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Trump's Tariffs and Trade War Will Hit the Marijuana Industry, Too
And in the end, consumers will pay the price.
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Why Are California's Legal Marijuana Sales So Low?
There are some bumps on the way to legal marijuana.
Dianne Feinstein. California's senior senator finally hops on the marijuana train. (Wikimedia Commons)
Chronicle AM: Feinstein Comes Around on Legalization, Synthetic Opioids Fuel ODs, More... (5/2/18)
Maine's legislature overrides a veto to pass a bill implementing legal marijuana sales, California's senior senator finally comes on board with legalization, Canada's legalization push faces some hiccups, and more.
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Marijuana Will Be a $25 Billion Industry by 2025
The bud business is getting bigger and bigger.
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Seven Occupations That Don't Require You to Take a Drug Test to Get Hired [FEATURE]
If you're not interested in pre-employment drug testing, go here.
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California's Marijuana Farmers Are Slow to Join the Legal, Regulated System
There are many obstacles in the way of small growers, and so far, the vast majority are staying in the shadows.
Presidential opioid commission member Patrick Kennedy calls it "a sham" and "a charade." (nationalcouncil.org)
Chronicle AM: Trump Opioid Commission Member Calls It a "Sham," Good MI Pot Poll, More... (1/23/18)
Trump renews the opioid crisis emergency even as an opioid commission member calls it "a sham," things are looking up for Michigan marijuana legalizers, the French parliament will take up drug decriminalization, and more.
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Chronicle AM: First Look at Ohio Legalization Initiative, HSBC Gets Off Probation, More... (12/12/17)
The folks behind Ohio's 2015 "monopoly" marijuana legalization are back with details of their proposed "free market" 2018 initiative, Denver gets its first marijuana social club application, the Justice Department ends its deferred prosecution agreement with HSBC bank over drug cartel money laundering, and more.
A $10 billion year for legal marijuana, and this is just the beginning. (Creative Commons)
Chronicle AM: North American Pot Sales to Top $10 Billion This Year, Report Says, More... (12/6/17)
There's more money in legal weed than even the analysts thought, BC will let 19-year-olds buy pot, Peruvian coca planting was up last year, and more.
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Wine Country Fires Hit Northern California Marijuana Industry Hard
The flames are dying down in Northern California, but for the region's marijuana farmers, the pain is just beginning.