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Top pot doc still practicing — two of top three still suspended
BOSTON — While the state has suspended two of the top three medicinal marijuana-prescribing doctors, the physician at the top of the…
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What counts as ‘medical marijuana’ varies from state to state – and that’s a problem
On April 17, Pennsylvania became the latest state to pass medical marijuana legislation, which will take effect this month. And recently Ohio&…
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Study: Teen marijuana use and crime decrease as states legalize
The number of teens using and suffering from problems related to marijuana is falling at the same time more states are legalizing…
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Study: Heavy pot users face as many midlife troubles as alcoholics
(CNSNews.com) — Smoking marijuana regularly is linked to as many economic and social problems in early midlife as being dependent on alcohol,…
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A look at marijuana laws around the US and the globe
Marijuana is illegal for any reason under federal law, but states have boldly experimented with allowing its use anyway, starting with California…
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Legalizing marijuana will increase our opiate epidemic
We have, for some time, known that the more marijuana there is in our communities, the more opiate and heroin use rises.…
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Mass. doc fined in connection with medical marijuana practices in Maine
Massachusetts regulators have reprimanded and fined a doctor at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester in connection with his medical marijuana prescribing practices…
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Marijuana use study sought by backers, foes of legalization
BOSTON – At odds over the prudence of legalizing retail sales of marijuana in Massachusetts, people on both sides of a proposed ballot…
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Fatal car crashes tied to pot doubled after legalization
BOSTON – A new report analyzing vehicular accidents in Washington found that the number of fatal crashes involving drivers who recently used marijuana…
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Scientific basis for laws on marijuana, driving questioned
WASHINGTON (AP) — Motorists are being convicted of driving under the influence of marijuana based on arbitrary state standards that have no connection…
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Baker fires back at marijuana campaign leaders
BOSTON – Labeled a "hypocrite" last week by advocates who said his stance on legalizing retail sales of marijuana is at…
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Canada plans to decriminalize marijuana next year, minister says
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada's Liberal government will introduce legislation to decriminalize and regulate recreational marijuana in spring 2017, Health Minister Jane…
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Rosenberg predicts a tough ballot fight over legalizing pot
BOSTON – Senate President Stanley Rosenberg, a no-show at the launch of a campaign to defeat a proposed ballot measure to make…
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Pro-pot advocates say Baker, Walsh promote alcohol
BOSTON – A day after some of the state's top politicians formalized their opposition to a bid to legalize marijuana sales…
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Sanders urges removing pot from federal illegal drugs list
(CNSNews.com) – "We have got to have the guts to rethink the so-called war on drugs," Sen. Bernie Sanders…
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Lawmakers asked to settle marijuana’s status under ag. laws
STATE HOUSE — Pivoting from the ongoing debate over whether the state should legalize marijuana for adult use, lawmakers on Tuesday were asked…
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Most Bay State employers oppose legal pot sales
BOSTON – Almost two-thirds of Bay State employers oppose legalizing retail marijuana sales, according to the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, one of…
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Most Americans see illegal drugs as a big problem
LYNN, Mass. (AP) – Sharon Johnson calls herself an addict, although she's been sober for three years now. She started by…
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Vermont Gov. warns of Bay State’s ‘bad pot bill’
STATE HOUSE — The opposition to the ballot question to legalize the adult use of marijuana that Massachusetts voters will probably see on…
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Pot initiative poses risks, no tax gain, Senate group says
BOSTON – A group of state lawmakers outlined an approach to marijuana legalization Tuesday that would involve the Legislature tinkering with a voter-…
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Baker, Walsh join forces to stop pot legalization
Governor Charlie Baker, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh have formed a bipartisan alliance to stop the effort…
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Senate pot committee to publish findings
A special Senate committee formed to study the possible impacts of legalizing marijuana in Massachusetts is poised to release its findings next…
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Weed debate heats up in New England
BOSTON – The debate over marijuana legalization has been picking up steam locally but gaining attention nationally, as activists on both sides of…
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Demonstrators protest lobbyist’s work against legalizing pot
BOSTON — As a medical marijuana dispensary opened its doors in Lowell Tuesday morning, demonstrators who support a move to make sales of…
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State’s fifth medical marijuana dispensary opening in Lowell
STATE HOUSE — As the medical marijuana industry in Massachusetts continues to grow, the state's fifth registered dispensary plans to open…
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Pot states look at easing cross-border investment
DENVER (AP) — States that have legalized pot are taking a fresh look at making it easier for out-of-state investors to…
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Senator: Legal marijuana would create many challenges
STATE HOUSE — Highly potent edible forms of marijuana make up nearly half the legalized market in Colorado and have had dangerous consequences…
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Mass. lawmakers take fact-finding pot-shop tour in Denver
DENVER – A group of Massachusetts lawmakers returned Thursday from what state Sen. Jason Lewis (D-Winchester) described as a marijuana "fact-…
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Pot legalization backers remind lawmakers clock is ticking
STATE HOUSE — Buoyed by recent wins at the ballot box and confidence that voters will approve yet another major law in November,…
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‘Millionaire tax’ and pot legalization sponsors file signatures, point to revenue potential
BOSTON – Massachusetts voters may soon get a chance to decide whether to raise state revenue by taxing the rich, legalizing and taxing…
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Judge pondering cancer patient’s plea for marijuana card
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Linda Horan, diagnosed in July with late-stage lung cancer, says she may be dead before New Hampshire…
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Warren ‘open’ to marijuana legalization, coy on VP
Written by Andy Metzger BOSTON — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday did little to dampen speculation about what a recent meeting…
