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  1. Katelyn Baker

    CBD Oil Is Shaking Up The Medical Cannabis Industry

    Corinne Malanca credits CBD oil with saving her father's life. Five years ago, Stan Rutner underwent chemotherapy for Stage 4 lung cancer. After treatment, an inoperable brain tumor was found and he fell sick with pneumonia caused by his radiation treatments. Thinking Rutner only had weeks...
  2. Katelyn Baker

    High Stakes - Maine's Pot Initiative Differs From Other States' In Key Ways

    In planning a framework to allow recreational marijuana sales in Maine, the authors of Question 1 looked to Colorado for inspiration. That state's law is now two years old, and there's a baseline of information that can be gleaned from the experiment. Some of it has been copied into Maine's...
  3. Katelyn Baker

    OR: Dispensary Owner Says Federal Banking Rules Make Pot Shops Robbery Targets

    Portland, Ore. - The owner of a marijuana dispensary in Northeast Portland says federal banking rules are partly to blame for the takeover robbery at his store Sunday night. Even though pot is legal in Oregon and Washington, banks will not accept money from marijuana businesses, meaning all...
  4. Katelyn Baker

    CA: Clovis City Council Adopts Amendment On Recreational Marijuana

    Once again voters will be left with a decision to make this fall. Whether to make recreational marijuana legal in California. "This November there is an item on the ballot and based upon early polling information it looks like many Californian's are going to be supporting recreational...
  5. Katelyn Baker

    MO: Deadline Nears On Fate Of Medical Marijuana Measure

    Jefferson City, Mo. - A Cole County judge's decision is expected any day on a proposed medical marijuana ballot measure. Tom Mundell with the Missouri Association of Veterans Organizations hopes the judge will overturn more than 2,200 petition signatures gathered that have been considered...
  6. Katelyn Baker

    MO: Deadline Nears On Fate Of Medical Marijuana Measure

    Jefferson City, Mo. - A Cole County judge's decision is expected any day on a proposed medical marijuana ballot measure. Tom Mundell with the Missouri Association of Veterans Organizations hopes the judge will overturn more than 2,200 petition signatures gathered that have been considered...
  7. Katelyn Baker

    CA: Bay Area Medical Marijuana Dispensary Eyes Hanford For Large Cultivation Facility

    Hanford, Calif. - It's been more than a decade since Pirelli tire factory in south Hanford closed. The property has changed hands since then, and there are still a couple of tenants in the warehouse. But an Oakland-based medical marijuana company says they want to rejuvenate the 900,000...
  8. Katelyn Baker

    CA: Bay Area Medical Marijuana Dispensary Eyes Hanford For Large Cultivation Facility

    Hanford, Calif. - It's been more than a decade since Pirelli tire factory in south Hanford closed. The property has changed hands since then, and there are still a couple of tenants in the warehouse. But an Oakland-based medical marijuana company says they want to rejuvenate the 900,000...
  9. Katelyn Baker

    How Backyard Pot Farming Is Helping Kids With Autism

    Karlee lives in a quiet town in southeastern Washington. Last year, she put in a new cedar fence around her home. The fence is 6 feet tall, and behind it Karlee grows tomatoes, zucchini, and marijuana. As it matures, the sweet smell of pot starts to waft into the neighborhood. This is Karlee's...
  10. Katelyn Baker

    How Backyard Pot Farming Is Helping Kids With Autism

    Karlee lives in a quiet town in southeastern Washington. Last year, she put in a new cedar fence around her home. The fence is 6 feet tall, and behind it Karlee grows tomatoes, zucchini, and marijuana. As it matures, the sweet smell of pot starts to waft into the neighborhood. This is Karlee's...
  11. Katelyn Baker

    Colombia's Clandestine Cannabis Growers Keen To Come Out Of The Shadows

    hen night falls on this south-central Colombian town, the hills above light up like a Christmas tree. Clusters of white lights glow in the darkness, marking the crops that have made Corinto synonymous with Colombian marijuana. Half of all Colombia's cannabis production is concentrated in the...
  12. Katelyn Baker

    MT: Lung Cancer Patient Fighting Legal Battle Over Medical Marijuana

    Great Falls - A Montana non-profit has filed a complaint which could temporarily stop the state government from enforcing a new medical marijuana law, and for some members of the group, they say this is more than just a political issue. For them, it's a matter of life or death. Melody Brown...
  13. Katelyn Baker

    MT: Lung Cancer Patient Fighting Legal Battle Over Medical Marijuana

    Great Falls - A Montana non-profit has filed a complaint which could temporarily stop the state government from enforcing a new medical marijuana law, and for some members of the group, they say this is more than just a political issue. For them, it's a matter of life or death. Melody Brown...
  14. Katelyn Baker

    AB: Milk River Approves Rezoning For Proposed Medical Marijuana Facility

    A small southern Alberta town could soon be home to a medical marijuana grow operation. The Green Living Agriculture Company approached the community of Milk River months ago about its proposal to build a facility on the north end of town adjacent to the town's water reservoir. On Monday...
  15. Katelyn Baker

    AB: Milk River Approves Rezoning For Proposed Medical Marijuana Facility

    A small southern Alberta town could soon be home to a medical marijuana grow operation. The Green Living Agriculture Company approached the community of Milk River months ago about its proposal to build a facility on the north end of town adjacent to the town's water reservoir. On Monday...
  16. Katelyn Baker

    Kentucky Ag Commissioner Objects To USDA Rules On Industrial Hemp

    Kentucky's Agriculture Commissioner is asking the federal government to reconsider its latest set of rules regarding industrial hemp. Last month, Ryan Quarles said he would be reviewing the U.S, Department of Agriculture's 'Statement of Principles' to see how it relates to Kentucky's own...
  17. Katelyn Baker

    NZ: Hemp Suffers From Marijuana Stigma

    DJ "Mack" McIntosh has spent the best part of the last 17 years lobbying New Zealand politicians and bureaucrats for the right to grow industrial hemp in this country. As chairman of the New Zealand Hemp Industries Association, he believes the industry has largely succeeded in that battle but...
  18. Katelyn Baker

    California Marijuana Legalization Initiative Is A 'Thoughtful Measure,' Says Newsom

    It's expected that in November, California voters will pass Proposition 64, an initiative that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in the state. The political reality is that with such heavyweight actors as Woody Harrelson sitting on the advisory board of policy groups like the...
  19. Katelyn Baker

    Vermont Lawmakers Brace For Marijuana Legalization In Nearby States

    You can be sure Vermont lawmakers will continue their debate on marijuana come January. "Whether or not it should be legalized, as well as medical marijuana and if it should expand or not," says Sen. Dick Sears, (D) Bennington. But there's also the question of what happens if neighboring...
  20. Katelyn Baker

    Looking At The Effects Of Medical Marijuana

    In the two decades since California became the first state to approve a medical marijuana program, similar laws have spread across the country like, well, a weed. People with certain medical conditions - ranging from chronic pain to glaucoma to multiple sclerosis - now can use marijuana in 25...
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