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Marijuana addiction is real, and rising

For as long as most residents can remember, smoking marijuana has been a part of life here. The fact that California legalized the practice in January went practically unnoticed in this quiet town a half-hour’s drive north of San Francisco, where some say the normalization of America’s marijuana culture got its start.

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Greeley man arrested for pot trafficking had 412 plants in his basement, cops say

A Greeley man arrested for his role in an alleged drug trafficking ring had 412 pot plants growing in the basement. 50 of them were gifts, he said, out of the kindness of another person’s heart

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Marijuana growers turning to hemp as CBD extract explodes

A glut of legal marijuana is driving Oregon pot prices to rock-bottom levels, prompting some nervous growers to start pivoting to another type of cannabis to make ends meet — one that doesn’t come with a high.

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DEA’s rule on cannabis extracts will stand, federal judges say

A panel of judges for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shot down the hemp industry’s challenge of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration rule that established coding for marijuana extracts.

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New Belgium’s new hemp beer is on tap now, except in Kansas. Here’s why.

Beer aficionados and hemp advocates across the country can now toast a pint of New Belgium’s Hemperor HPA. Except in Kansas, where the craft brew — like hemp — is banned.

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CBD could soon be prescribed in Colorado pharmacies

A new bill would give GW Pharma a lane to sell Epidiolex in Colorado, but hemp growers worry it paves a “superhighway” to monopoly.

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Lawsuit challenging Sessions and DEA on marijuana’s Schedule I status dismissed by federal judge

The plaintiffs, including an Iraq War veteran, a child with a seizure disorder and an ex-NFL player, claimed that the CSA’s classification of cannabis as a Schedule I substance is so “irrational” that it violates the U.S. Constitution.

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Federal appeals court hears hemp industry lawsuit challenging DEA’s position on CBD

DEA officials say a rule on CBD is innocuous and administrative. Hemp advocates claim it’s the opening salvo in a federal offensive against the American hemp industry.

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Hemp industry lawsuit challenging DEA’s position on CBD picks up support of 28 U.S. legislators

A bipartisan congressional coalition pushed back on the DEA’s assertion that cannabidiol and extracts derived from hemp are Schedule I substances.

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CBD, TBD: Cannabinoids on local grocery shelves, but for how long?

CBD products are showing up at places like Alfalfa’s and Lucky’s, and the FDA and DEA are working to regulate such sales.

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