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Under pressure, Justice Department creates internal watchdog for asset forfeiture program

A unit will be set up in the Justice Department to oversee a policy that allows police to take cash and property from people suspected of a crime, even if they have not been charged.

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Hemp power-players lobby Congress to shift mind-set, legalize crop

The U.S. Hemp Roundtable, an alliance of national trade groups and businesses, seeks to hammer home message that industrial hemp should be an agricultural commodity, not a controlled substance.

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Meet a reluctant medical marijuana doctor in the heart of the Bible Belt

Dr. Joseph Parker is Texarkana’s only physician yet to go public with the decision to authorize patients’ medical marijuana use. His rules are stricter than state regulations.

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Prohibitionist Post: 125 years covering Colorado’s love-hate affair with alcohol and cannabis

By the turn of the 20th century, the city’s unruly reputation thrust the nascent state of Colorado into a love-hate relationship with prohibition that is still being realized to this day.

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Eagle County ballot initiative would create new marijuana tax for mental health funding

Eagle County, Colorado ballot measure 1A would institute countywide sales and excise taxes on recreational marijuana to fund mental health treatment.

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California marijuana growers reeling from “most financially trying, stressful year ever”

California cannabis farmers’ harvest worries have been compounded by wildfires and new expenses of marijuana legalization.

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Some cannabis farmers could be wiped out by California fires

For many businesses in northern California, it will take years to rebuild from the wildfires that have decimated the region. For many legal cannabis growers, the destruction could be insurmountable.

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Colorado’s 2017 marijuana sales reach $1 billion in just eight months

In 2017, Colorado has eclipsed $1 billion in marijuana sales in eight months. In 2016, it took 10 months to reach that mark.

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Time is now to speak up about planned changes to Colorado marijuana regs

Colorado marijuana regulations are a-changing, and you have a chance to weigh in. There are a number of additions regarding Colorado cannabis research, including clinical applications and study of pesticide use.

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Nevada regulators seek state AG’s opinion on social marijuana use

Nevada’s marijuana regulators have asked the state Attorney General for a formal opinion on whether pot use at special events and in smoking lounges is legal.

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