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“We have many responsibilities and not a lot of capacity,” the department’s director told Leafly. “We’re going to at least need to quadruple our team.”

Senators have agreed to vote on the Cannabis Act by June 7. Because it will take at least eight weeks to get the retail system going after the bill is passed, Canadians will have to wait until at least August to buy recreational cannabis.

Philly will no longer prosecute cannabis possession cases. Similar policies were recently enacted in Houston and Brooklyn.

Today’s announcement brought a wealth of specific information for Alberta’s would-be cannabis retailers.

As recently as last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government was insisting it was on track for legalization in July.

The advice columnist dishes good counsel to a medical cannabis patient; also, Rick Steves advises Congress, and Ben offers tips to Olympic snowboarders.

Is cannabis ‘marijuana’? The words used to describe hemp and marijuana are at the crux of a lawsuit challenging the DEA’s ban on CBD.

“I think this whole legalization stuff has to slow down,” said state Sen. Ronald Rice.

Republicans hailed the proposal, but Democrats warned that Arizona would be slapping heavy penalties on doctors who can already face sanctions from licensing boards.

“As sort of a good faith gesture on my behalf I’ll be releasing a limited number of nominees,” Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner said.