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Proposed cannabis reform won’t get further consideration until at least the General Assembly’s fall session after stakeholders failed to come to an agreement.

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“No one should be in jail for using or possessing marijuana” - US President, Joe Biden. This was not something proclaimed by a wide-eyed university student in a room of giggly teenagers passing a spliff around at 3am. It was a statement made by President Biden last week on cannabis reform. The implications? Pardon all “No one should be in jail for using or possessing marijuana” - US President, Joe Biden. This was not something proclaimed by a wide-eyed university student in a room of gig...

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"Black and Brown entrepreneurs are just sitting on the sidelines watching," said Akele Parnell, who won one of 185 new marijuana dispensary licenses being issued by the state after a lengthy court battle.