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Trulieve, the approved organization in northwest Florida, is set to open a dispensary in Tallahassee on Tuesday, one week after being given dispensing authorization by Florida’s health department.

On the eve of the Democratic National Convention’s opening, America’s cannabis caucus held a fundraiser that put the party on notice: The era of legalization and legitimacy has arrived.

For the sake of America’s future drug policy, we tried to pin down exactly how Hillary Clinton feels — officially, at least — about cannabis.

The legislature gave limited approval to MMJ in 2014, with many expecting it to be available early in 2015. The process, though, got bogged down by delays.

Apparently unconstitutional portions of Ohio’s MMJ law, which set aside a percentage of state business licenses for minorities, were spotted during debate but left in to gain needed votes, a key lawmaker says.

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s cannabis antipathy is evidenced in word, deed, and voting record. And that could cost her at the polls.

Medical use is up for discussion in Germany, while Italian officials will mull both medical and adult-use consumption.

Delegate Dan Morhaim said he wished he’d been more transparent about his business connection to the cannabis industry prior to championing MMJ legalization.

Regulators in both Oregon and Washington warn that any use of banned products could result in cannabis failing state-mandated lab tests.

It’s a huge step forward for a party that still officially refuses to acknowledge even the medicinal benefits of cannabis.