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Big changes are unfolding in the U.S. cannabis landscape.

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• Massachusetts considers cannabis cultivation permit freeze. 
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• If America has a marijuana problem, The New York Times wants to make it worse. Read story >
• Nebraska medical cannabis at risk of federal raids before it begins. Read story >

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