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The Critical Importance Of Social Equity In The Cannabis Industry

What happens when a movement becomes an industry? That’s precisely what’s playing out every day in the commercial regulated cannabis market. It’s important to consider how the cannabis industry has a more profound burden and responsibility to social eq…

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How medical marijuana and air guitar sent this ‘Hurt Locker’ hero to prison

After serving on a bomb squad in Iraq, Sean Worsley managed his PTSD with medical marijuana—until Alabama sent him to prison for it.
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Border Patrol keeps seizing legal cannabis far from border in California

And it’s costing fledgling businesses—licensed by the state, and following the rules—millions of dollars.
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Breaking: US Attorney General falsely targeted 10 cannabis companies, whistleblower says

DOJ staffer says William Barr ordered antitrust investigations of cannabis mergers, just because Barr hates legalization.
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This is America: Super Bowl champ arrested for enjoying ‘essential’ product

The COVID-19 pandemic is revealing marijuana prohibition for what it is: A prison trap set for people of color.
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This holiday, win the cannabis fight with your anti-weed relatives

Whether you’re quietly mellow at dinner time or feel the need to defend your lifestyle, here’s a list of things that were once illegal in Canada that are now, frankly, pretty laughable. Consider them bullet points for when you’re gathered around the ho…