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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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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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Map: How do state medical marijuana laws compare? Advocates give report card

The majority of U.S. states now have a medical marijuana law in place, but the laws don’t yet go far enough, a national medical marijuana patient advocacy group says. Americans for Safe Access recently released the latest iteration of its “Medical Marijuana Access in the United States” annual report card, in which the organization conducts […]

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Medical marijuana for PTSD legislation heads to Colorado House for debate

Colorado legislation to add PTSD as a qualifying condition for medical marijuana is headed to the full House. Rep. Jonathan Singer, D-Longmont, who co-sponsored the bill with Sen. Irene Aguilar, D-Denver, said he anticipates “a bumpy but positive outcome” for Senate Bill 17.

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Trump administration desire to separate recreational weed from medical is impractical at best

When it comes to marijuana, medical is good, recreational is bad, according to Spicer and Sessions. But the reality is more complicated than that.

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Complete guide to federal marijuana bills, Congressional Cannabis Caucus

Lists: Cannabis bills before the 115th U.S. Congress, including medical measures and a proposal for federal marijuana legalization, plus Cannabis Caucus members

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Sessions: More violence around marijuana than ‘one would think’

“I am definitely not a fan of expanded use of marijuana,” he said. “But states, they can pass the laws they choose.”

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Hickenlooper: It’s unclear whether Trump could stop legal marijuana

A guest on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper downplayed the possibility that the Trump administration would take aim at the state’s recreational marijuana industry, saying legalization’s inclusion in Colorado’s Constitution makes it unclear whether the federal government could shut it down.

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Sean Spicer seemed to tie marijuana use to opioids. The evidence isn’t on his side.

The epidemic of opioid addiction in the United States has been well documented. A staggering 33,000 people died in 2015 from overdosing on prescription painkillers, heroin or similar drugs, on par with the number killed by firearms and in car accidents.

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