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Pennsylvania Governor Encourages Recreational Legalization to Help the State’s Economy  

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Lawmakers are looking at ways to increase the state’s revenue, and to no surprise, some suggest legalizing recreational cannabis. Tom Wolf is one of those lawmakers who is pushing for the legalization of recreational cannabis. Medical marijuana was legalized in Pennsylvania back in 2016 and went into effect in 2018.

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The Week in Weed: May 22, 2020

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. The news getting the most attention this week is the reopening of Massachusetts’ recreational marijuana shops, scheduled for May 25. Recreational shops, however, had to close. cannabis banking.

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Group Representing State Treasurers Formally Calls On Congress To Pass Banking Legislation

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Marijuana Moment reports. Lacking banking services, many legal cannabis businesses operate solely in cash,” it says. Lacking banking services, many legal cannabis businesses operate solely in cash,” it says. State Treasurers Group Endorses Marijuana Banking Legislation.

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The Week in Weed: March 13, 2020

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. In other federal action, the House Veterans Affairs Committee passed two bills related to medical marijuana. The other increases research into the efficacy of marijuana in treating chronic pain and PTSD. STATE NEWS.

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WSU researchers team with Puyallup tribe on medicinal cannabis research

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SPOKANE — Researchers at Washington State University are teaming up with the Puyallup Tribe of Indians in an effort to chart the tribe’s outcomes prescribing medicinal marijuana to patients. The Puyallup tribe has staked several claims in the state’s legal marijuana industry, opening two recreational stores in the Tacoma area.

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The Week in Weed: March 6, 2020

The Blunt Truth

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Lawmakers wrestled with the issue of capping THC content in medical marijuana for those patients under the age of 21. In Vermont , legislation to establish a marijuana marketplace passed on a second reading in the House.

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Guam Eventually Set to Accept Adult-Use Cannabis License Applications

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29 will start accepting applications from “responsible officials” for the island’s recreational cannabis industry, which is the first step before cannabis businesses and their employees can be licensed and permitted to operate. You could say that this process has been happening on island time… The Pacific Daily News reports.

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