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Article by Catherine Cullen, CBC News When it comes to crafting Canada’s plans to legalize marijuana, there’s one group that seems to have a lot to say: young men who use pot. That’s who responded to the government’s online consultation in droves, according to the vice-chair of Canada’s marijuana task force, Dr. Mark Ware. He broke down the numbers as part of his talk ...

Article by Tom Angell, Marijuana.com As the presidential race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump tightens, Clinton’s campaign has made a concerted effort to win the support of millennials. While Democrats might like to take young people’s votes for granted, polling shows that they shouldn’t. A Quinnipiac survey released last week shows that just 31 percent of likely voters between ...

Article by Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian Popular names, such as Girl Scout Cookies and Charlotte’s Web, won’t be allowed on the labeling and packaging of medical and recreational marijuana in Oregon under rules approved by the state Friday. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission said it had reviewed about 500 marijuana strain names and identified about 20 that may appeal to ...

Article by Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed a series of bills preparing California for a new era of  marijuana regulation, including one launching a study of the effects of cannabis on motor skills. Brown also approved measures preserving small medical marijuana growing operations from bigger competitors and allowing cannabis dispensaries to pay taxes and ...

Article by Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post via The Denver Post New details released by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department last weekend indicated that suspected marijuana use was a key factor in police officers’ decision to approach Keith Lamont Scott in a confrontation that turned fatal. Plainclothes officers were sitting in an unmarked car waiting to serve a warrant in an ...

Article by Kasia Gregorczyk and J.R. Oppenheim, KOB4 State lawmakers will be arriving in Santa Fe Friday for a much-anticipated special session, where they will try to hammer out a solution to the state’s budget crisis and possibly talk about reinstating the death penalty.  … One House representative has an idea for how to being revenue to state. To combat ...

Article by Steven Nelson, US News Congress has offered the public an unusual civics lesson: A piece of legislation can pass both houses of Congress and never reach the president’s desk – and veterans seeking easier access to medical marijuana aren’t amused. The House and Senate in quick succession passed a spending package Wednesday that will keep the government fully ...

Article by Stephanie Ip, Vancouver Sun Three people were arrested and released on Thursday as RCMP investigate a Surrey marijuana dispensary. Around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Surrey RCMP officers executed a search warrant on Da Kine Glass and Gifts at 10330 152nd St. in Guildford, according to the shop’s owner. Officers had been stationed outside the shop for about 24 hours awaiting ...

Article by Jacquie Miller, Ottawa Citizen Ottawa police are looking for two suspects after a marijuana dispensary was robbed on Rideau Street. Two men entered the store just as it was closing around 11:35 p.m. on Sept. 6, and pushed a female clerk to the ground and assaulted her, alleged police in a statement Thursday. Police said the men confined the ...

Article by Niagara This Week Britney Spears experimented with cannabis when she was 17. The 34-year-old singer admits she smoked the drug during her teenage years and while she no longer does it, she still gets “contact high” by inhaling the fumes from fans who smoke marijuana at her Las Vegas residency show. Speaking on the ‘Jonathan Ross Show’, she ...