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Expert: Pot is $4.5 Billion Industry in United States
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Retails sales of marijuana in the United States are expected to be $4.5 billion this year, but constant changes in state regulations are creating hurdles for business people...
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US Government Won’t Reclassify Marijuana, Allows Research
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will keep marijuana on the list of the most dangerous drugs, despite growing popular support for legalization, but will allow more research into its possible...
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Police: Truck Driver Caught Hauling $4.7M Worth of Marijuana
RICHLAND, Miss. (AP) — A tractor-trailer driver has been arrested after officials say they found hundreds of pounds of marijuana, worth millions of dollars in his truck. News outlets report Richland...
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US Women Increasingly Use Pot During Pregnancy, Study Finds
U.S. women are increasingly using pot during pregnancy, sometimes for morning sickness. That's according to an analysis of annual U.S. government drug surveys.
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Marijuana Legalization Hasn’t Hurt Alcohol Sale, Study Finds
(CBS Local) – For the 28 states in which marijuana is legal in some form, conventional wisdom might suggest that could be problematic for liquor stores. One might imagine they’d be direct rivals the...
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6 Charged in North Carolina with Trafficking a Ton of Pot
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Six people in western North Carolina have been arrested after officials found more than a ton of marijuana in a van. Stacy Cox with the Asheville office of North Carolina Alcohol...
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White House Expects Justice Crackdown on Legalized Marijuana
By SADIE GURMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will step up enforcement of federal law against recreational marijuana, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Thursday,...
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AP Explains: The Origins of 4/20, Marijuana’s High Holiday
By GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Thursday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in clouds of smoke on campus quads and when pot...
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Coroner: ‘We Have Seen’ Synthetic Opiates Like Fentanyl Mixed With Marijuana
CINCINNATI, Ohio (CBS) — Synthetic opiates like fentanyl have been found in marijuana, an Ohio coroner said Monday. Fentanyl, which is 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine, has been attributed...
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Nevada’s First Recreational Marijuana Sales Generate $500,000 In Tax Revenue
CBS Local — Nevada’s first four days of legal recreational marijuana sales produced $3 million in sales revenue and about $500,000 in tax revenue, according to the Nevada Dispensary Association. These...
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Nevada Legal Marijuana Shortage Prompts ‘Statement Of Emergency’
CBS Local — Less than two weeks after Nevada began allowing recreational marijuana sales, stores are running out of pot to sell, according to the state’s Department of Taxation. Nevada Gov. Brian...
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Smoking Marijuana Triples Risk Of High Blood Pressure Death, Study Says
CBS Local — A new study is warning that people who smoke marijuana have three times the risk of dying from high blood pressure than those who don’t use the drug. Scientists, publishing their findings...
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Toddlers Intoxicated By Pot Send ER Rates Soaring In France: Study
CBS Local — A disturbing new study in France has found that the number of toddlers sent to the emergency room for being accidentally intoxicated by marijuana has jumped by 133 percent in the last...
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Court: Roadside Drunken Driving Tests Not Valid for Pot
BOSTON (AP) — The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that field sobriety tests typically used in drunken driving cases cannot be used as conclusive evidence that a motorist was operating under...
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65 Pounds Of Marijuana Hidden Inside Florida Couple’s Amazon Order
CBS Local – A Florida couple got much more than they bargained for, or ordered, when their package from Amazon arrived with 65 pounds of marijuana smuggled inside. The shipment of drugs was reportedly...
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Natural Hazard? Study Says Farming Marijuana Hurting Environment
CBS Local — Marijuana activists may argue that the plant is a natural remedy with many uses, but a new report is claiming that farming the drug has another harmful side-effect: it’s destroying the...
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States’ Rights: New Pot Rule Sparks Latest Clash with US
By SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The decision by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to rescind an Obama-era policy on federal marijuana enforcement sparked an outcry from...
View ArticleIs Secondhand Marijuana Smoke Dangerous? Biologist Says Yes
CBS Local — As the government continues to crack down on tobacco products, more and more states are easing up on marijuana laws. One biologist is now saying those policies are misguided after finding...
View ArticleViral Video Of Smoking Baby Leads To Mom’s Arrest
CBS Local — A video of an infant smoking a small cigar set off outrage on social media that helped North Carolina authorities identify and arrest the mother. Police say the Raleigh mom had her baby...
View ArticleMore Parents Smoking Marijuana Around Children, Study Says
NEW YORK (CBS Local) – As regulations crack down on the dangers of cigarette smoke, a new study is warning that many parents are undoing all of this progress by exposing their children to secondhand...
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