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Colorado bill making it a crime to grow recreational weed for others heads to gov’s desk

April 10, 2017 at 8:29 p.m.

Colorado is close to outlawing marijuana growing co-ops after the Senate unanimously passed a bill Monday making it a crime to cultivate recreational pot for others.

A view of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

44 in Congress support effort to keep DOJ handcuffed in medical cannabis states

December 7, 2017 at 5:38 p.m.

A bipartisan collection of nearly four-dozen U.S. House members want the feds to lay off enforcement in states with legalized medical marijuana.

Cannabis companies flock to Canada as US laws keep them off stock exchange

April 8, 2017 at 6:00 a.m.

While more than half of U.S. states allow marijuana for medical or recreational use, the drug is still outlawed by the federal government, starving pot entrepreneurs of institutional capital.

New law: Courts can’t force medical marijuana abstinence for users awaiting trial

April 7, 2017 at 11:14 p.m.

Marijuana use can't be banned while people await trial in Colorado, according to a new law signed by the governor Thursday.

Bay Area company gives free cannabis products to cancer patients

April 7, 2017 at 1:32 p.m.

Oakland-based Jetty Extracts has created a program that provides free cannabis oils to cancer patients and those in remission, as a way of giving back to the medical marijuana community.

Jeff Sessions has created a task force to review federal marijuana policies

April 7, 2017 at 11:47 p.m.

In a memo sent to the U.S. attorneys, Jeff Sessions indicated he created—a task force to evaluate marijuana policy as part of a larger review of crime reduction and public...

California police not down with Gov. Brown’s marijuana plan

April 6, 2017 at 3:05 p.m.

California law enforcement officials object to Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed plans for the state's marijuana rules, saying they could endanger public safety.

“Godfather of Grass” John Robert Boone deported from Canada

April 7, 2017 at 9:29 a.m.

A legendary outlaw known as the Godfather of Grass who disappeared almost a decade ago was deported from Canada on Wednesday.

Roger Stone, a longtime political adviser ...

Why you shouldn’t be surprised that Trump loyalist Roger Stone is a champion of legal marijuana

June 22, 2017 at 3:21 p.m.

Roger Stone caused a sensation last week when he wrote a blog post imploring the Trump administration not to interfere with marijuana legalization efforts.

Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke introduces federal bill to curb driver’s license suspensions for drug offenses

April 6, 2017 at 1:37 p.m.

Texas Democratic Rep. Beto O—Rourke has introduced a bill repealing a federal law encouraging states to suspend or revoke driver—s licenses of people convicted of drug offenses.

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