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Boosted by support from younger voters, California is
poised to legalize REC on Tuesday, creating the world’s largest cannabis market.
A third company is
suing Maryland for denying it a license.
MED supporters in North Dakota,
got a little money to spread the word. In Montana, MED users are
losing access ahead of the vote.
I wrote a story for the L.A. Times about
Pueblo, Colo., the pot boomtown that may vote the industry out.
Several California counties are
voting on pot taxes. L.A. will have a
vote on pot regulation in March.
An Arizona anti-pot group is inaccurately
badmouthing Colorado, Colorado lawmakers said. REC got some
big union endorsements in Nevada.
Alaska’s first dispensary, Herbal Outfitters, opened in Valdez. “It lets people know if you vote on something, its going to happen. If you really believe in it its going to happen,” one Ryan Cummings said. “The people that did it, all of us that made it happen, it’s very exciting. I think that it’s going to be a success. Maybe might mellow our town out a little bit.”
An Anchorage dispensary,
Arctic Herbery, is on hold after it gave away free samples.
Utah is starting to
talk about MED. Virginia is
talking about decriminalizing.
Evan McMullin, a Mormon presidential candidate who has a shot at winning Utah, says states
should be allowed to legalize heroin.
New York is watching Massachusetts. The Bronx is getting its
first dispensary.
Colorado’s tight, new proposed budget, will
use pot taxes to fund housing for the homeless.
The violent tactics of the
Philippines’ drug war are spreading across Asia.
Australia
officially legalized MED. Access is still a way’s off. The country’s leading
cannabis information body lost its government funding.