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Canada’s Pot Legislation to be Unveiled Thursday
April 10th, 2017 – Ottawa, Ontario – The federal government will table a bill to legalize recreational marijuana on Thursday that is expected to tightly control the ability of producers to market their products to the public, federal sources said. But key issues such as how to deal with drug-impaired driving have yet to be fully…
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New Jersey Bill to Legalize Industrial Hemp
New Jersey Bill to Legalize Industrial Hemp, Effectively Nullify Federal Ban, Passes Assembly Committee, 6-0 TRENTON, NJ. (Dec. 15, 2015) – Last week, a New Jersey Assembly committee passed a bill to authorize the farming, production, and sale of industrial hemp in the state. This bill would effectively nullify in practice the unconstitutional federal prohibition on…
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Ten Cannabis Companies Aim to Corner the Market
March 11, 2015 – A group of ten businesses in Ohio is aiming to not only legalize marijuana, but also corner the market on wholesale distribution of it — a disturbing turn of events with lessons for California reformers. If California’s warring factions of growers, dispensaries, and activists can’t stop fighting over the best way…
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The Marijuana Industry could be Bigger than the NFL by 2020
October 27th, 2014 – A report out from Greenwave Advisors, a “comprehensive research and financial analysis for the emerging legalized marijuana industry,” projects that legal cannabis could be an industry with revenues of $35 billion by 2020 if marijuana is legalized at the federal level. They note that this is a floor representing revenues in…
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DC, 3 states, and a US territory will vote on marijuana this year
August 7th, 2014 – This year, several more states will vote on whether marijuana should be legal for recreational and medical purposes. Given that more Americans favor legalization than ever, these ballot initiatives have a real chance of passing. Here are the statewide initiatives that will appear on ballots on November 4, listed in alphabetical…
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New York Times Editorial Board Calls For Legalization Of Marijuana
July 26th, 2014 – By THE EDITORIAL BOARD It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citizens became criminals and crime syndicates arose and flourished. It has been more than 40 years since Congress passed the current ban…
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New York Becomes the 23rd Medical Marijuana State!
July 7th, 2014 – On Saturday, July 5, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Compassionate Care Act into law, making New York the 23rd state with an effective medical marijuana law. The law goes into effect immediately, although patients are not expected to have legal protections or safe access to medical marijuana until 2016. The law’s…
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Hemp growers anticipate hurdles for fledgling industry
April 12, 2014 – Fields of tall hemp stalks won’t dominate Tennessee farms this summer, despite overwhelming support from state lawmakers last week to allow the plants to be grown legally. Both houses of the Tennessee General Assembly have passed bills decriminalizing the growth of industrial hemp, which has been defined as strains of cannabis…
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Bill to permit production of industrial hemp easily wins 1st-round approval in Nebraska Legislature
March 4th, 2014 – LINCOLN — Thirteen years ago, industrial hemp’s resemblance to marijuana sank legislation to legalize growing of hemp in Nebraska. On Tuesday, a bill to allow production and marketing of industrial hemp sailed through first-round debate in the Nebraska Legislature. Legislative Bill 1001, introduced by State Sen. Norm Wallman of Cortland, advanced…
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Third Annual ‘Hemp History Week’ Campaign is Biggest Yet
June 18, 2012 — June 4-10, 2012 marked the biggest and most celebrated Hemp History Week to date. The 3rd Annual Hemp History Week featured over 800 events in cities and towns throughout all fifty states, including 100 grassroots volunteer-led events; more than 700 retail promotions; a restaurant program; and a letter writing campaign that…