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  • Marijuana legalization, hemp use advance in U.S.
    by Diana Chandler, posted Friday, March 22, 2019 (4 years ago)

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    SANTA FE, N.M. (BP) -- Legislation decriminalizing simple possession of recreational marijuana in New Mexico is awaiting Gov. Michelle Grisham's signature, days after Florida lifted a ban on medical marijuana cigarettes.

    In related corporate news, CVS Pharmacy announced it will begin selling health and beauty products containing cannabidiol oil (CBD) from the hemp plant, a close relative of marijuana legalized nationally in December 2018 that does not produce marijuana's characteristic euphoria. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Marijuana's momentum
    by Brian Hobbs, posted Wednesday, November 28, 2018 (4 years ago)

    With recent ballot box victories for marijuana, Brian Hobbs cautions against panic, setting forth prayer and witness as key steps for Christians concerned about the harm of mind-altering, addictive drugs on families and society. Read More

  • Child use of medical marijuana ahead in Ill.
    by Staff/WORLD News Service, posted Tuesday, January 13, 2015 (8 years ago)

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    SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (BP) -- Children in Illinois will be eligible for medical marijuana prescriptions, according to rules announced by state health officials in late December.

    The rules by the Illinois Department of Public Health amend the medical marijuana pilot program approved by lawmakers in June. ... Read More

  • Marijuana legalized in Alaska, Ore. & D.C.
    by David Roach, posted Wednesday, November 05, 2014 (8 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Results of marijuana votes Tuesday (Nov. 4) were mixed, with Oregon, Alaska and the District of Columbia approving recreational pot use but Florida rejecting a state constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana.

    Two Maine cities made opposite decisions in their votes on recreational marijuana. South Portland approved recreational use by a 52-48 margin while Lewiston rejected it 55-45. Read More

  • Marijuana: Can U.S. 'Just say no'?
    by Warren Cole Smith/WNS, posted Tuesday, October 28, 2014 (8 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Manitou Springs, a resort town at the foot of Pike's Peak in Colorado, takes pride in its weirdness and seems to adopt a flippant attitude toward marijuana use. A popular T-shirt plays on the town's elevation -- 6,412 feet above sea level -- by suggesting that "the whole town is high."

    But now that Colorado's Amendment 64 has made recreational marijuana legal in the state, Manitou Springs is wrestling with just how weird and how high it wants to be, since the amendment allows towns to decide for themselves whether to have retail dispensaries. Read More