Public: Don't Bring Weed to Our Buildings and Parks
One day before Initiative 502 goes into effect in Washington, feds in Seattle gave the public a warning about bringing pot into locations of federal land.
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$1.5B Worth of Marijuana Confiscated in Appalachia (Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia)
Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies confiscated more than $1.5 billion worth of marijuana this year in Appalachia, a region where widespread unemployment may be enticing some people to grow pot to support their families.