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Report: Justice Department blocking cannabis research permits

The Department of Justice under Attorney General Jeff Sessions is forcing the Drug Enforcement Administration to backtrack on…

News August 16
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Judge invokes Rohrabacher-Farr in federal marijuana case

At a time when the Department of Justice is trying to get Congress to pull the plug on…

News August 15
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Utah medical marijuana campaign to start gathering signatures

A statewide campaign to legalize medical marijuana in Utah took another step toward making the 2018 ballot after backers…

News August 14

Ohio medical marijuana growers face licensing delay

Ohio regulators don’t expect to issue the state’s first medical marijuana cultivator licenses until around November, at least…

News August 11
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Week in Review: Nevada marijuana promotions, MMJ banking in Florida & Sessions’ letters

A Nevada regulator threatens crackdowns on marijuana promotions, a bank in Florida is openly working with MMJ businesses, and…

News August 11
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Panel: Feds unlikely to crack down on legal marijuana

Legal marijuana businesses shouldn’t be worried about a federal crackdown, a panel of experts from the legal, political…

News August 10
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Florida grants two more medical cannabis business licenses

Florida has approved two more business licenses for medical marijuana treatment centers, increasing to 11 the number of…

News August 10
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Legal, regulatory obstacles preventing Canadian ‘Big Cannabis’ from diving headfirst into U.S.

By Matt Lamers Canadian cannabis companies eyeing the U.S. medical and recreational marijuana markets are finding them fraught…

News August 10
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DEA seeks to reduce federal marijuana quotas for research

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration wants to reduce the amount of marijuana and other drugs it plans to…

News August 8
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National lawmakers group: Deschedule cannabis

The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has approved a resolution urging the federal government to take marijuana off the…

News August 8
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