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PHOTOS: Nevada becomes 5th U.S. state to legalize cannabis sales

Cheers and long lines of tourists and locals alike greeted the first day of sales of recreational marijuana on Saturday as Nevada became the fifth state with stores selling pot to the public in a market that is expected to outpace all others in the U.S. thanks to the millions of visitors who flock to Las Vegas each year.

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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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Cannabis industry organization forms to “be ready” for national legalization

Three Colorado businesses are among the National Association of Cannabis Businesses’s seven founding members.

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Battling the racial roadblocks to joining the legalized marijuana trade

States generally do not track the race and ethnicity of license applicants, but industry analysts and researchers say that dispensaries and the more-profitable growing operations across the country are overwhelmingly dominated by white men.

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It took the Trump Administration just a month to turn Obama-era drug policy on its head

In the month of May alone, the Trump administration steadily ratcheted up its tough-on-crime rhetoric and put in place some policies that give that rhetoric some real-world bite.

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DEA seeks dismissal of hemp industry lawsuit fighting drug code for “marihuana extracts”

The Drug Enforcement Administration stands firm on its drug code for “marihuana extracts” in a brief filed Friday to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and seeks to have a federal lawsuit by the hemp industry dismissed.

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From chrysanthemums to cannabis: the “Green rush” in Salinas Valley

Fueled by the dream of marijuana riches, Salinas Valley, once the heart of the nation’s flower-growing business, has moved on to a new crop: cannabis.

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Canada weighs risks and benefits of setting 18 as minimum age for weed use

The most controversial part of Canada’s national marijuana legalization may be setting the minimum age for use at 18 — three years lower than U.S. states that have legalized.

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Companies need workers — but people keep getting high

“Some weeks this year, 90 percent of applicants would test positive for something,” ruling them out for the job, said Laura Stephens, a human resources manager for the company in Denver.

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Two arrested after gunfire near Denver’s 4/20 celebration; no one hurt

Long lines, some over an hour, to enter Civic Center for the annual 4/20 cannabis celebration, along with a steady drizzle, didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of most participants.

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