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When President John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev brought the world to the brink of annihilation in 1961 over the precarious position of Cuba on the Cold War-era map of the world, it was the closest the U.S. and Russia had come to making direct war on each other without any Chinese middlemen adding enough distance between, as Commodore Perry called them, the “Saxon and the Cossack.” The crisis in Cuba was an insane piece of dick-measuring and Kennedy’s darkest moment, a staring contest that could have wiped out all life, culture, and history.

Ever since Donald Trump appointed Jeff Sessions as the U.S. Attorney General, the regressively thinking Southerner has attempted to demonize cannabis at every turn.

Now that the dust has settled after Canada’s big announcement last week regarding the legalization bill for cannabis, what do the experts think?
The news of the bill affects anyone within an arm’s length of the marijuana industry, and the reviews from the general community have been mixed. Marijuana.com interviewed some heavy hitters to get their take on the future of Canadian.
We begin with the president of the largest cannabis producer in the world, Mark Zekulin from Canopy Growth Corporation.
“I think it’s a great day overall.

Through 90-plus days under Donald Trump’s reign, not a week has gone by without some new controversy arising around the president and his administration. Week after week, month after month, another critical budget cut or jarring accusation regarding connections to the Russian government sends the U.S. tailspinning deeper into uncertainty. Last week, we witnessed the rising role of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, the intensification of war in the Middle East, and aggravated interactions with North Korea.

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All of America was troubled by the video of Chicago airline police assaulting United Airlines passenger David Dao last week. Sadly, incidents like these seem to be more and more common across the country. This is only one of many egregious and ridiculous overreaches by police since President Trump took office in January. The self-proclaimed “law and order candidate” has gone so far as to name some of his executive orders after the “blue lives matter” movement.

It appears President Donald Trump is about to make another staunch marijuana opponent a member of his staff.

Reports indicate that Pennsylvania Representative Tom Marino, who has served three terms in Congress, is on the verge of stepping down from his role as a one of the nation’s legislative forces to become the leader of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).

“A source familiar with personnel moves in the White House says that Marino is in the final stages of completing his paperwork and an official announcement is forthcoming.

A vocal and early supporter of then-candidate Donald J. Trump, Pennsylvania Congressman Tom Marino has been selected to serve as the next White House “Drug Czar,” according to CBS news.
Officially referred to as the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Rep. Tom Marino (R) would be responsible for advising President Trump on America’s national drug policy and overseeing those federal agencies that enforce U.S. antidrug efforts. Additionally, the director of the ONDCP assesses, synchronizes, and monitors both the domestic and international anti-drug efforts.
Considered ambiguous on the topic of medicinal cannabis, Rep.

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One of the most disturbing narratives so far in the saga of our Cheetoh-in-Chief is that after his decision to punitively bomb Assad’s Syria for use of chemical weapons he has been presented as somehow more presidential. Some even said the military action marked the moment he "became president." Because most of the missiles used in the attacks “destroyed or severely deteriorated” their targets, the mission was considered a success and The Donald’s decision-making skills suddenly appeared existent by the press.

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Oregon lawmakers are moving to shield their legal marijuana users from the federal government.
The House of Representatives on Monday voted in favor of a bipartisan bill to ban legal marijuana shops from storing identifying information, such as driver licenses and passports, for longer than 48 hours, reports the Associated Press.
The state’s legislators have worked on the bill ever since President Donald Trump’s administration hinted at heightened enforcement of federal laws against marijuana users.
“I personally am very concerned that we give as much protection to Oregon citizens to ensure that their personal identification information

Uruguay will begin selling marijuana in pharmacies this summer, the final stage in the country’s pioneering regulation and normalization of marijuana. The South American country will be the first in the world to legally sell cannabis over the counter for recreational use.  In fact, their president was even nominated for a Nobel Prize after the country legalized cannabis.Uruguay voted to legalize marijuana in 2013. They were the first country in the world to do so.