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Public faith in marijuana outpaces medical research, study finds
Jul 26, 2018, 5:30 pm By Ian Haydon, Philadelphia Inquirer
Despite limited evidence, Americans have an increasingly positive view of the health benefits of marijuana. Nearly two-thirds believe pot can reduce pain, while close to half say it improves symptoms of anxiety, depression, epilepsy, and multiple sclerosis,…

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Felony charges to be dropped against San Diego pot attorney
Jul 26, 2018, 5:00 pm By The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Felony charges are expected to be dropped against an attorney representing marijuana businesses in a case that stood out because of the aggressive tactics employed by the San Diego district attorney. In an agreement signed Monday, the…

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Kern County voters to decide on sales tax increase, lifting marijuana ban
Jul 26, 2018, 4:30 pm By Sam Morgen, Bakersfield Californian
The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to put a sales tax increase and two measures regarding marijuana dispensaries before voters in unincorporated Kern County this November. The first measure will ask voters to raise the sales tax rate by 1 percent in the…

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U.S. Attorney won’t seek death against alleged pot traffickers accused of murder
Jul 25, 2018, 7:00 pm By Nate Gartrell, The Cannifornian
OAKLAND — The U.S. Attorney’s office in Northern California has officially taken the death penalty off the table for two men charged in a multi-state marijuana trafficking ring that authorities say involved multiple murder conspiracies. In a court document…

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Hemet may not ask voters to decide on marijuana, but a citizen’s measure will
Jul 25, 2018, 6:30 pm By Craig Shultz, The Cannifornian
Hemet City Council members are now unsure if they will put an initiative on the November ballot that would allow some cannabis businesses. They are pondering asking voters if they want to lift the ban on such businesses in an effort to counteract a…

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Planned Chicano art museum derided as ‘stoner art’ because of Cheech Marin connection
Jul 25, 2018, 6:00 pm By Ryan Hagen, The Cannifornian, Jeff Horseman, The Cannifornian
A Republican running for an Inland Assembly seat called a planned Riverside museum featuring Chicano art collected by comedian Cheech Marin a “stoner art museum,” though the museum has no connection to Marin’s past marijuana-themed humor. Bill Essayli…

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This is how much it will cost recreational marijuana businesses to open in Long Beach
Jul 25, 2018, 5:30 pm By Hayley Munguia, The Cannifornian
The Long Beach City Council on Tuesday unanimously plowed ahead with its efforts to regulate the city’s budding recreational marijuana industry, establishing how much businesses will pay to fund their own oversight. Under city law, the new industry’s…

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In Santa Cruz, nation’s oldest cannabis co-op still searching for new home
Jul 25, 2018, 5:00 pm By Nicholas Ibarra, The Cannifornian
It’s been seven months since the doors closed at the Wo/men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana, a storied nonprofit that is often credited with being the nation’s oldest cannabis collective. Founded in 1993, the cannabis collective counts hundreds of…

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Riverside councilman drops demand that planning commissioner quit after marijuana vote
Jul 25, 2018, 4:30 pm By Ryan Hagen, The Cannifornian
The Riverside City Council did not vote Tuesday on whether to remove the Planning Commission chairman after he refused to vote for a ban on most marijuana uses in the city, even though Councilman Steve Adams still says the commissioner is untrustworthy. Adams…

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San Bernardino County: Man shot, killed at illegal marijuana dispensary
Jul 25, 2018, 4:02 pm By Richard K. DeAtley, The Cannifornian
A 25-year-old Bloomington man was shot and killed at an illegal marijuana dispensary, authorities said Monday. San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies were sent to the 18000 block of Valley Boulevard in Bloomington late Saturday night after a shooting had…

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Santa Rosa girl who uses medical cannabis to treat seizures seeks admission to public schools
Jul 24, 2018, 6:30 pm By Nashelly Chavez, Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
A state judge will hear arguments this week on a decision by the Rincon Valley Elementary School District to bar a 5-year-old girl from taking cannabis-based medication onto campus with her, a case that highlights issues with state and federal rules…

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Analysis: Has the U.S. reached a ‘tipping point’ in marijuana legalization?
Jul 24, 2018, 6:00 pm By Daniel J. Mallinson and A. Lee Hannah, Special to the Washington Post
Has the U.S. reached the “tipping point” in marijuana legalization? That’s what one CNN commentator said happened last month when, on June 26, Oklahoma adopted medical marijuana through a ballot initiative — making it the 30th state to do so.…

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Sonoma pushes public vote on marijuana initiative back to 2020 ballot
Jul 24, 2018, 5:30 pm By Guy Kovner, Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
SONOMA — The Sonoma City Council postponed for two years a public vote on a citizen-initiated measure that would have allowed cannabis businesses in the town known for wine. The measure will not go before voters until November 2020 — two years later than…

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Chula Vista poised to place marijuana tax on November ballot
Jul 24, 2018, 5:00 pm By Gustavo Solis, San Diego Union Tribune
Chula Vista’s City Council is expected to vote Tuesday to place a marijuana tax measure on the November ballot. If approved by voters in November, the city could generate $6 million a year in tax revenues. If voters reject the measure, Chula Vista won’t…

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Invalid signatures could leave marijuana initiative off San Bernardino ballots
Jul 24, 2018, 4:30 pm By Brian Whitehead, The Cannifornian
A citizen-backed initiative to regulate and tax commercial marijuana in San Bernardino could be left off the November ballot for not having enough valid signatures. In June, a political action committee backed by cannabis activist and real estate developer…

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Outside Lands announces cannabis-focused ‘Grass Lands’ area for festival
Jul 24, 2018, 4:00 pm By Jim Harrington, The Cannifornian
Outside Lands, a trendsetting festival from the start, will introduce a cannabis-themed area for this year’s event, organizers announced Tuesday. It’s called, appropriately enough, “Grass Lands.” And it will join the festival’s many other popular…

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California’s exploding market for hemp CBD products rocked by sporadic crackdowns
Jul 24, 2018, 10:43 am By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian
The pink menus at Coffee Dose, a Costa Mesa coffee shop, list lattes infused with trendy ingredients such as tumeric powder and grass-fed butter. The menus also have several ingredients carefully hidden by lines of Wite-Out. But look closely enough and you can…

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Marijuana bills increasingly focus on social justice
Jul 23, 2018, 1:00 pm By Sophie Quinton, Stateline.org
WASHINGTON — State lawmakers and advocates pushing to legalize marijuana this year aren’t just touting legalization as a way to raise tax revenue and regulate an underground pot market. They’re also talking about fixing a broken criminal justice system…

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Sheriff: Dispute over marijuana fueled slaying of missing Cloverdale man
Jul 23, 2018, 12:30 pm By Kevin Fixler and Nashelly Chavez, Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
A marijuana deal gone bad fueled an escalating dispute between a Healdsburg man and the one-time business partner he is suspected of killing before burying his body deep beneath a pot patch west of town, according to Sonoma County sheriff’s officials. New…

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Councilman wants committee member ousted for not supporting marijuana ban
Jul 23, 2018, 12:00 pm By Ryan Hagen, The Cannifornian
Riverside City Councilman Steve Adams is demanding the removal of Planning Commission Chairman Maartin Rossouw after Rossouw refused to vote for a ban on most marijuana uses. Adams strongly supports the city’s ban on marijuana uses — including outdoor…

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