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Article by Paul Elias and David Crary, Associated Press via ABC News From California, with its counterculture heritage, to the fishing ports and mill towns of Maine, millions of Americans in nine states have a chance to vote Nov. 8 on expanding legal access to marijuana. Collectively, the ballot measures amount to the closest the U.S. has come to a ...

Article by Lukas W, Herb Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced her views on the “gateway” argument in a speech at Kentucky University. With regards to heroin use, she explains that most addicts began using opioids rather than cannabis on their way to addiction. The speech highlights the dangers of opioids and how cannabis should not be blamed for creating heroin users. ...

Article by Jeff Mitchell,Ajax News Advertiser via DurhamRegion.com For the second time in a week police have raided an Oshawa marijuana dispensary and laid charges against individuals found on the premises. Officers executed a search warrant at the 420 Compassion Club on Simcoe Street South on Friday, Sept. 23, seizing more than 270 grams of marijuana and $2,085 in cash, ...

Article by Matt Ferner, The Huffington Post Police made fewer arrests for marijuana-related offenses last year than they have in any year since 1996, according to crime data the FBI released Monday. Still, authorities in the U.S. made 643,000 arrests for marijuana-related charges in 2015 ― or about one every 49 seconds. Charges related to the drug accounted for 5.9 percent ...

Article by Kyle Jaeger, ATTN Chelsea Clinton made a pretty bold assertion about the health risks of marijuana during a campaign event in Ohio on Saturday. The daughter of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton implied that multiple deaths in Colorado, where the substance is legal for medical and recreational purposes, could be attributed to pot. After she acknowledged that, “anecdotally,” ...

Article by Emily Gray Brosious, Extract “Mommy and daddy, what’s marijuana?” That’s a question parents in places like Oregon may be more likely to hear their children ask, now that the state has legalized marijuana for adults 21 and older. The drug’s increased availability and market visibility means more families are grappling with how to talk to their kids about marijuana, and ...

Article by Abbie Llewelyn, Volteface The Netherlands’ contradictory laws on cannabis could finally be resolved as, for the first time, the majority of MPs look to back a bill that would legalise government-regulated cannabis cultivation. It would allow coffee shops to buy from licenced cannabis growers and would implement quality control. Currently, licenced coffee shops can sell small amounts of ...

Article by Breanna Roycroft, Lift The Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) responded to the federal government’s Task Force on Marijuana Legalization and Regulation’s call for input through a public letter released on August 3rd, 2016. In it, they address the federal government’s five key themes and highlight what they see as concerns and opportunities moving forward. Overall, the AUMA’s input ...

Article by B. Fox, DOPE Magazine With a face famous for comedy, he has represented the world of cannabis with style. It is also true that Cheech Marin is an activist at heart. The dated stereotype of a lazy cannabis connoisseur is just that—a stereotype. Cheech proves that one can live the life of a legendary toker and attain many ...

Article by Eric MacKenzie, 24 Hours The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal may be tasked with deciding whether a medical marijuana user was discriminated against by a hotel that wouldn’t let him check in due to concerns over the smell of weed. A tribunal member ruled it can only be determined in a full hearing whether the Howard Johnson Hotel & ...