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As of 2019, legal cannabis has created 211,000 full-time jobs in America
Bruce Barcott - Published on March 4, 2019Read moreAn estimated 64,000 jobs were added in 2018, making cannabis the nation’s fastest-growing industry. Download Leafly’s report and state-by-state analysis.
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Legal Hemp Is Not Safe on American Highways
April M. Short - Published on March 4, 2019Read moreConflicting federal and state laws mean police are seizing products that can’t get anyone high.
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‘I Tried the Edible That Made a Toronto Officer Freak Out’
Leafly Canada Staff - Published on March 4, 2019Read moreThe experience underscores how cannabis can affect people in vastly different ways.
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Liberal Hawaii Decides Again Not to Legalize Cannabis
The Associated Press - Published on March 1, 2019Read moreA legalization effort fizzled as leaders worried about contradicting federal law and jeopardizing Hawaii’s existing medical marijuana program.
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The Roll-Up #75: California Is Running Out of Weed
Leafly Podcasts - Published on March 1, 2019Read moreFarmers in the Golden State have licenses that are about to expire. No farmer, no crop. No crop, no cannabis. Uh-oh.
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The US Surgeon General Just Tweeted WHAT About Cannabis?
Chris Roberts - Published on March 1, 2019Read moreUS Surgeon General Jerome Adams recently used his official Twitter account to make a startling claim about cannabis. It wasn’t the first time.
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Is the ‘World’s First THC Breathalyzer’ a Breakthrough or Vaporware?
Max Savage Levenson - Published on March 1, 2019Read moreThe unit’s maker announces positive tests, but has yet to allow anyone else to demo the device.
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The Latest Cannabis Bill in Congress Would Do More Than Just Legalize
Leafly Staff - Published on February 28, 2019Read moreA new cannabis legalization bill already has the support of leading 2020 presidential challengers.
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Cannabis Advocates Wary as Colorado Mulls E-Cig Limits
The Associated Press - Published on February 27, 2019Read moreAdvocates are concerned expanding the law would unintentionally impact patients who are vaping medical cannabis — for example, in apartments where vaping bans could be adopted.
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Joe Biden’s Drug War Record Is So Much Worse Than You Think
David Bienenstock - Published on February 26, 2019Read moreHe cultivates a Cool Uncle Joe image, but Biden has been a chief architect of America’s drug war and mass incarceration crisis. And he still won’t legalize.
