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Oct 18

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Voters will decide critical statewide ballot measures in midterm election

By Laura Barrón-López, Matt Loffman

For many voters this year, the focus has been on contests for governor, senator or local representatives, but voters in 36 states will decide the future of abortion access, health care and even voting itself. Laura Barrón-López sat down with…

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Oct 12

California expands effort to eradicate illegal marijuana growing

By Don Thompson, Associated Press

California's four-year-old legal marijuana market is in disarray.

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Oct 06

Biden issues pardons for thousands convicted for ‘simple possession’ of marijuana

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of "simple possession" of marijuana, as his administration takes a dramatic step toward decriminalizing the drug and addressing charging practices that disproportionately impact people of color.

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Apr 20

Watch 6:00
More states are legalizing marijuana sales, but where does federal legislation stand?

By William Brangham, Kyle Midura

New Jersey will be the latest state to allow sales of recreational marijuana -- one of 19 states where such sales are legal or about to begin. But it’s still illegal under federal law. William Brangham talks with Politico’s Natalie…

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Apr 01

House votes to decriminalize marijuana, faces uphill battle in Senate

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The bill faces an uphill climb in the Senate and is unlikely to become law. But Friday's vote gave lawmakers the chance to show their views on the legalization trend spreading across the country.

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Jul 31

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Minorities struggle for headway in the legal weed business

By Kira Kay, Jason Maloney, Zachary Green

In 2016, Massachusetts voters approved an initiative that required the state to create policies that would bring those disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs into the new legal cannabis industry. Today, minority-owned businesses make up only a small fraction…

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Jul 09

Why can’t Olympians smoke weed?

By Chloe Jones

Her chances dashed at an Olympic debut, fellow elite athletes have come to Sha'Carri Richardson's defense and to say that sporting rules on pot are overdue for a change.

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Jul 06

Banned sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson left off Olympic team

By Eddie Pells, Pat Graham, Associated Press

The decision means the American's positive test for marijuana will cost her a chance at running on the relay team in Tokyo, in addition to her spot in the 100-meter individual race.

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Jun 02

Amazon will no longer test job applicants for marijuana

By Associated Press

The company, the second-largest private employer in the U.S. behind Walmart, is making the change as states legalize cannabis or introduce laws banning employers from testing for it.

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Apr 05

Watch 7:38
Could Oregon’s decision to decriminalize hard drugs provide a model for the country?

By Stephanie Sy, Lena I. Jackson, Casey Kuhn

With New York’s recent legalization of recreational cannabis, more than 40 percent of Americans now live in states that have embraced marijuana legalization. Oregon has been on the leading edge of drug reform and in November became the first to…

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