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Nevada opens pot distribution to non-liquor wholesalers

“Without the ability to license marijuana distributors to continue the flow of product to the retail store, a high likelihood exists that consumers will revert to the black market.” That’s what a state regulator argued to expand Nevada’s marijuana distributor licensing pool.

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Sessions’ marijuana task force report gives him no ammo to go after legal states

The task force Sessions assembled to find the best legal strategy regarding states that legalized marijuana is giving him no ammunition to crack down on those states.

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Senate committee, rejecting request from Sessions, keeps protection for medical marijuana states

The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved an amendment to protect state medical marijuana programs from federal interference, despite a written request from Attorney General Jeff Sessions earlier this year that they not do so.

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Federal lawsuit against Sessions, DEA says marijuana’s Schedule I status unconstitutional

A diverse cadre of cannabis advocates filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging the constitutionality of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) as it pertains to marijuana.

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Trump worried Americans might be clobbered by “sacks of drugs” thrown over border wall

President Donald Trump said his proposed border wall would have to be “transparent” to prevent Americans from being killed by 60-pound sacks of drugs tossed over from the Mexican side.

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A brief history of D.A.R.E., the ’80s anti-drug program Jeff Sessions wants to revive

Jeff Sessions supports the D.A.R.E. anti-drug program, but decades of evidence-based research has shown the program to be ineffective.

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In Uruguay’s marijuana experiment, the government is your pot dealer

In coming weeks, cannabis-seeking citizens in this small South American nation will be able to walk into a pharmacy and buy government-approved marijuana for the state-mandated price of $1.30 a gram. No questions asked. No doctor’s note required.

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Nevada legal recreational marijuana sales launch at 12:01 a.m.

People began purchasing marijuana shortly after midnight, just months after voters approved legalization in November and marking the fastest turnaround from the ballot box to retail sales in the country.

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How advocates are inspiring members of Congress to champion national CBD oil legalization

Cannabist Special Report: CBD, TBD || In Part 2 of this series, a look at multiple pieces of federal legislation that seek to legalize CBD oil and open research into the non-psychoactive cannabis compound touted for its medicinal promise.

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Nevada regulators have cunning plan to keep July 1 recreational marijuana sales on track

Nevada regulators reaffirmed Friday that they intend to issue licenses necessary for retailers to begin selling pot for recreational use on July 1, despite a court order that threatens to scuttle the plan.

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