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Although the alcohol industry has been one of the most staunch opponents against cannabis legalization, small-scale liquor distributors in Nevada have decided to try and take advantage of the impending market. Back in November, the state voted to legalize recreational marijuana via Question 2, creating an array of exciting opportunities in the region.  

Local distribution companies were major backers of this measure, donating almost $88,000 to launch a campaign that placed marijuana on the same level as alcohol. With this support, they also expected to be given first dibs on cannabis distribution licensing.

According to the survey results, which include responses from 1,122 adults in the U.S., we're pretty generous with our judgment about marijuana use. About half of all respondents (52%) said they had tried marijuana. Similarly, more than half of all respondents (56%) considered cannabis "socially acceptable." Yet 43% of those respondents didn't think their close friends would approve of cannabis use — even if it became legal.

On Sunday, the United States Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly told NBC’s Chuck Todd that “arresting a lot of users” was not a viable strategy for winning America’s perpetual War on Drugs.
The head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) explained during an interview on “Meet The Press” that marijuana is scarcely America’s biggest issue along the Read More »

The Canadian government has introduced two long-expected bills that would legalize recreational marijuana across the country by next July.

“Despite decades of criminal prohibition, Canadians – including 21% of our youth and 30% of young adults – continue to use cannabis at among the highest rates in the world,” said MP and former Toronto police chief Bill Blair. “The proposed legislation, which is introduced today, seeks to legalize, strictly regulate and restrict access to cannabis.”

The responsibilities of legalization would be divided between state and local governments.

On Monday, the Florida Senate Committee on Criminal Justice will meet to discuss several topics, the most important of which is a bill aimed at reducing penalties for the personal possession of small amounts of marijuana.
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A grey-haired woman in her early 60s daintily lifts small trays topped with different varieties of marijuana to her nose, sniffing each of them carefully.

"Which one would you recommend for someone with medical issues?" she asks salesman Paul Monot, co-founder of the DrGreen shop in western Switzerland.
Posters of bright green cannabis plants advertise its wares, which, like those sold openly in a growing number of shops across Switzerland, are completely legal.
There is a catch however: They won't make you high.
"There is no psychotropic effect of our weed," says Monot, at his store in

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks to keep his word on legalizing marijuana with a plan now set in place.

The Canadian government on Thursday introduced legislation to legalize the recreational use of marijuana throughout the country, reports the New York Times.
The bill, known as “An Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts,” would set a minimum age limit of 18, although each province would be free to set their own limit above that age.

OTTAWA — Fulfilling a campaign pledge, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced legislation on Thursday to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Canada.Many nations have either decriminalized marijuana, allowed it to be prescribed medically or effectively stopped enforcing laws against it. But when Mr.

OTTAWA The Canadian government introduced legislation on Thursday that put the country on track to make recreational marijuana use legal by July 2018, with plans to regulate production but leave the oversight of retail sales up to the provinces.


The legislation put forward by the ruling Liberal party, which made legalizing recreational marijuana part of its successful 2015 election campaign, would set the minimum legal age for use and purchase at 18, though provinces would be able to raise it.

(Reporting by Leah Schnurr and David Ljunggren)

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The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will unveil legislation Thursday to fully legalize recreational marijuana use, making Canada only the second country to do so, after Uruguay.

Its legalization and regulation would follow in 2018, in time for Canada's national day on July 1.
The country's ministers of health, justice, public safety and national revenue, as well as a former-cop-turned-MP who spearheaded the initiative, will make the announcement.
The stated aim is to reduce policing and prosecutions, and keep it out of the hands of children.
Canadian political leaders have also decried the current anti-drug regime as a