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News Articles: marijuana

The first customer of the day, Rittipomng Bachkul celebrates after buying legal marijuana at the Highland Cafe in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, June 9, 2022.

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  • Medical Treatments

Thailand decriminalizes marijuana, but not the strong stuff

Thailand's government says it is promoting cannabis for medical use only, warning that lighting up recreationally in public could still considered to be a nuisance subject to a potential fines.

June 09, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The first customer of the day, Rittipomng Bachkul celebrates after buying legal marijuana at the Highland Cafe in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, June 9, 2022.

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  • Medical Treatments

Thailand decriminalizes marijuana, but not the strong stuff

Thailand's government says it is promoting cannabis for medical use only, warning that lighting up recreationally in public could still considered to be a nuisance subject to a potential fines.

June 09, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
In this April 12, 2018, photo, a marijuana plant awaits transplanting at the Hollingsworth Cannabis Company near Shelton, Wash.  Thirty states have legalized some form of medical marijuana, according to a national advocacy group. Nine of those states and Washington, D.C., also have broad legalization where adults 21 and older can use pot for any reason.

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  • Law

D.C. lawmakers pass a bill that would ban firing employees for failed marijuana tests

Employers can still give drug tests or fire an employee if they are acting under federal guidelines, or if an employee consumed marijuana at work or while performing work-related duties.

June 08, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
Security guard Austin MacMath wears a gun on his belt while working outside Mary Mart, a marijuana store in Tacoma, Wash., on Tuesday.

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  • National

Pot shop robberies are fueling calls for a U.S. banking bill

A surge in robberies at licensed cannabis shops is helping fuel a renewed push for federal banking reforms that would make the cash-dependent stores a less appealing target.

April 20, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Marijuana dispensary manager LeRoy Roybal, right, and bud tender Benjamin Oliver prepare on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, for the opening of New Mexico's regulated market for recreational cannabis at a Minerva Canna store in Santa Fe, N.M.

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  • National

New Mexico launches cannabis sales, within Texans' reach

New Mexico is making the sale of up to 2 ounces of recreational marijuana legal, bringing legalization to the doorstep of Texas, the largest prohibition state.

April 01, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The six products resembling standard snack items contain THC, a main ingredient in marijuana edibles.

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  • Children's Health

State attorneys general issue a warning for Halloween about marijuana-type treats

State officials alert parents of the unregulated, illegal marijuana snacks that resemble a sober, major brand.

October 28, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Researchers found that adolescents who say they vaped cannabis within the last 30 days increased 7-fold from 2013 to 2020.

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  • Health

Marijuana vaping among teens has more than doubled since 2013

Researchers say adolescents often think that vaping pot is safer than smoking it. But it can increase the risk of dependence, other substance use and many other health, social and behavioral problems.

October 25, 2021
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  • Vanessa Romo
Megan Rapinoe says she uses a variety of CBD products as part of the "all-natural recovery system" that has become part of her daily routine.

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  • Sports

As Megan Rapinoe Promotes CBD Use, Sha'Carri Richardson Sits Out The Olympics

Critics are outraged, saying the anti-doping agency for the Games is ignoring the actions of the white athlete on the heels of suspending the Black sprinter this month.

July 28, 2021
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  • Vanessa Romo
U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, is co-sponsoring a GOP plan that would regulate marijuana like alcohol and enable the Department of Veterans Affairs to prescribe cannabis treatments to veterans.

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  • Law

Legal Weed Is Gaining A Little Ground Among GOP Congressmen

Marijuana is already legal in many states, and a growing number of GOP Congressmen are ready to make it the law of the land — but there's a debate over revenue.

July 14, 2021
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  • Callum Borchers
More than 30 states have medical marijuana programs — yet scientists are only allowed to use cannabis plants from one U.S. source for their research. That's set to change, as the federal government begins to add more growers to the mix.

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  • Health

After 50 Years, U.S. Opens The Door To More Cannabis Crops For Scientists

Until recently, plants from only one U.S. facility were approved for use in research. Adding new suppliers will accelerate understanding of cannabis' health effects and possible therapeutic uses.

May 30, 2021
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  • Will Stone

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  • Economy

The Data On Legalizing Weed

It's been close to a decade since the first states legalized recreational marijuana. And the data is coming in.

March 16, 2021
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  • Greg Rosalsky
What appears to be a makeshift greenhouse is seen behind a home where killings occurred in Aguanga, Calif. Several people were found fatally shot at the illegal marijuana growing operation.

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  • National

7 Dead In 'Major' Pot Operation In California With Markings Of Organized Crime

Deputies responded to a call of shots fired Monday morning in the remote mountain area of Aguanga. They found multiple bodies with gunshot wounds and more than 1,000 pounds of processed marijuana.

September 09, 2020
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  • Matthew S. Schwartz
CBD oil has approved medical uses here in Georgia, but it's also beginning to crop up in other places, such as Atlanta menus.

Georgia Board Starts Work On Medical Marijuana Rules

A new Georgia board has begun working to create rules and a distribution network for the sale of medical marijuana oil. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution...

December 19, 2019
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  • Associated Press
A supporter for the transgender and non-binary community, wearing a transgender flag with handwritten names of black trans women who the person said were killed in 2019, strolls through Midtown during Atlanta's Gay Pride Festival.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Policy On Trans Students' Rights Draws Attention in Pickens County

On this edition of Political Rewind, a battle brews in Pickens County after the school superintendent issues a rule allowing transgender students to...

October 14, 2019
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  • Bill Nigut
In this Thursday, June 13, 2019, photo, Jay Noller, director and lead researcher for Oregon State University's newly formed Global Hemp Innovation Center, left, inspects young hemp plants with Lloyd Nackley, a plant ecologist.

Hemp Law Complicates Pot Prosecution In Gwinnett County

Illegal marijuana users shouldn’t get comfortable in Lawrenceville just yet. Gwinnett County police announced in August that they wouldn’t jail people...

October 03, 2019
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  • Associated Press
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