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Cannabis among top priorities for New York legislators in 2020
The Associated Press - Published on January 6, 2020Read moreCuomo waffled on legalization last year, and some legislators got cold feet. Will anything change in 2020?
The Roll-Up #122: Come on feel the Illinois
Leafly Podcasts - Published on January 3, 2020Read moreIllinois goes legal: David Downs reflects on Opening Day in Chicago.
Canada’s new health minister calls for cannabis abstinence
Jesse B. Staniforth - Published on January 2, 2020Read moreThe call for abstinence was received angrily by medical-cannabis patients and advocates.
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Illinois pardons 11,000 cannabis convictions on eve of legalization
The Associated Press - Published on January 1, 2020Read moreJust one day before Illinois opened its first legal cannabis stores, Governor J.B. Pritzker granted pardons to more than 11,000 people with misdemeanor cannabis convictions.
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Illinois dispensaries open for recreational sales: Leafly’s live coverage
Leafly Staff - Published on January 1, 2020Read moreLegalization comes to the Land of Lincoln on New Year’s Day, and Leafly is on the ground with coverage from cannabis dispensaries across Illinois.
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At year’s end, time to ask: Why did the CDC ignore vaping evidence?
Bruce Barcott - Published on December 31, 2019Read moreAs American public health officials clung to their bias against nicotine vaping, illegal THC cartridges kept killing people.
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Cannabis legalization around the world
Lisa Felepchuk - Published on December 30, 2019Read moreIndustry experts weigh in on several countries that are warming towards legal marijuana.
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2019 in review: Looking back at a year of cannabis in Canada
Soj Ramsay-Taylor - Published on December 27, 2019Read moreHow did each province handle the first legal year of cannabis in Canada?
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The Roll-Up #120: The big predictions show
Leafly Podcasts - Published on December 20, 2019Read moreScoring our 2019 predictions and forecasting 2020: It’s a double-album podcast perfect for holiday giving.
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Is Bernie Sanders still ahead of the curve on cannabis?
David Bienenstock - Published on December 18, 2019Read moreHe pioneered decriminalization in the 1970s and led legalization efforts in Congress. How would he act as president? Bernie’s got a plan.
