Published: Aug 7, 2017, 9:35 am • Updated: Aug 7, 2017, 9:36 am By Michael Catalini, The Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. — An effort to legalize marijuana at the federal level inched ahead as New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker …
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Norman Rockwell Museum could end up as a marijuana dispensary
A building dedicated to the artwork of Norman Rockwell might soon be selling pot. Vermont’s Norman Rockwell Museum could be converted into a medical marijuana dispensary if sold to a father and son team of investors, reports the Rutland Herald. …
Read More »AG Letter to WA State Officials: Cole Memorandum Allows DOJ Enforcement
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has some rather sobering concerns with the implementation of recreational marijuana in Washington State. Washington State legalized adult-use marijuana by passing Initiative 502 during the 2012 general election. Now, almost five years after the fact, the …
Read More »NFL is Interested in Studies of Cannabis for Pain to Treat it’s Players
The National Football League wrote a letter to it’s players association outlining steps to work with them to study the potential use of cannabis to help in the treatment of pain for NFL players. Currently, marijuana is completely banned from the …
Read More »Q&A: Canada tries trading marijuana in new ETF
NEW YORK (Reuters) – You can smoke it or eat it, and now in Canada, you can trade it in your stock portfolio. The $120 million Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences ETF (HMMJ.TO) – the first exchange traded fund in North …
Read More »Officials may ban marijuana advertising at Las Vegas airport
Published: Aug 2, 2017, 5:13 pm • Updated: Aug 2, 2017, 5:13 pm By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Officials in Nevada’s Clark County are grappling with how to limit advertisements for marijuana at Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport. …
Read More »League considering working with NFLPA on marijuana study
(The Sports Xchange) – The NFL has reached out to the NFL Players’ Association in hopes of joining its study of using marijuana as a potential pain management tool for the league’s ailing players, according to The Washington Post. The …
Read More »Writing error endangers South Dakota marijuana ballot initiative
Published: Aug 1, 2017, 1:55 pm • Updated: Aug 1, 2017, 2:05 pm By The Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A writing error could cost a ballot measure campaign its chance to legalize recreational marijuana in South Dakota next …
Read More »Legalizing Cannabis for Communities and Racial Justice in New York: StartSmartNY
A new adult-use (recreational) legislative initiative, StartSmartNY, has materialized in the Empire State, with the re-introduction of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) (previously stalled in prior legislative committees). The movement is spearheaded by a coalition comprised of members …
Read More »Marijuana users are indeed more relaxed than non-users
Published: Aug 1, 2017, 9:07 am • Updated: Aug 1, 2017, 9:14 am By Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post Recreational marijuana use is now legal in eight states plus the District of Columbia, giving public health researchers more leeway than …
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