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Unlike Biden and Trump, Kamala Harris Has Repeatedly Supported Pot Legalization

The presumptive Democratic nominee has a more liberal drug policy record than both the president and the Republican presidential nominee.

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The DOOBIE Act Would Limit Government Discrimination Against People Who Have Smoked Weed

Under the law, the feds couldn't deny you a job or security clearance just because you've used marijuana in the past.

Reason

The DOJ Claims Medical Marijuana Patients Who Own Guns 'Endanger the Public in Multiple Ways'

Defending the federal ban on gun possession by drug users, the government's lawyers seem increasingly desperate.

Reason

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NTSB Urges Parents To Warn Teens About Marijuana-Impaired Driving

NTSB urges parents to educate young drivers on risks of marijuana-impaired driving after tragic crash. States advised to enhance awareness and enforcement.

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After crash that killed 6 teens, NTSB chief says people underestimate marijuana's impact on drivers

A horrific crash that killed six high school girls in Oklahoma two years ago has the head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board urging parents to warn teenagers about the risk of driving after using marijuana

The Independent UK

How Immigration Law Magnifies the Injustice Inflicted by the War on Drugs

Every year, thousands of U.S. residents are deported for drug-related activity, including minor offenses and conduct that states have legalized.

Reason

Wiz Khalifa Charged With Drug Possession At Music Festival.

Wiz Khalifa faces drug possession charges in Romania for using marijuana on stage, possessing over 18 grams of cannabis. Despite legal consequences, he rem...

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Florida Republicans join forces with hemp industry to prevent marijuana legalization in the state

Voters will determine in November whether recreational marijuana is legalized in Florida

Latin Times

Congress 'Can Regulate Virtually Anything'

How legislators learned to stop worrying about the constitutionality of federal drug and gun laws by abusing the Commerce Clause

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Group files petitions to put recreational marijuana on North Dakota's November ballot

Organizers of a proposed ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota have submitted petitions

The Independent UK

Cannabis advocates in Thailand protest a proposal to ban its general use once again

Two years after marijuana was decriminalized in Thailand, nearly a hundred of its advocates marched to the prime minister’s office to protest a possible ban on general use

The Independent UK

Detailing the 'Real Problem With Legal Weed,' a Critic Grossly Exaggerates the Prevalence of Pot Addiction

The Manhattan Institute's Charles Fain Lehman misleadingly equates a survey's measure of "cannabis use disorder" with "compulsive" consumption that causes "health and social problems."

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Republicans use cannabis smell complaints as ‘excuse’ to oppose legalization, advocates say

Norml argues lawmakers exaggerate scent complaints to support policies banning public use of marijuana

The Guardian - US

Marijuana conviction in Maryland? Maybe there's a job for you

Maryland is looking to help people with a history of marijuana-related offenses to get jobs in the state’s legal cannabis industry

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Kentucky to open applications for the state's medical marijuana business

Kentucky will start taking applications Monday to sell, process or grow medical marijuana for the state program launching at the beginning of 2025

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Brazil's Supreme Court Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession For Personal Use

Brazil's Supreme Court decriminalizes personal marijuana possession, aligning with regional drug policy shifts.

International Business Times

Brazil's Top Court Votes To Decriminalize Personal Weed Use

Brazil's Supreme Court said Tuesday a majority of judges had voted to decriminalize possession of marijuana for personal use, after a lengthy and divisive trial.

The Independent UK

Brazil’s top court likely to decriminalise possession of marijuana for personal use

Decision could reduce country’s massive prison population

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Does Weed Cause Strokes and Heart Attacks?

A widely cited study commits so many egregious statistical errors that it's a poster child for junk science.

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Baby boomers are abusing marijuana at a higher rate as more Medicare beneficiaries turn to cannabis with ‘little other safe choices for pain or sleep’

People are living longer and looking for ways to ease the symptoms of aging, according to a medical marijuana expert.

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Former Panthers CB released from Jets after arrest for marijuana possession

Former Panthers CB Tae Hayes was released from the Jets after his arrest early Sunday morning.

Reason

The Government Caused New York's Legal Pot 'Disaster'

The state has thousands of unauthorized shops but fewer than 200 licensed marijuana sellers.

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Maryland Leads Effort To Pardon Marijuana Convictions

Maryland's mass pardons for marijuana convictions reflect a national trend towards rectifying drug war consequences.

The Independent UK

With pardons in Maryland, 2.5 million Americans will have marijuana convictions cleared or forgiven

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is pardoning 175,000 people with cannabis convictions

The Independent UK

Florida medical marijuana patients get an unexpected email praising DeSantis

Medical marijuana patients and advocates are upset that the Florida Department of Health emailed its patient registry to praise Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis for signing the state budget

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