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US cities cutting back on permitted cannabis businesses

Rapid City, South Dakota, might cut the number of medical cannabis dispensaries permitted in city limits from 10…

News November 14
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Will the cannabis tax revolt succeed?

Cannabis operators around the country are staging a tax revolt. Past history suggests it may not work out…

News November 14
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What happens if states ignore the federal hemp THC ban?

Even skeptics of hemp-derived THC think that hemp beverages are here to stay.

News November 13
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Hemp THC ‘prohibition’ looms as U.S. Senate closes 2018 Farm Bill ‘loophole’

In a rare win at the federal level for state-regulated legal cannabis, the Senate passed a de-facto ban…

News November 11
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President Trump backs hemp THC ban included in government reopening deal

A budget deal to reopen the government backed by President Trump would ban nearly all of the products…

News November 10
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Showdown over tribal cannabis brewing in Nebraska amid slow MMJ rollout

The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska and state officials are quarreling over who gets to say who can buy…

News November 7
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The real Farm Bill bait and switch: Dangerous ‘dope, not rope’

The hemp-derived THC public health crisis created by the Farm Bill must be halted by Congress.

News November 7
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Campaign to end Massachusetts cannabis legalization accused of dirty tricks

But if the allegations of misleading campaign tactics in Massachusetts campaign to recriminalize cannabis are true, they're protected…

News November 4
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Florida elections officials are sabotaging marijuana legalization, lawsuit claims

Florida elections officials are deliberately neglecting their official duties to sabotage a cannabis legalization effort.

News November 3
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Minnesota city plans to open government-run cannabis store

A Minnesota city appears poised to be the second in the U.S. to experiment with a government-run cannabis…

News October 31
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