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No change in Colorado teens’ marijuana use before and after legalization, study finds

Recreational marijuana legalization had no impact on how many Colorado teens use pot or on whether they think it is dangerous, but that could be because years of medical marijuana sales had already brought about changes in those measures, according to a new study.

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New DEA rule on marijuana extracts, CBD causes commotion in cannabis industry

A little three-page document published this week in the U.S. Federal Register sent some fairly big shock waves through the cannabis industry.

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Colorado lawmakers plan crackdown on home pot growers

Hoping to preserve its marijuana law under the next president, Colorado is planning a slate of legislation designed to crack down on pot that is grown legally but then sold on the black market.

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How soon could Denver businesses open the first social marijuana use areas? It’s still not clear.

Denver city officials have a lot of questions to sort through as they prepare to issue new social marijuana use permits mandated by the passage of Initiative 300.

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Final chance to vie for Aurora’s final pot shop license coming to an end

More than two years after the first recreational marijuana storefront opened in Aurora, the opportunity to apply for the city’s 24th — and final — pot shop license is ending.

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Alternately high-minded and disjointed looks at pot

Election? Major bummer, dude. But the big winner? Marijuana. New legalization measures mean that more than 20 percent of Americans now live in states where the recreational use of marijuana is, or soon is likely to be, legal.

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Federal Heights voters approve sales of recreational pot by just 55 votes

Certainty has finally been brought to a ballot issue that for two weeks seemed less than certain: Federal Heights voters have approved recreational pot sales in this city of 12,000.

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ATF doubles down on marijuana gun ban, adds more explicit warning to firearm purchase form

The federal government just doubled down on its efforts to keep guns away from cannabis patients and enthusiasts.

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Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general not fan of legal weed

The selection of Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions as the next U.S. attorney general could have major implications for the marijuana industry. Sessions is on record as saying marijuana is “dangerous” and should not be legalized.

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Analysis: This blunder on California marijuana Prop. 64 could cost state millions

The voter-approved Proposition 64 had addressed taxes for recreational and medical marijuana, but the omission of a date has eliminated the tax on medical marijuana from now through the end of 2017.

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