By Marina Villeneuve AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would eventually allow legal marijuana sales in the state, setting the stage for lawmakers to have enough support to avert a potential veto by …
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Former US House Speaker To Promote Legalizing Marijuana
By Dan Sewell CINCINNATI (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday he has had a change of heart on marijuana and will promote its nationwide legalization as a way to help veterans and the nation’s deadly opioid …
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Mil/article/198936/president trump signs order to improve mental health care for transitioning veterans” target=” blank”>via U.S. Air Force Donald Trump responded to reports of a chemical weapon attack in Syria this past weekend with a series of military threats, levied on …
Read More »House Passes Bill That Could Launch Maine’s Rec Market
Paul McCarrier, president of Legalize Maine, which wrote the referendum question, said the reduction in home grow and lack of a cultivation cap, will drive prices so low that everyday Mainers would get driven out of the business by rich …
Read More »Cynthia Nixon Wants to Legalize It
What would you say is harder: appearing in two concurrent Broadway shows when you were a full-time college student, or running for governor of New York State when most people know you only from “Sex and the City”? I think …
Read More »Rhode Island Governor Not Inclined to Take Offer From Dispensary
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo says she’s not inclined to accept an offer from the state’s largest medical marijuana dispensary to help plug a $5 million budget hole. The Democratic governor’s budget proposal includes a plan …
Read More »Cynthia Nixon supports marijuana legalization in New York
(via Flickr.com/MTAphotos) Cynthia Nixon would enthusiastically move to legalize marijuana if she were elected New York governor. The actress and Democratic gubernatorial candidate, best known for her role as Miranda from television’s Sex and the City, told supporters at a …
Read More »Failed MMJ Bill Withdrawn by Senate Sponsors in Tennessee
Senator Steve Dickerson told Tennessee’s Senate Judiciary Committee that he did not have enough support for the bill. Continue reading at theweedblog.com
Read More »Cynthia Nixon, Democratic Candidate for New York Governor, Supports Legal Weed – News
At Fund-Raiser, Cynthia Nixon Says She Favors Legalizing Marijuana
Cynthia Nixon, the actress and Democratic candidate for governor, told supporters at a private fund-raiser last week that if elected she would seek to legalize marijuana and tax it to raise revenue for New York, attendees said. “She said that …
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