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Published: Aug 9, 2017, 3:24 pm • Updated: Aug 9, 2017, 3:24 pm By John Frank, The Denver Post BOSTON — A leading Colorado lawmaker dismissed a recent letter from Attorney General Jeff Sessions that expressed concerns about the state’s …

Published: Aug 7, 2017, 7:25 pm • Updated: Aug 7, 2017, 7:37 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ marijuana-related missive to Oregon’s top official zeroed in on state police findings that cannabis legalization did little …

Last month, the Alaska Marijuana Control Board brought three proposals to the legislative table that would allow marijuana consumption inside retail pot stores. Not unlike the initiative to permit cannabis cafes in Denver (which has struggled due to over-regulation), these measures are …

Alaska legalized marijuana for recreational use in 2015, but until this year, consumers found it difficult to get their hands on any merchandise. Now that the supply issue has been addressed, the problem for Alaskan lawmakers is where exactly satisfied …

At least six of Alaska’s recreational marijuana dispensaries have had their Facebook pages shut down in the past month, and the Last Frontier’s cannabis providers are pissed.  According to the Alaska Dispatch News, the Facebook pages of Arctic Herbery, Enlighten …

The Alaska Marijuana Control Board is set to consider three different proposals that would allow individuals to consume cannabis products in retail stores. Local canna-business leaders have lobbied for onsite consumption, arguing that creating a legal area for public consumption …

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein admitted to the Senate Appropriations committee earlier this week that the United States could see some changes in the way the Justice Department deals with enforcement issues in areas of legal marijuana. On Tuesday, Senator …

If you’ve ever been to a nightclub and wondered what those giant security dudes do during the daylight hours, it’s a pretty good chance that they’re the same cops tasked to protect and serve your community. Despite the dangers of the job, police officers are still government employees, and often rely on second jobs to make ends meet.

The nation is slowly, but surely turning ganja green.

As of now, Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Oregon are all part of the growing list of states leading the legalization campaign. But Illinois may also be getting in on the fun, and you have two Democrats (of course) to thank for paving the groundwork to make it happen.

In Illinois, Senator Heather Steans and Representative Kelly Cassidy are putting in the work to get the ball rolling by introducing a bill to legalize marijuana (Senate Bill 316 and House Bill 2353).

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