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18 bipartisan senators, led by Bennet and Gardner, want protections for marijuana laws added to funding legislation

Precise language in the fiscal year 2018 appropriations can alleviate the turbulence U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions threw into the legal cannabis industry when he rescinded the so-called Cole Memo, 18 senators said in a letter sent to Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran.

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Colorado pot sales hit a record $1.5 billion in 2017, and border towns saw a green rush from neighbors

Rural Las Animas County led the state with more than $3,100 of recreational cannabis sold, on average, for every adult and child.

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Willie Nelson’s marijuana brand coming to California, expanding edibles line

Country music star Willie Nelson’s marijuana company announced it had raised $12 million for expansion.

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New Mexico fifth-grader finds out too late the gummy candies she shared at school were her parents’ marijuana

A 9-year-old student in New Mexico gave fellow students gummies – only to find out they contained medical marijuana.

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Congressmen: Rescinding marijuana banking guidance would be “dangerous and imprudent”

A letter from Reps. Perlmutter and Heck in support of Obama-era marijuana banking guidance has been signed by 29 additional members of Congress

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Minister who sued to stop Colorado’s pot DUI law running for Weld County commissioner

The pastor of a marijuana-based church, who sued to stop the state’s pot DUI from taking effect, will run for Weld County commissioner as a Republican.

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Colorado marijuana shops ring up nearly $120 million in sales in November

Eleven months through 2017, sales climbed to $1.38 billion, surpassing the $1.31 billion recorded in the entirety of 2016.

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Hickenlooper says he doesn’t see the benefit of rescinding marijuana policy for Trump Administration

After news broke earlier this week that Attorney General Jeff Session has rescinded the Cole Memo, changing how the government enforces federal marijuana laws, Gov. John Hickenlooper told CNN Saturday that he didn’t see how the move would help the Trump administration.

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Why Jeff Sessions’ marijuana crackdown will make legalization more likely

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who hates marijuana, may get what he wants for now. But in the end he probably did a great service to the legalization movement.

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Life off-grid in San Luis Valley’s high desert takes skills that few arrive with

Rodney Cook’s high desert property is littered with the stripped carcasses of worn machines, the scoured parts powering devices that sustain the lives of a dozen family members in a harsh desert environment. Many other people haven’t made it there.

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