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Kolbe Rose, the manager of Stoney Moose cannabis store, stands behind some of the stores display cases Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Alaska has moved closer to becoming the first in the country with statewide rules allowing onsite use of marijuana at specially authorized stores. Eric Riemer is a co-owner of The Stoney Moose retail marijuana shop in Ketchikan, a community that is a summer tourist destination in southeast Alaska. He said his business, which is not in a stand-alone building, has had to revise its initial vision of an upstairs consumption area as the regulations took shape and is now looking at some type of outdoor area. (Hall Anderson/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)

Onsite Consumption Coming Soon to Some Alaska Stores

Associated Press

March 15, 2019

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In this March 1, 2019 file photo Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit, in Las Vegas. A growing list of Democratic presidential contenders want the U.S. government to legalize marijuana, reflecting a nationwide shift. Harris says it's the "smart thing to do." (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Pot-litics: 2020 Democrats Line Up Behind Legalization

Associated Press

March 11, 2019

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In this March 2, 2011, file photo, a sales associate demonstrates the use of an electronic cigarette and the smoke like vapor that comes from it in Aurora, Colo. Cannabis advocates are watching closely as Colorado lawmakers consider limits on where e-cigarettes can be used in an effort to combat rising teen use of nicotine-containing vaping devices. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)

Vaping and E-Cigs Could be Impacted by Colorado Bill

Associated Press

March 4, 2019

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In this Oct. 20, 2018, file photo, a customer takes a sniff test from the selection of marijuana strains at Miyagi LA booth at the cannabis-themed Kushstock Festival at Adelanto, Calif. When California voters broadly legalized marijuana in 2016, they were promised that part of the tax revenue from pot sales would be devoted to programs to teach youth how to avoid substance abuse and "prevent harm" from marijuana use. But more than a year after the start of sales, there's no money for those programs and looming questions about how they might operate in the future. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

California Cannabis Revenue Won’t Pay for Youth Programs… Yet

Associated Press

February 25, 2019

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In this June 27, 2017 file photo, the proprietor of a medical marijuana dispensary prepares his monthly tax payment, over $40,000 in cash, at his Los Angeles store. Congress on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, was urged to fully open the doors of the nation's banking system to the legal marijuana industry, a change that supporters say would reduce the risk of crime and resolve a litany of problems for pot companies from paying taxes to getting a loan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Cannabis Needs Banks! Congress Urged to Legalize Banking Services

Associated Press

February 18, 2019

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In this Dec. 19, 2018, file photo, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined at left by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Ore., speaks during a news conference to press Congress to intervene on behalf of the Affordable Care Act, after a federal judge in Texas ruled it unconstitutional, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Wyden has proposed legislation that would give states a free hand to allow legal marijuana markets without the threat of federal criminal intervention. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senator Proposes Bill to Keep Feds Out of State Pot Laws

Associated Press

February 15, 2019

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Across the country, criminal prosecutors are refusing to pursue criminal charges for possession of cannabis. New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and St. Louis prosecutors have all stated they won’t spend valuable time and resources pursuing convictions for what they perceive as a petty crime. Image courtesy Pixabay

Prosecutors are Refusing to Pursue Pot Possession Charges

Patricia Miller

February 14, 2019

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In this Dec. 13, 2017, file photo, James MacWilliams prunes a marijuana plant growing indoors in Portland, Maine. New Hampshire lawmakers, who are considering in February 2019 whether to legalize recreational marijuana, are hearing from supporters saying the move is long overdue and from opponents urging them to resist pressure from surrounding states where it's legal. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

New Hampshire Lawmakers Considering Legalizing Recreational Use

Associated Press

February 7, 2019

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FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2019, file photo, illegal drugs and weapons are displayed in the foreground as President Donald Trump speaks at a roundtable on immigration and border security at the U.S. Border Patrol McAllen Station in McAllen, Texas. In his demands that Congress set aside $5.7 billion for a border wall, President Donald Trump insists a physical barrier would stop heroin entering the U.S. from Mexico. But U.S. statistics, analysts and testimony at the trial of drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in New York show that most hard drugs entering the U.S. from Mexico come through land ports of entry staffed by agents, not open sections of the border. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Despite Trump’s Claims, His Wall Won’t Stop the Flow of Drugs

Associated Press

January 31, 2019

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Rep. Mike Freiberg, left, Sen. Melisa Franzen and Sen. Scott Jensen discuss legislation to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana use at a news conference inside the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. (Tim Pugmire/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

Minnesota Lawmakers Make Move to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

Associated Press

January 30, 2019

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