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Death of a Trimmer (Part 2): A shocking death reveals serious health hazards in the cannabis industry

Lorna McMurrey’s death raises questions about asthma and brown lung disease in the cannabis industry. Who’s looking out for workers on the factory floor?
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Death of a Trimmer: A cannabis worker’s death went unnoticed for months. Now it’s raising alarms in the industry.

When occupational asthma killed Lorna McMurrey, it should have set off alarms industrywide. But nobody spoke up, even as thousands of workers remain exposed to the same hazards.
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Are you too high? A promising new ‘comedown drug’ may be on the way

A drug that blocks the brain’s cannabinoid receptors is now in clinical trials and showing promising results.
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Did Minnesota’s marijuana legalization parties kill marijuana legalization?

A promising legalization bill is expected to die in the state Senate, which Republicans control thanks to the Legal Marijuana Now Party.
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This plumber was sentenced to 12 years for growing marijuana in a legal state. How is that possible?

Outdated drug war laws and a secondary offense led to Thomas Laverty’s outrageous sentence.
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He was serving a life sentence for cannabis. Then he got a phone call from Ivanka Trump

Craig Cesal is living proof of how ludicrous America’s war on drugs became.
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Trump pardoned 12 cannabis prisoners on his way out. Here are their stories

In his final presidential act, Donald Trump pardoned 12 federal marijuana prisoners serving outrageous sentences.
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