What a Looming Patent War Could Mean for the Future of the Marijuana Industry

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What a Looming Patent War Could Mean for the Future of the Marijuana Industry
"In general, the [patent] office issues both utility and plant patents to all types of plants, including cannabis and poppy, provided the applications meet and comply with the applicable patent statutes," said the spokesperson, who asked not to be …
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Mexico proposes raising limit on marijuana for personal use
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Thursday he will ask Congress to raise the limit on decriminalized marijuana for personal use to 28 grams, or about one ounce. Previously, only possession of five grams, or less than a fifth of …
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DEA gives approval to Colorado-funded study on marijuana and PTSD
The Colorado Board of Health had a rule making hearing about people with PTSD qualifying for medical marijuana at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment offices in Denver. Christopher Latona, center, and his dad Mike Latona, left, …
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On 4/20, marijuana legalization headed for California ballot
Happy 4/20, the unofficial holiday of cannabis enthusiasts, and those who occasionally indulge a craving. Wednesday's celebration may be especially promising for California marijuana users given the improving prospect that they'll have another chance …
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Pot-Prohibitionists' Poll Shows Legalization Could Fail In Arizona
Colorado's been doing fine since legalizing marijuana for adult use in 2012. So have other recreational-use states and Washington D.C. A CBS News poll released on Wednesday revealed that support of legalization of marijuana has reached an all-time high.
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More and more doctors want to make marijuana legal
The group — which is announcing its formation Monday, under the name Doctors for Cannabis Regulation (DFCR) — is endorsing the legalization of marijuana for adult recreational use, a break from the position of the American Medical Association, the …
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Supreme Court Denies Case Against Colorado's Marijuana Legalization

Supreme Court Denies Case Against Colorado's Marijuana Legalization
In 2012, Colorado voters amended the state's constitution to allow the legalization recreational marijuana to be legal. Colorado's neighboring states of Nebraska and Oklahoma claimed marijuana-related crime increased after this occurred. The two states …
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Marijuana Legalization: Did The Supreme Court Make Weed Legal Across America?
Marijuana legalization at the federal level has been the dream of many in the cannabis industry, but some say that the Supreme Court's neutral decision about the Oklahoma/Nebraska versus Colorado case on March 21 is not final. Instead, while they may …
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Vermont Marijuana Legalization 2016: Bernie Sanders' State Legislature May
Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders' home state of Vermont may become the first state to use legislation to legalize marijuana recreationally without voter initiative if state legislators pass the bill, according to Reuters. In February, the state Senate …
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Weed Legalization 2016: New Political Party Legal Marijuana Now Nebraska Backs
Cannabis A cannabis plant is pictured at a "Weed the People" event celebrating the legalization of the recreational use of marijuana in Portland, Oregon, July 3, 2015. Marijuana legalization supporters are attempting to form a political party in Nebraska.
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What A Trump Presidency Would Mean for Marijuana Law Reform: Worry
Last night's string of electoral primary victories for Republican candidate Donald Trump could go down as a pivotal point in US history. Like the 2000 Republican primaries that gave us George W. Bush, and his subsequent invasion of Iraq, the …
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Marijuana Legalization 2016 In California: Cannabis Oil Plant Proposed At
The company, which would sell the oil wholesale to dispensaries, would also bring 100 full-time jobs — a figure that could double should California make recreational pot use legal this year. Coalinga, a town that historically relied on crude oil and …
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Senate backers of medical marijuana cite flaws in Pa. House bill
Senate backers of medical marijuana cite flaws in Pa. House bill. Some Senate backers of medical marijuana legalization are raising the possibility of a delay in getting the drug into the hands of Pennsylvania patients suffering from conditions like …
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Legal marijuana is finally doing what the drug war couldn't
Legal marijuana may be doing at least one thing that a decades-long drug war couldn't: taking a bite out of Mexican drug cartels' profits. The latest data from the U.S. Border Patrol shows that last year, marijuana seizures along the southwest border …
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Medical marijuana overdue, recreational legalization next
The move to legalize medical marijuana will make Pennsylvania the 24th state in the union to do so, but getting to this point was no simple feat. The journey to medical marijuana legalization was one that required patients and their families to take …
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How to Invest in Marijuana Legalization
It's that profit, as well as the growing legalization of marijuana for recreational use, that has caused Medicine Man and other marijuana cultivation facilities and retail shops to spring up in this Denver neighborhood – so much so, in fact, that …
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Another marijuana legalization ballot proposal snuffed by Ohio AG
Another marijuana legalization ballot bid was tossed by Attorney General Mike DeWine on Monday. DeWine rejected what he said was faulty ballot language for the Medical Cannabis and Industrial Hemp Amendment. The proposal was submitted March 10 …
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Marijuana Legalization and the 2016 Presidential Election
Bernie Sanders holds the most progressive marijuana position, favoring full legalization, but none of the three candidates who remain most viable appear to present a threat to the continued success of the legalization movement. Even before getting to …
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Senate vote may handcuff marijuana legalization effort

