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尽管大型制药公司的重磅游说，美国的大麻合法化努力取得了新的进展

许多行业在保持大麻禁止法律方面拥有巨大的经济利益，包括制药巨头，酒精游说团体，赌场和监狱工业综合体。

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Prosecuted Then, Prioritized Now: LA Brings Social Equity to Marijuana Sellers

For decades, the War on Drugs has operated disproportionately to undercut the economic and citizenship status of U.S. minorities. In giving priority to that war’s victims when it comes to applying for licenses to sell now-legalized marijuana, the LA City Council is helping to right a long-standing wrong.

Prosecuted Then, Prioritized Now: LA Brings Social Equity to Marijuana Sellers

LOS ANGELES – Beginning in January in Los Angeles, individuals who are low-income and/or have had a conviction for a marijuana-related offense will enjoy priority status when it comes to applying for a license to legally sell the herb. Cultivators or manufacturers will also have such status, thanks to the Los Angeles City

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga

Thandisizwe Chimurenga is an award-winning, freelance journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She is a staff writer for MintPress News, Daily Kos and co-hosts a weekly, morning drive-time public affairs/news show on the Pacifica Radio network. She is the author of No Doubt: The Murder(s) of Oscar Grant and Reparations … Not Yet: A Case for Reparations and Why We Must Wait; she is also a contributor to several social justice anthologies.

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Uruguay Government Defends Legal Cannabis As Global Bankers Bust Distributors

Uruguay’s president has defended the anti-prohibition law as banks boycott pharmacies involved in the cannabis trade, citing global regulations.

Uruguay Government Defends Legal Cannabis As Global Bankers Bust Distributors

Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez has reiterated his government's commitment to continue the legalized sale of recreational cannabis in pharmacies, despite protests by banks worried about running afoul of international regulations. The country's ruling party, the Broad Front, has been dealing with controversy after popular former President Jose

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Oakland Requires Half Of Legal Pot Permits Go To Those Arrested For Marijuana Offenses

Even though Oakland’s foray into drug war reparations could amount to overreach, it is a symbol of the dramatic turnaround that has taken root with respect to the war on drugs.

Oakland Requires Half Of Legal Pot Permits Go To Those Arrested For Marijuana Offenses

Oakland, CA – Oakland is beginning an experiment that can be considered both laudable and questionable. As cannabis businesses are set to spring up across the city, following California’s legalization of recreational cannabis, Oakland is providing reparations to victims of the drug war. They’re not doling out money, though.

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Jeff Sessions’s War On Weed Goes Up In Smoke In Nevada

It turns out the reality of supply, demand and the tax man bites for medical users.

Jeff Sessions’s War On Weed Goes Up In Smoke In Nevada

(Opinion) -- Thousands lined up to purchase recreational marijuana legally at 12:01 a.m. on July 1. At Euphoria Wellness, with a location in southwest Las Vegas, a crowd of 400 to 500 people were lined up at midnight. Other locations had just as many. Among the first to purchase was state senator Tick Segerblom, who has a strain

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Nevada’s Marijuana Legalization Gives Control To Newly Created ‘Cannabis Cartel’

Though it is exciting to be able to purchase recreational marijuana in Nevada, its “legalization” isn’t everything it seems to be.

Nevada’s Marijuana Legalization Gives Control To Newly Created ‘Cannabis Cartel’

On July 1, 2017, thousands of people in Nevada waited in line at dispensaries for hours to purchase marijuana — a plant that has been cultivated for thousands of years and 

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After Legalizing Marijuana, Unemployment Plummets In Colorado

According to a report from the New Data Frontier, which focuses on cannabis industry data, there could be as many as 283,000 jobs in cannabis by 2020.

After Legalizing Marijuana, Unemployment Plummets In Colorado

Colorado —Three years after legalizing cannabis, Colorado has the lowest unemployment rate in the country. “While the national unemployment rate dropped to 4.3 percent in May, the lowest since 2001, Colorado’s jobless rate is the nation’s lowest at 2.3 percent,” CNBC

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Carey Wedler is the editor-in-chief of Anti-Media. Shortly after graduating from UCLA with a degree in History, she got her start making Youtube videos, which led her to Anti-Media. Besides editing, she also covers foreign policy, the war on drugs, and solution-oriented developments. Her work has been published in Newsweek, Ron Paul’s Liberty Report, and the Foundation for Economic Education. Contact Carey via email: [email protected] Support her on Patreon: patreon.com/CareyWedler

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