Washington Prankster Altered Green Traffic Light to Flash Image of Pot Leaf

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Image via Drivers at the corner of Nevada and Bridge streets in Spokane, Washington, briefly got to enjoy a pot-positive prank last week after someone placed a cardboard cutout of a marijuana leaf onto a green light. City officials, unlike everyone else, were not amused.  After authorities dispatched workers to trim the glowing ganja, Marlene…

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Pro-Weed Congress Member Is Raising Cash to Help Oregon Legalize Psilocybin Therapy

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One of Congress’ most active champions of cannabis reform legislation has just thrown his support behind an initiative to legalize psychedelic therapy.  This Monday, Rep. Earl Blumenauer sent out an email indicating his support for Measure 109, a ballot initiative to legalize psilocybin-assisted therapy in his home state of Oregon. The ballot measure, which will…

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Canada Will Officially Stop Drug Testing Student-Athletes for Weed

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Two years after Canada opened the doors on the world’s largest adult-use weed market, the country will finally stop prohibiting student athletes from smoking pot. The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES), the non-profit that administers the country’s Anti-Doping Program, just announced that it has revised its rules for cannabis testing. Under these new…

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Kamala Harris Says Biden Administration Will Federally Decriminalize Weed

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Image via In their first joint interview (no pun intended), Democratic candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris discussed a variety of drug policy reforms they plan to enact if elected. Legalization, unfortunately, did not come up as part of the Biden-Harris agenda. Talking to Robin Roberts of ABC News, Harris, our VP hopeful, said one…

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Washington State Is Hiring a Professional Weed Sniffer to Smell Out Strong Pot Odors

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Earlier this year, Washington legislators passed a bill requiring the state to create a Marijuana Odor Task Force in response to complaints over weed odors emanating from grow ops and processing plants. But after evaluating the difficulties involved with creating what may well be the country’s first weed odor task force, state regulators decided to…

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The Feds Are Refusing to Give COVID PPE Supplies to Businesses That Sell CBD

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Denver health officials have refused to give the owner of a local head shop a free package of personal protective equipment (PPE) just because the store sells legal CBD products. As part of a nationwide relief program to help small businesses survive the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Denver received 4,500 PPE kits including disinfectant, thermometers, hand…

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The Feds Are Refusing to Give COVID PPE Supplies to Businesses that Sell CBD

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Denver health officials have refused to give the owner of a local head shop a free package of personal protective equipment (PPE) just because the store sells legal CBD products. As part of a nationwide relief program to help small businesses survive the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Denver received 4,500 PPE kits including disinfectant, thermometers, hand…

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