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New Marijuana Legalization Effort in Ohio?

Just a few months after a marijuana legalization ballot measure failed miserably in Ohio, it now seems as though there's competition for who's going to lead the next charge. The Marijuana Policy Project and a new bipartisan team of political power players in the state...

FL Lawmakers May Allow MMJ For Terminal Patients

Florida lawmakers have revived a bill to expand the state's CBD industry by allowing terminally ill patients to use full-strength medical cannabis, which would provide a boost for licensed businesses. The state's current law, passed in 2014, permits only allows...

RI Lawmakers to Propose MJ Legalization Bill

Lawmakers in Rhode Island plan to introduce bills this week that would legalize recreational marijuana in the nation’s smallest state. The bills, one slated for the state’s House of Representatives and the other in the Senate, are in response to a proposal last week...

Lack of Outreach Undermining Minnesota’s MMJ Program

One of Minnesota's two medical marijuana license holders estimated recently that under the state’s current list of approved conditions, there could be some 300,000 eligible patients in the state who simply don’t know about the program because of a lack of information...

Marley Natural Launches Cannabis Brand

Marley Natural, the company owned by the family of Bob Marley, will launch its branded cannabis products on Feb. 6, which would have been the reggae legend’s 71st birthday. The company's cannabis strains will go on sale in three dispensaries in the Los Angeles area,...

Facebook Shuts Down NJ Dispensary Pages

Where’s Sean Parker, the former president of Facebook, the billionaire behind a marijuana legalization effort in California, when you need him? Facebook shut down the pages of at least three medical marijuana dispensaries in New Jersey on Tuesday, and possibly a few...

Illinois MMJ Sales Surpass $1.2 Million in January

Medical marijuana sales in Illinois hit nearly $1.24 million in January, up around 20% from December sales, which were slightly more than $1 million, according to figures released by the state. A little more than $1.1 million of the sales total was attributable to...

Oregon marijuana store to open cannabis drive-thru

An Oregon cannabis store that just opened across the street from a hospital also plans to ad a drive-up window. Green Life Oregon opened in January, according to its website, across from Curry General Hospital in Gold Beach, Oregon. It wants to open the drive-up on...

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