Colorado and Washington Make Recreational Marijuana Legal.

Colorado and Washington make recreational marijuana legal. – Does legal marijuana in the US really mean trouble for Mexican drug cartels? Medical marijuana is packaged for sale in 1-gram packages at the Northwest Patient Resource Center medical marijuana dispensary, Nov. 7, in Seattle.

Study shows legalizing pot could earn billions for B.C.

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Two weeks after Washington state and Colorado passed measures to legalize marijuana for adult personal use, a coalition of UBC and SFU researchers has found B.C. could earn up to $ 2.5 billion in revenue from following suit. Legalizing marijuana in B.C …
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New Washington law could have local impacts

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On Election Day, Washington became one of two states to pass a pro-marijuana initiative (the other state was Colorado), making both the first states to legalize recreational use of marijuana. Currently, 18 states (including Oregon) and Washington …
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Marijuana is top drug used by drivers the WSP pulled over

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Washington State Patrol Sergeant Mark Crandall is a DRE trainer. In his 20 years as a trooper he's seen thousands of people who use prescription or illegal drugs, then drive. Some of them are high on a combination of things. "We find people who are …
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Prescription drug deaths biggest 'man-made epidemic,' doctor says

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta, associate chief of neurosurgery at Grady Memorial Hospital and CNN's chief medical correspondent, recalls hearing horror stories of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. "It's the biggest man-made epidemic in the United States. That's …
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