Senate vote may handcuff marijuana legalization effort
Lansing — The Michigan Senate voted Thursday to place a hard cap on the 180-day signature collection window for statewide ballot proposals, a move that may snuff out a rule change sought by a pro-marijuana legalization group. The legislation, now …
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Tyson Lowrie: Just legalize marijuana — and sort out the details later
Of all of the promises the Liberals made in the lead-up to last year's election, one would have thought that legalizing marijuana would be an easy one to keep, as it would be pretty easy to do. The basis for marijuana's illegality in Canada is its …
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Dan Viets, attorney and Chairman of the Board of Show Me Cannabis Regulation talks about the current status of legalization efforts in Missouri at his home in Columbia, Mo., on January 29, 2014. If the Show Me Cannabis petitions prove successful, Missouri voters could see marijuana legalization on the Nov. 2014 ballot. (Ian Arnold / KOMU 8 News)

Where the Presidential Candidates Stand on Marijuana
No matter how the 2016 election pans out, the marijuana legalization movement appears to be in a good shape. After Florida Sen. Marco Rubio dropped out of the race on Tuesday, the presidential field became unanimously supportive of the right of states …
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Mass. should not legalize marijuana
This November, voters in Massachusetts will be asked whether to legalize marijuana. Our state has already decriminalized the drug for personal use, and we've made it legally available for medical use. The question before us now is whether marijuana …
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Meet the Man Who Hopes To Stop Marijuana Legalization in California
Morgan sat down with Reason TV's Zach Weissmueller to talk about his initiative, the Safe and Drug-Free Community Act, which aims to keep commercial marijuana illegal and to more heavily regulate the state's marijuana laws. Topics discussed in this …
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7 takeaways from the special report on marijuana legalization in Massachusetts
Bill Sicard waits for his medical marijuana at the New England Treatment Access dispensary on Conz Street in Northampton. The dispensary opened on Monday, becoming the third in Massachusetts to open following legalization of medical marijuana by …
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At least 20 states could vote on marijuana legalization in 2016
Marijuana initiatives are sweeping across the nation this year, and already 20 states report marijuana legalization ballot measures in the November 2016 elections, as reported by SFGate. That means 20 more states could legalize medical or recreational …
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Public forum about marijuana legalization to take place in Providence

Public forum about marijuana legalization to take place in Providence
PROVIDENCE R.I. (WPRI) — An open forum has been arranged to discuss Rhode Island's marijuana's policy and to learn from leaders in states that have already legalized medical and recreational marijuana. The forum is scheduled for April 5 from 9 a.m. to …
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Explaining SB 3 PKG
Fifty dispensaries would be allowed to have up to three separate locations, meaning potentially 150 places where patients could obtain medical marijuana. There are local zoning implications for dispensaries and dispensaries cannot be located within …
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Dubious Stock Pitched As California Marijuana Legalization 'Campaign Donation
Legalization supporters who buy a new penny stock are not directly supporting legalization, but rather a shady corner of legal marijuana market — unregulated, often fraudulent world of pink sheet securities, experts warn. This Tuesday, a new Nevada …
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