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cannabis track-and-trace

Can California Really Track All the Weed in the World’s Largest Cannabis Marketplace?

Maybe traceability is overrated.
By Chris Roberts
A worker at a cannabis greenhouse.

Congress’ Money Bags Will Decide Marijuana Legalization’s Fate

In years past, the only thing standing between medical marijuana and the Justice Department is the appropriations bill.
By Brian Darling
A man rolls a joint during a demonstration demanding the approval of the use of marijuana for medicinal and recreational purposes in front of the Mexican Senate building in Mexico City on September 28, 2016. / AFP / PEDRO PARDO (Photo credit should read PEDRO PARDO/AFP/Getty Images)

Despite NYC’s Lenient Pot Policy, This Shocking Marijuana Arrest Statistic Persists

Black and Latino individuals make up nearly 90 percent of marijuana possession arrests.
By Madina Toure
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 28: Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) arrive to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on February 28, 2017 in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.

Menendez, Booker Among Senators Urging Feds to Respect Local Pot Laws

By Steve Cronin
Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Sessions’ Attack on Legal Marijuana Undermines Trump, Hurts His 2020 Prospects

By Brian Darling
How can anyone or any entity obtain a patent on a living substance that grows in the wild and has been known for about 5,000 years?

Pot With Patents Could Plant the Seeds of Future Lawsuits

By Craig Nard
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