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DENVER – A proposal set to be introduced next week would require schools to allow students to use some forms medical cannabis or risk losing state funding from marijuana taxes. Read more »

The Oregon House overwhelmingly passed House Bill 4094 that protects Oregon banks who provide financial services to state-regulated marijuana businesses. The bill initially passed the House on February 16, but it was amended in the Senate when it passed there 18-6 on February 26th, so today the House voted 55-4 to concur with the Senate Amendments. […]

Last week the Vermont Senate approved a bill that would legalize marijuana for recreational use in that state, authorizing the licensing and regulation of commercial producers and retailers. If the state House of Representatives follows suit, Vermont will be the first state to legalize marijuana through the legislature rather than the voting booth. Gov. Peter Shumlin, […]

Without proper controls, California’s marijuana industry could rival “Big Tobacco” as a threat to public health, warns an academic analysis of two ballot measures to legalize the drug. Read more »