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Massachusetts Has Gone To Pot
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.
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Martha’s Vineyard Won’t Run Out Of Weed After All
The state commission that regulates legal sales of marijuana has decided to allow the drug to be shipped to Martha's…
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Ed Markey Calls For Marijuana Legalization
U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Malden) wants to see marijuana legalized nationwide. The senator tweeted his thoughts on marijuana policy on…
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Medical Marijuana Now The Top Crop In Maine
The biggest crop in Maine is no longer what it once was. Now, the answer is marijuana. From January to October 2020,…
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School Officials Using Test Strips To Test for Odorless Marijuana Products
School officials who can no longer rely on the pungent smell of marijuana to alert them to drug use in schools are…
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Many Americans Driving High on Weed and Sure They Won’t Get Caught, AAA Poll Says
Nearly 15 million Americans say they have driven an automobile within an hour of using marijuana, and nearly 70 percent of Americans…
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Man Found With 199 Bags of Heroin in Elementary School Parking Lot, Police Say
Police in Montville, Connecticut say they found 199 bags of heroin in the car of a man who drove into an elementary…
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Marijuana Ice Cream Among New Pot Businesses Approved in Framingham
A Boston chef who plans to make marijuana-infused ice cream has gotten the green light from Framingham. Cloud Creamery, which calls…
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California: Pot Tax Revenues Not So High; Black Market Flourishes
Tax revenues in California gleaned from legal pot sales are not as high as expected, and one expert claims that burdensome taxes…
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Five Cape Towns To Allow Recreational Marijuana Shops; Ten Say Nyet
Five of the 15 towns on Cape Cod plan to allow recreational marijuana stores now that it's legal in Massachusetts.…
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“Pot Cafes” and “Weed Delivery Vans” Make Headway In Massachusetts
A subcommittee of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission met Wednesday in Boston and is "inching closer" to licensing so-called…
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Maine Governor Inauguration’s Biggest Donors: Medical Pot, Casinos
Maine's new and first-ever female governor, Janet Mills, a Democrat, raised $241,000 for her inauguration, with her biggest…
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Marijuana Legal, But Not If You Run A Business Out of Your Home
Gloucester police plan to arrest a man in his mid-20s who was running a high-volume recreational marijuana business out of…
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Officials In Mass. Worry Pot-Based Edibles Will Lead To Under-age Use
With recreational marijuana use legal in Massachusetts, some officials are concerned cannabis-based edibles and other cannabis products will become more readily…
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Three Men Charged With Blowing Marijuana Smoke in Goat’s Face
Three men who police say filmed a goat getting marijuana smoke blown into his face are facing charges of animal cruelty. The…
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South Shore Saying Nyet To Marijuana
All but five South Shore cities and towns have banned recreational marijuana stores. Only Quincy, Rockland, Halifax, Plymouth, and Marshfield are now…
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Mattapan Man Caught With 44 Pounds of Marijuana, Cops Say
Boston cops say they stopped a Mattapan man with four pounds of marijuana in his car and later found another 40 pounds…
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This Is What A 32-Year-Old Looks Like On Drugs
A 32-year-old woman whom police in Manchester, New Hampshire say they found in a car with a needle in her…
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Former Ice Cream Stand Site Now Storing Containers for Building Where Marijuana Will Be Grown
The owner says no marijuana is currently inside two storage containers sitting outside the former Chandler's Ice Cream stand on…
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Suspected Opioid Addict Robs Restaurant While Trump Is In Town Talking About Opioids
The downtown restaurant of a newly elected alderman in Manchester, New Hampshire got burglarized in broad daylight Monday when the cash register…
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Warehouse To D.E.A.: We’d Like To Import Marijuana, Heroin, Crystal Methamphetamine, Ecstasy …
A warehouse in Manchester, New Hampshire made the request in writing to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. It's in…
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$5 Million for New Cannabis Control Commission
The Massachusetts Legislature appropriated $2.7 million this past week for the new commission, which is supposed to oversee the new marijuana…
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Selling Recreational Marijuana Still Illegal in Maine
The Maine House of Representatives upheld a veto by Governor Paul LePage of a bill that would have provided a mechanism to…
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It’s Time To Give Pot To Our Veterans. AND Guns.
Nice job, Republicans. We, as Americans, gave you a mandate to repeal and replace Obamacare. You failed at that. But apparently it&…
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Rhode Island Attorney General Chilled By Psychiatrist’s Description of Marijuana Effects
The Attorney General of Rhode Island opposes legalizing marijuana in the state for recreational use. Opponents cite, among other things, an increase…
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Springfield Store Giving Out ‘Free’ Marijuana
The store offers marijuana free of additional charge to people who pay a $20 cover charge. City councilors in Springfield want the…
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Whopper, Fries, Weed: Drive Thru At New Hampshire Burger King Had Expanded Menu
Customers could buy marijuana at the drive-thru at the Burger King in Epping, New Hampshire if they ordered "extra crispy…
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Marijuana Not Good for You, Yale Professor Says
Suicidal thoughts, schizophrenia, lung damage, and obesity can all be linked to marijuana through published studies, says Vasilis Vasiliou, a professor of…
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High At Work?
Some Massachusetts employers are eyeing taking marijuana off the list of drugs they test for, now that it's legal in…
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Opioid Deaths Double in Connecticut, Second Highest Jump in Country
Synthetic opioid, heroin death toll mounts. http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-cdc-fentanyl-overdoses-20170105-story.html…
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With legal pot comes a problem: How do we weed out impaired drivers?
On Nov. 8 voters in California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada approved ballot measures to legalize recreational cannabis. It is now legal in…
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Marijuana legalization: Big changes across country
This year's election season was historic in more ways than one. An unprecedented nine states considered liberalizing cannabis laws, and…
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Colorado pot industry tops $1 billion this year
The Colorado pot industry is booming, and is on track to make more than $1 billion dollars this year.…
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Pot group going on TV, plans August funder
The campaign trying to legalize marijuana possession and sale through the ballot this November has reserved airtime for TV advertisements, according to…
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DEA declines request to reclassify marijuana, citing its ‘high potential for abuse’
(CNSNews.com) – The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has declined two petitions to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I controlled substance under the…
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Colorado town awaits test results of pot ingredient in water
HUGO, Colo. (AP) — Bottled water was distributed to residents of the small Colorado town of Hugo on Friday as officials investigate the…
