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New Study Finds Legal Cannabis Equals Fewer Pharmaceuticals

“Legal access to cannabis may reduce the use of multiple classes of dangerous prescription medications in certain patient populations,” according to the results of a new study. Regardless of what some officials in the Trump administration believe, Americans have a …

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Louisiana Chief Justice Argues Against “Ridiculous” 18-Year Sentence for Marijuana Possession

In 2014, Gary D. Howard was convicted by a jury of marijuana possession with intent to distribute, and sentenced to 18 years in prison with no possibility of parole. Howard appealed to the state Supreme Court over the severity of the sentence, but the court ruled to uphold the lower court's decision. The court's ruling was not unanimous, however, and Chief Justice Bernette Johnson called her fellow justices' decision "outrageous" and "ridiculous" in her dissent.

Police found 18 grams of pot in Howard's girlfriend's house, which was packaged into five separate bags.

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Congress blocks feds from interfering with state marijuana laws


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A bipartisan group of House Democrats and Republicans recently hashed out a $1 trillion budget for government spending, but none of which will be used to crack down on legal pot.
A new government funding bill will block the Department of Justice from using federal funds to prosecute law-abiding medical marijuana companies operating in legal states, reports the Orange County Register.
The budget’s full text of the marijuana provision is as follows:
None of the funds made available in this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with respect to any of the States

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