Published: Aug 29, 2017, 10:57 am • Updated: Aug 29, 2017, 11:06 am By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to press the need for his promised southern border wall, tweeting that Mexico will …
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Tennessee sets up panel to consider medical marijuana
Published: Aug 29, 2017, 8:49 am • Updated: Aug 29, 2017, 8:49 am By The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Legislative leaders are setting up a special committee to examine whether medical marijuana should be legalized in Tennessee. WKRN-TV reports …
Read More »Massachusetts: White House Seeks Medical Marijuana Patients’ Data
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker may have disdain for marijuana, but he truly loathes the fed’s recent request to turn over detailed information on Massachusetts’ marijuana patients. Trump’s deputy director of the National Marijuana Initiative (NMI), Dan Quigley, fired off a …
Read More »Tennessee to Study the Impacts of Medical Marijuana – News
Although Tennessee has not exactly been the pillar of marijuana reform in the Land of the Free, all of that could soon change depending on the results of a progressive, new study ordered by House Speaker Beth Harwell and Lieutenant …
Read More »Roger Stone Responds to Los Angeles Cannabis Expo Boycott – News
The Cannabis World Congress and Business Expo coming to Los Angeles in September has turned from one of many cannabusiness conventions to a controversy, thanks to longtime Donald Trump advisor Roger Stone and his role as the event’s keynote speaker. …
Read More »Pot Was Flying Off the Shelves in Uruguay. Then U.S. Banks Weighed In.
The pharmacies selling pot were doing a brisk business. After Uruguay became the first country in the world to fully legalize marijuana sales for recreational use last month, some of the pharmacies struggled to keep up with the demand. Then …
Read More »Shooting of Unarmed Teen by Police Sparks Opposition to Philippine Drug War – News
The death of one unarmed teenager is helping to turn the tide of public opinion against Philippine President Rodrgio Duterte’s brutal drug war, in which thousands of Filipinos have been shot by police over the past year. 17-year-old Kian Loyd …
Read More »The First Massachusetts Cannabis Commission Appointee Opposed Legalization in 2016 – News
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has just appointed an opponent of cannabis legalization to serve on a new state commission that will oversee and regulate the state’s legal marijuana industry. State Senator Jen Flanagan is the first of five appointees to …
Read More »First person appointed to Massachusetts cannabis reg board was anti-legalization
Published: Aug 24, 2017, 8:42 am • Updated: Aug 24, 2017, 8:47 am By Bob Salsberg, The Associated Press BOSTON — A Democratic state senator who opposed the ballot question that legalized recreational marijuana was named Wednesday by Republican Gov. …
Read More »John Morgan Calls Cannabis Industry Boycott Against Roger Stone a “Mistake” – News
While controversial political strategist Roger Stone has vowed to repair the broken system keeping marijuana from being made legal in the United States, a small group of cannabis advocates, some of which believe his ties to President Trump make him …
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