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  • Colorado, Washington approve recreational marijuana use

    Colorado, Washington approve recreational marijuana use

    Voters in Colorado and Washington on Tuesday approved measures allowing adults to use marijuana for any purpose, NBC News projected, marking an historic turning point in the slow-growing acceptance of marijuana usage. In Massachusetts, voters also approved an initiative allowing people to use marijuana for medicinal purposes, NBC News projected. In Arkansas, a similar initiative failed, according to NBC News projections. In all, voters in six states were being asked to decide on a wide array of laws around legalizing [...]

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  • Colorado Legalizes Marijuana For Recreational Use

    Colorado Legalizes Marijuana For Recreational Use

    The Rocky Mountain High just got a whole lot higher. On Tuesday night, Amendment 64 — the measure seeking the legalization of marijuana for recreational use by adults — was passed by Colorado voters, making Colorado the first state to end marijuana prohibition in the United States. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a vocal opponent to the measure, reacted to the passage of A64 in a statement late Tuesday night: The voters have spoken and we have to respect their will. [...]

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  • Cannabis stops the pain

    Cannabis stops the pain

    Ann Vernon would like to understand one thing about the lawmakers who oppose the medical use of cannabis. “I think you would have to be pretty heartless if you’re faced with these absolutely desperate people . . . and they say this [cannabis] helps and you turn them down? I don’t know.” It is a question Ms Vernon, who sufferers from chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder, asks herself often. The most recent occasion was last week when she was [...]

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  • Authorities: Marijuana growers using solar power

    Authorities: Marijuana growers using solar power

    Illegal marijuana growers are increasingly using solar power to operate large-scale operations in an attempt to remain off the grid and avoid detection from law enforcement agents, authorities said. In isolated regions of the country, law enforcement agencies say they are finding more growers going green and trying to be self-sufficient by drawing power directly from the sun. New Mexico State Police recently busted up a marijuana operation around the Four Corners region that used solar panels to pump water. [...]

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  • Marijuana’s Top Lobbyist Told Us Why There Will Be Several Viable Legalization Bills Next Year In Congress

    Marijuana’s Top Lobbyist Told Us Why There Will Be Several Viable Legalization Bills Next Year In Congress

    On election day Colorado and Washington legalized marijuana, becoming the first states in the entire world to do so.Allen St. Pierre is the Executive Director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), the main marijuana use advocacy group in the United States. NORML is the lobbyist, Political Action Committee, and electoral powerhouse behind medical marijuana laws, decriminalization laws, and now legalization. Needless to say, he’s ecstatic about the results. “A major corner has been turned in [...]

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  • How to invest in legalized marijuana?

    How to invest in legalized marijuana?

    Mark Twain is said to have remarked that a gold rush is a good time to be in the pick and shovel business. Investors may be able to apply that same bit of wisdom to the growing number of U.S. states that have legalized pot.   Although federal law prohibits the sale or possession of marijuana, Massachusetts last week joined the ranks of states — 18 plus Washington, D.C. — that allow its use for people suffering from chronic illnesses [...]

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  • Medical marijuana law passes in Massachusetts

    Medical marijuana law passes in Massachusetts

    Massachusetts’ voters have approved a measure to legalize medical marijuana. CBS Boston reports the measure is projected to pass with 63 percent in favor and 37 percent against, with 94 percent of precincts reporting as of 10:45 a.m. ET Wednesday morning. That makes Massachusetts the 18th state in the country in addition to Washington D.C. to permit medical marijuana’s use. Medical marijuana: 18 states that permit pot Known as Question 3, the measure was proposed by petition, and called patients [...]

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  • 4 East Coast States are Making Moves to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

    4 East Coast States are Making Moves to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

    In the next few months cannabis legalization measures will be going into effect in Washington state and Colorado, and already prosecutors all over both states are dropping charges against cannabis users. Now, just weeks after those measures were voted on out west, there are a few states on the east coast that are now following suit and making moves to get the beneficial plant legalized in their area. According to Reason: “State legislators in Rhode Island and Maine will announce [...]

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  • Marijuana law introduced to Uruguay congress

    Marijuana law introduced to Uruguay congress

    MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay came one step closer to turning the government into the country’s leading pot dealer on Thursday, as lawmakers formally introduced to Congress a framework for regulating the production, sale and consumption of marijuana. The proposal is much more liberal than what Uruguay’s government initially proposed months ago, when President Jose Mujica said only the government would be allowed to sell pot. The draft law would instead create a National Cannabis Institute with the power to [...]

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