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Marijuana May Be the Next Big Growth Sector in the U.S. Stock Market
Marijuana May Be The Next Big Growth Sector In The U.S. Stock Market
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Rob Schmidt — page 15
Rob is proud to have voted for California Proposition 215 in 1996 and is now enjoying the fruits (or flowers) of the medical marijuana movement. He would happily give up alcohol in exchange for recreational cannabis and encourages people to read real peer-reviewed science and make informed decisions for themselves. We have only begun to understand the human endocannabinoid system.
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Ohioans Divided on Legalizing Marijuana
Ohio had an even split with 47 percent support legalizing marijuana and 47 percent opposing it in a Quinnipiac poll released this past week.
Piece of the Week | Pokemon Paraphernalia
Pokemon was created in 1996 by Nintendo and has become a pop culture phenomenon, time to check out some Pokemon paraphernalia.
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Don’t Eat Daddy’s Cookies: How to Talk to Your Kids About Pot
As moms and dads figure out how to negotiate marijuana’s transition from illegal drug to just another ho-hum way to unwind, TIME sought advice from experts on how to incorporate pot into parenting.
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Will National Legalized Marijuana Help or Hurt Big Pharma, Tobacco and Alcohol?
In a country desperate for tax revenue, and an aging population that grew up with marijuana as part of the landscape, the concept of national marijuana legalization is certainly not out of the question. If that is the case, does any sector have something to lose?
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Washington Medical Marijuana Dispenser’s Conviction Overturned
The drug-trafficking convictions of the man who operated Spokane’s first medical marijuana dispensary were reversed Tuesday in a state Appeals Court ruling that also appears to clear the way for commercial dispensaries to operate legally in Eastern Washington.
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Could Be Banned in Pittsburg California
The Pittsburg, California Planning Commission will consider a staff recommendation to ban medical marijuana dispensaries.
6-year-old California Boy’s Violent Seizures Dramatically Subside With Help of Liquid Marijuana
Child’s father said seizures were a daily nightmare for Jayden David before the medical marijuana treatment. But medical experts question risks of treating children with the drug.
Breaking the Taboo, Narrated by Morgan Freeman #BreakTheTaboo
Breaking the Taboo is a must-see documentary arguing to end the failed War on Drugs (#BreakTheTaboo)
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Washington State Bar Owner Tells Pot Smokers to Light Up
Washington state residents can legally smoke marijuana in the privacy of their living rooms as of Thursday. Bar owner Frank Schnarr suggests, area stoners have another option: grab a booth at Frankie's Sports Bar & Grill in Olympia and toke up there.
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End the War on Marijuana, NYPD
In New York City, NYPD marijuana arrests have persistently outnumbered arrests for any other crime in recent years.
Piece of the Week | Spine Pipes and Bongs
Using medical marijuana for your back pain? Medical advances may someday allow you to replace your spine, but until then you can remind yourself exactly why you use your medicine with a…
First Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensary Set to Open
Arizona's first legal medical marijuana dispensary is to open in Glendale two years after voters approved the use of the drug to treat certain health problems such as chronic pain and cancer.
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A History of Pot, From George Washington to Legalizing Ganja
The grass is no greener. But, finally, it's legal — at least somewhere in America. It's been a long, strange trip for marijuana.
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Ithaca Mayor: Legalize Marijuana in New York
Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick has called on New York lawmakers to allow medical marijuana and consider legalizing marijuana in general.
First Ounces Leave a New Jersey Medical Marijuana Dispensary
It was the opening of New Jersey’s first and so far only medical marijuana dispensary, in downtown Montclair, on Thursday.
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Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Bill to Be Considered in 2013 - Maybe
Over the last four years, two medical marijuana bills have sat in the Pennsylvania Legislature just waiting to come up for a vote. And they haven’t. Not once. But advocates hope next year will be different.
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$1.5B Worth of Marijuana Confiscated in Appalachia (Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia)
Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies confiscated more than $1.5 billion worth of marijuana this year in Appalachia, a region where widespread unemployment may be enticing some people to grow pot to support their families.