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Article by CBS WESH 2 News. Preparing to again try to defeat a medical-marijuana ballot initiative, the Drug Free Florida Committee received an $800,000 contribution this month from the Carol Jenkins Barnett Family Trust, a newly filed financial disclosure shows. Carol Jenkins Barnett is the daughter of Publix Super Markets founder George Jenkins. The trust also contributed $540,000 in 2014 ...

Article by Mike Smee, CBC News Marijuana bars that sell pot rather than alcohol should be licensed to operate in Toronto, a city councillor’s forum on marijuana distribution heard Monday. Coun. Jim Karygiannis, who represents Ward 39 Scarborough-Agincourt, called the meeting to give frustrated medical marijuana distributors and their supporters a chance to air their thoughts, after controversial police raids in ...

Article by Kim Janssen, Chicago Tribune Smoke ’em up! That was the unexpected message for thousands of budding entrepreneurs who paid to come to Chicago’s McCormick Place on Tuesday morning hoping to hear business tips from laid-back British billionaire Sir Richard Branson. The 66-year-old Virgin Group founder mixed in some unorthodox parenting advice for entrepreneurs about raising their children along ...

Article by Miranda Green, News Channel 5 The Democratic Party is poised to put marijuana on its party platform for the first time in history and pro-legalization groups and some members of Congress are overjoyed. … The party plank language is broader than many advocates would like, though. Many argue that re-scheduling marijuana or taking it off of the Controlled ...

Article by Ivan Moreno, The Assosiated Press via The Herald News Gov. Bruce Rauner is working with the Illinois State Police on how to handle a proposal to make marijuana possession in small amounts punishable only with fines under a bill he appears poised to sign. The legislation, which also sets a standard for what’s considered too high to drive, ...

Article by Marc Emery, The Gorgia Straight How did someone who has called marijuana a “scourge”, who has obstructed access to medical marijuana to sick and dying Canadians in pain, who has dismissed marijuana users as “stupid”, and who works for a law firm that wants to see its clients get a monopoly on legal weed, ever get to chair a task ...

Article by Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times An initiative that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in California officially took its place on the Nov. 8 ballot on Tuesday as its campaign took a commanding lead in fundraising to battle the measure’s opponents. The Secretary of State’s Office certified that a random sample showed sufficient signatures among the 600,000 turned in to ...

Article by Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian Here’s the thing: When you’re writing about pot-infused products aimed at making sex more fun, there’s going to be nervous laughter and possibly blushing. There will be awkward pauses, and maybe a few too many “ums,” as the mind searches for the right words. Or maybe that was just me. During the past year ...

Article by April M. Short, AlterNet Weed, pot, ganja, bud, herb, grass, green, dank, Cali, Dutchie, hippie lettuce, Mary Jane. That sticky-icky-icky herb goes by many different names, but the most common is of course, “marijuana.” Why is that, when the plant’s official Latin name is actually “cannabis?” In a recent article in The Stranger, Tobias Coughlin-Bogue breaks down the complicated and troubling ...

Article by John Hanc, New York Times On Pecos Street in the Lower Highlands section, known as LoHi, Avanti Food & Beverage has transformed an old 11,000-square-foot factory and auto repair shop into a sort of food court for the Uber generation. Seated cafeteria-style in the main dining area one recent night, a young crowd, many in hoodies and yoga ...