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Trump Signs Spending Bill; Medical Marijuana Protected Through September
Bruce Barcott - Published on March 23, 2018read moreThe president grudgingly signed the $1.3 trillion bill, effectively renewing critical Rohrabacher-Blumenauer MMJ protections.
Congressional Budget Deal Includes Medical Marijuana Protections
Bruce Barcott - Published on March 21, 2018read moreThe $1.3 trillion spending bill prevents the Justice Department from spending money to prosecute MMJ cases in legal states.
This Map Reveals California’s Hidden Prohibition Problem
Bruce Barcott - Published on March 21, 2018read moreA new report projects $3.7 billion in legal California cannabis sales in 2018. But local bans still shut millions of customers out of the regulated market.
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Death Penalty for Drugs? Trump Makes the Loser’s Choice in Opioid Fight
Bruce Barcott - Published on March 19, 2018read moreSeeking the death penalty for drug dealers is stupid, cruel, and dangerous. Trump thinks it works. The evidence says it doesn’t.
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Philadelphia DA Drops Cannabis Cases, Joining National Trend
Bruce Barcott - Published on February 16, 2018read morePhilly will no longer prosecute cannabis possession cases. Similar policies were recently enacted in Houston and Brooklyn.
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White House Official Resigns Over Cannabis Use 5 Years Ago
Bruce Barcott - Published on February 14, 2018read moreThe latest Trump official to resign apparently did so because he hit a joint in 2013. Seriously? That usually doesn’t trigger a clearance hold.
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Jim Carroll Tapped as Trump’s Drug Czar
Bruce Barcott - Published on February 9, 2018read moreNo, not the ‘Basketball Diaries’ Jim Carroll. This one is a Republican lawyer. And nobody knows much about him.
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Bernard Noble, Serving 13 Years for Two Joints, Granted Parole
Bruce Barcott - Published on February 8, 2018read moreArrested for bicycling while black, Noble became one of America’s most infamous cannabis prisoners. He’ll be free by this weekend.
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Trump Pressured Netanyahu to Stop Israeli Cannabis Exports, Reports Say
Bruce Barcott - Published on February 7, 2018read moreIsrael was to become the second nation, after Canada, to legally export cannabis. Prime Minister Netanyahu just put that on hold.
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Here’s what a gram of cannabis costs in cities around the world
Bruce Barcott - Published on January 30, 2018read moreThere are bargains to be found in Montevideo. Value shoppers, stay away from Tokyo.
