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  1. Ron Strider

    Marijuana With 'CBD' May Pose Less Risk To Long-Term Users

    Marijuana with relatively high levels of a compound called cannabidiol may be less risky to smoke over the long term, because this ingredient may counteract some of the drug's harmful effects, according to a new study in mice. The study found that adolescent mice injected with frequent doses...
  2. Ron Strider

    Marijuana Use Amongst Teens At 20 Year Low Despite Legalization

    One of the most common arguments against marijuana legalization is that it will lead to kids and teens smoking more pot and becoming drug addicts. Won't anyone think about the children! Well, actually it turns out legalization hasn't caused an increase in teens using marijuana. In fact, the...
  3. Ron Strider

    Canada's Top Marijuana Producer To Double Production

    Canada's biggest licensed producer of medical marijuana has bought land next to its greenhouse production site that will allow it to more than double the total volume of cannabis it can grow, its chief executive said on Thursday. Canopy Growth Corp's Tweed Farms Inc subsidiary expects to...
  4. Ron Strider

    OH: Riverside Council Considers Medical Marijuana Land Sale Tonight

    Riverside city council will consider selling three acres of real estate to a medical marijuana business at tonight's meeting. The proposal is to sell land at the Center of Flight to Farms of Riverside, LLC. In July, Riverside city council delayed a vote on whether to sell seven acres of...
  5. Ron Strider

    CA: Lawmakers Propose Allowing Marijuana Growers And Sellers To Work Alongside

    With the first marijuana licenses due to be issued in January, California lawmakers proposed Thursday that growers and sellers be able to group multiple permitted operations together. The change would allow a store that is licensed to sell marijuana for medical use to also sell pot for...
  6. Ron Strider

    Marijuana Advocates, Your Enemy Has A Name: Sam

    For those in the legalized marijuana business who fear a federal government crackdown on the issue, a guide to the approach of one strategy has arrived. The Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) released a report this month that highlights the group's issues with how states are — or, in their...
  7. Ron Strider

    VT: Gov. Scott Creates Marijuana Study Commission

    Gov. Phil Scott has created a commission to study legalized marijuana through an executive order after vetoing a marijuana legalization bill earlier this year. The governor's commission will focus on public health and safety issues, but will also consider the possibility of a taxed marijuana...
  8. Ron Strider

    TN: Majority Of Gubernatorial Candidates Mum On Marijuana Use

    Four of the seven top-tier gubernatorial candidates won't say whether they've recreationally smoked marijuana, according to a USA TODAY NETWORK-Tennessee survey. Among the seven candidates, only Knoxville entrepreneur Randy Boyd, a Republican, said he tried marijuana. "Randy says as a...
  9. Ron Strider

    Illinois Lawmakers Hear Testimony For Marijuana Legalization Proposals

    In a joint House-Senate committee hearing Sept. 6, Illinois lawmakers heard testimony from a variety of experts on bills to legalize recreational marijuana. Former Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division Director Lewis Koski testified before the committee on Colorado's experience with...
  10. Ron Strider

    Canada: Opposition Takes Government To Task For 'Rushed' Cannabis Groundwork

    Progressive Conservatives say the government of Brian Gallant is rushing preparations for the legalization of marijuana, and even the summer-long consultations with the public were inadequate. The party released its response Thursday to the recent cannabis report by a select legislature...
  11. Ron Strider

    WI: Onalaska Rep. Doyle "Not Quite There" On Marijuana, Despite Survey 82% In Favor

    If 82 percent of Onalaska state representative Steve Doyle's constituents really do believe pot should be legal for smoking, he would probably support it. But he's not convinced that the 82 percent who answered yes to the recreational marijuana question on a survey he sent out are...
  12. Ron Strider

    Brooklyn DA's Pledge To Reduce Marijuana Prosecutions Makes Little Difference

    In 2014, Brooklyn's new District Attorney Ken Thompson made national headlines when he said his office would decline to prosecute low-level marijuana cases, so long as the defendant had no serious criminal record and wasn't selling the drug. Noting that two-thirds of these misdemeanor cases...
  13. Ron Strider

    PA: Auditor General DePasquale - Legalize Marijuana To Boost Revenues And Create Jobs

    With Pennsylvania teetering on the edge of another budget cliff, it is immensely clear to me that we must get creative in finding long-term revenue solutions to prevent total financial collapse. Last month, as a short-term fix to the state's cash-flow woes, I cosigned a $750 million loan from...
  14. Ron Strider

    Teen Marijuana Use Falls To 20-Year Low, Defying Legalization Opponents' Predictions

    In 2016, rates of marijuana use among the nation's 12- to 17-year-olds dropped to their lowest level in more than two decades, according to federal survey data released this week. Last year, 6.5 percent of adolescents used marijuana on a monthly basis, according to the latest National Survey...
  15. Ron Strider

    What The Most Recent Polling Shows About Texas' Opinion On Marijuana

    On Wednesday, Texas issued its first medical marijuana license for a company aiming to help patients with a rare form of epilepsy. With more companies expecting medical marijuana licenses soon, how do Texans feel? According to a February 2017 poll conducted by the University of Texas and...
  16. Ron Strider

    NV: Panel Bans Marijuana Possession, Ads At Las Vegas Airport

    Recreational marijuana may be legal in Nevada, but add McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas to the list of places including casinos where pot is still banned. Clark County commissioners have banned marijuana possession and advertising at the airport in a vote Tuesday that raised the...
  17. Ron Strider

    Illinois Legislature Hears Pros, Cons On Marijuana Legalization

    Law enforcement officials and drug-policy experts have differing takes on whether Illinois should legalize general use of marijuana. A joint Senate-House committee took testimony Wednesday on legalization. The sponsors Sen. Heather Steans and Rep. Kelly Cassidy. The Chicago Democrats say...
  18. Ron Strider

    House Blocks Medical Marijuana Budget Amendment That Would Protect Patients

    The legal medical marijuana market took a major hit on Wednesday, after the U.S. House Rules Committee blocked an amendment for medical marijuana protections from the House's 2018 budget bill. In 2014 Congress passed the Hinchey-Rohrabacher Amendment, prohibiting the U.S. Department of...
  19. Ron Strider

    Legal Marijuana Is Not Staying Where It's Supposed To In The US

    In 2012, voters in the US states of Colorado and Washington approved ballot measures that legalized the recreational sale of marijuana. The US federal government responded to this legalization in 2013 through the "Cole Memo." The memo, written by then deputy attorney General James Cole explained...
  20. Ron Strider

    MA: Marijuana Czar Hopeful For On-Time Rollout Of Pot Sales

    When career business executive Steve Hoffman was appointed the state's marijuana czar last week, pot proponents reacted with immediate skepticism. Here was a 64-year-old suit who once worked for Mitt Romney at Bain & Co., had no cannabis industry experience, and had voted against legalizing the...
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