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Four governors team up, urge feds to keep marijuana enforcement status quo

In an open letter sent Monday, the governors ask Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to “engage with us before embarking on any changes to regulatory and enforcement systems.”

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DEA asks Colorado AG’s office for info on marijuana crimes, “for the new administration”

The Drug Enforcement Administration has requested basic information about marijuana cases from the Colorado attorney general’s office, a move that comes amid speculation over how the Trump administration will approach cannabis legalization in Colorado and other states.

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Buzzkill for utilities’ high hopes of legal-weed power surge

Legalization of the $3.5 billion U.S. cannabis market, where thousands of growers use energy 24 hours a day, was supposed to spark more consumption of electricity, even as it threatened to strain the nation’s aging transmission grid. But it’s not shaping up that way.

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Prosecuting pot: Differing views of nation’s DAs and the quest for consensus

Q&A with two members of the National District Attorneys Association who are focused on marijuana policy, Stan Garnett of Colorado and Eric Zahnd of Missouri

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Why sling pizza when you can sling weed? Denver restaurants face labor competition

Denver restaurants say the cannabis industry is taking a toll on local restaurant work forces and in some cases, liquor sales.

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Senator demands docs from big pharma as she probes their role in opioid epidemic

Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri is investigating the role of five top opioid manufacturers in the national drug epidemic.

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Report: Canada to legalize marijuana by July 2018

The frenzy surrounding Canada’s marijuana market intensified after a report the government will unveil recreational legalization legislation in April.

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Eight of 16 people indicted in Colorado marijuana trafficking operation listed as having state pot licenses

Eight of the sixteen people indicted on charges they ran a massive illicit marijuana operation across the Denver metro area, which produced hundreds of pounds of pot each month, are listed in state records as having active or expired licenses to work in the pot business.

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Federal marijuana playbook: Trump administration’s tough talk and what we know so far

It’s been one month since we heard the Trump administration’s first public comments about marijuana and AG Jeff Sessions’ views. Here’s what we know so far.

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Powerhouse cannabis firms form lobby group to protect state-based weed laws

Some big-name firms in cannabis have formed a national advocacy and marijuana lobbying organization, New Federalism Fund, to spur change on Capitol Hill.

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