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Article by Daniel Oberhaus, Motherboard About five miles from Denver’s dispensary district, otherwise known as the Green Mile, sits a small, unassuming building on the western bank of the Platte River. If it weren’t for the barred windows and keypad door locks, it would be difficult to tell that anything remarkable was happening on the other side of the building’s ...

Article by Thor Benson, Salon On Election Day, my home state of California voted to legalize recreational cannabis, as did Massachusetts, Maine and Nevada. So the 2016 elections represented a substantial victory for the legalization movement, which has managed to pass referendums in seven states. With 57 percent of the country now supporting marijuana legalization, according to Pew, it seems likely there will be ...

Article by Valerie Bolden-Barrett, HR Dive Dive Brief: A woman is suing her healthcare provider, Spectrum Health Systems Inc., for revealing to her employer, Michigan-based Gentex Corp., that she uses medical marijuana, reports Business Insurance. The lawsuit, Lisa Richlich v. Spectrum Health Systems Inc., charges Spectrum with violating her privacy under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and forcing her ...

Article by The Cannabist Ponder these names: Chris Christie and Rudy Giuliani. Are these names more dangerous for the cannabis legalization movement than that of Donald Trump? “It’s certainly a reason to be concerned about a Trump administration,” Taylor West, deputy director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, said on this week’s Cannabist Show. “While Donald Trump has been sometimes ...

Article by John Evans, GrowStocks.ca Canopy Growth Corp climbed the entire month of October. Now that November is upon us, Canopy is starting to make that climb.  Seeing a 9.53% increase today and finishing up $0.79 to finish at $9.08 this may be a sign of continued growth to come. Canopy Growth Corporation, formerly Tweed Marijuana Inc., is a diversified cannabis ...

Article by Jacob Sullum, Reason.com Donald Trump’s defeat of Hillary Clinton was not the only big surprise produced by yesterday’s elections. Even those of us who were rooting for the nine marijuana initiatives on state ballots this year did not expect so many of them to pass. Yesterday voters made marijuana legal for recreational use in four states (California, Maine, ...

Article by Natalie Wolchover, Live Science Just as America’s stash of black-market Four Loko dwindles, a new form of intoxicating soda has risen like a phoenix from its ashes: pot-laced soda. But while Four Loko has been recalled amid reports of alcohol poisoning and accidental deaths, the worst side effect of overdoing it with marijuana soda might just be a ...

Article by Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Citizen A medical marijuana dispensary in Centretown was robbed Friday morning. No one was injured, said the police officers responding to a call from the Sylk Medy dispensary, on Gladstone Avenue near Bay Street. No other details were released, including how many robbers were involved or what they stole. The dispensary will close for the ...

Article by Elise McDonough, High Times Ganja is becoming decidedly more gourmet as a growing movement of young chefs infuses our favorite herb into medicated meals, high-end desserts, cocktails and even cheeses. With the restaurant industry looking to treat weed like wine, interest from culinary professionals is at an all-time high. Seeking to blaze a new trail in the world ...

Article by Times Colonist Dude, don’t even think of trying to peddle dope from a bicycle on the streets of Victoria. Victoria police spotted a man riding what appeared to be a marijuana delivery bike just before midnight on Nov. 3. Police allege the unidentified cyclist, whose silver vending cart reads 420 Delivery, was selling marijuana. Officers seized more than ...