Americans across party lines, regions embrace marijuana VIEW
Marijuana is allowed for medical purposes in three dozen states and is broadly legal in 15. Legalization measures passe in 2020 in progressive New Jersey,...
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Booze, weed, gambling, porn, candy, sloth: Will our pandemic-acquired vices hang around after COVID-19 wanes?
So will the changes the coronavirus has wrought continue if and when the world finally pulls itself out of the COVID muck? Will post-vaccine life...
Cannabis farm near Anacortes was center of alleged $4.85 million Ponzi scheme
A Duvall resident is accused of using Green Acre Pharms in an elaborate Ponzi scheme that took in $4.85 million from at least two dozen...
Pot politics: Some Northeast states regroup on legalization
NEW YORK (AP) — A year ago, marijuana legalization looked like it was on a roll in the Northeast — it had already passed in...
Washington state regulators relax packaging requirements for cannabis-infused edibles
The new rules prohibit marijuana products featuring “a name, design or brand” that is similar to something you’d see in a candy or toy shop....
CDC blames 'vast majority' of vaping illnesses on vitamin E acetate
Health officials now blame vitamin E acetate for the “vast majority” of cases in the U.S. outbreak of vaping illnesses and they say doctors should...
Survey shows boom in marijuana vaping among school kids
“The speed at which kids are taking up this behavior is very worrisome,” said Dr. Nora Volkow of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the...
How legal weed turned Thanksgiving into a ‘high’ holiday
Now that recreational marijuana is legal in 11 states and Washington, D.C., and allowed for medical purposes 33 states, it has joined alcohol and family...
Washington marijuana businesses report U.S. Customs agents seizing empty jars, packaging at Tacoma port
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in response to the claims, is denying any new action to stop shipments bound for companies operating within Washington’s recreational...
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