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On Sep 24, 2021
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Crain Communications Acquires Financial News Brand Green Market Report NEW YORK—Crain Communications has acquired Green Market Report, a digital media brand that covers financial …

@The420RadioShow shared
On Sep 22, 2021
Pennsylvania Medical Cannabis Patients Could Be Protected Against DUIs https://t.co/Bs3sAY92cX
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Pennsylvania Medical Cannabis Patients Could Be Protected Against DUIs

Pennsylvania Medical Cannabis Patients Could Be Protected Against DUIs

Medical cannabis patients in Pennsylvania could gain protection from DUIs under this progressive new law. Legislators are backing it.

@MarijuanaPolicy shared
On Sep 28, 2021
A decline in cannabis related arrests is better than seeing an increase, but the amount of these arrests is still inexcusable. There is no reason to continue punishing adults for consuming a substance that is less harmful than alcohol. https://t.co/s4EetkwyYz
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Marijuana Arrests Dropped Sharply In 2020 As Both COVID And Legalization Spread, FBI Data Shows

Marijuana Arrests Dropped Sharply In 2020 As Both COVID And Legalization Spread, FBI Data Shows

Marijuana arrests declined significantly in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, newly released FBI data shows. There were 1,155,610 drug-related arrests overall last year, with cannabis ...

@Andrew_DeAngelo shared
On Sep 28, 2021
RT @ZoeWilder: .@Andrew_DeAngelo says: “...My experience is that the spirit of the Farm Bill is not to extract THC from [hemp].” @RollingStone @thisismaryjane_ https://t.co/NCsQQFxnpi
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How One Weed Company Is Skirting Marijuana Rules to Sell THC Products in All 50 States

How One Weed Company Is Skirting Marijuana Rules to Sell THC Products in All 50 States

Marijuana is federally illegal. But what if you could get high off hemp?

@ganjapreneur shared
On Sep 27, 2021
#Florida lawmakers questioned the state’s medical #cannabis program director last week about the multi-year delay in licensing at least one Black medical cannabis farmer, which was required under a 2017 law. https://t.co/DjsTCrzkSt
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Florida Senators Probe Delayed Licensing of Black Medical Cannabis Farmer

Florida Senators Probe Delayed Licensing of Black Medical Cannabis Farmer

Florida lawmakers questioned the state's medical cannabis program director last week about the multi-year delay in licensing a Black medical cannabis farmer.

@weedmaps shared
On Sep 28, 2021
RT @weedmapspolicy: “It used to put people in jail. Now it puts people to work.” If you want a metaphor for our changing nation, cannabis provides a good one. No issue or idea, industry or individual better exemplifies CHANGE. @BTHennessey of @weedmapspolicy explains... https://t.co/lnqESvdraX
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America is changing. Cannabis tells the story

America is changing. Cannabis tells the story

Nowhere is cannabis' promise greater — or the change it could forge as impactful — than in social equity, criminal justice, job creation and economic development.

@HIGH_TIMES_Mag shared
On Sep 22, 2021
Folks in the land of the thousand lakes are ready to end pot prohibition, but will reform come to #Finland anytime soon? https://t.co/78g65P7ocM
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Green Party in Finland Calls for End of Prohibition

Green Party in Finland Calls for End of Prohibition

The motion in Finland, carried by just two votes (183-181) has no official basis, but sets the tone for reform to move forwards.

@cannabis_times shared
On Sep 27, 2021
Greener pastures: Marijuana jobs are becoming a refuge for retail and restaurant workers https://t.co/8k0U0Isz18
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Greener pastures: Marijuana jobs are becoming a refuge for retail and restaurant workers

Greener pastures: Marijuana jobs are becoming a refuge for retail and restaurant workers

Marijuana dispensaries and cultivation facilities - deemed "essential" by many states at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis - became an early refuge for retail and restaurant workers ...