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Massachusetts could become the first state to reverse marijuana legalization when it votes in November

Activists claim to have collected enough petition signatures to secure a question on ballot papers, which could potentially see the Bay State repeal the approval it gave in 2016

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Myanmar torches $600 million in seized heroin, meth and other drugs

Myanmar authorities have burned more than $600 million worth of seized illegal drugs, including heroin, methamphetamine, ketamine, marijuana and opium, in nationwide events marking the U.N.’s International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

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Lawsuit Argues Hawaii's Harsh New Hemp Regulations Will Stifle Competition

A dispensary owner believes Hawaii’s hemp regulations are unconstitutional. He’s suing to stop their enforcement, but the law may not be on his side.

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Prohibition Didn't Stop Marijuana Use. It Stopped Marijuana Research.

Rescheduling marijuana will make it easier to study a drug that tens of millions of Americans already use.

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Supreme Court Ruling Offers Hope to an Iowa Marijuana User Who Got 4 Years for Owning Guns

The Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Hemani could open the door to relief for cannabis consumers convicted of illegal gun possession.

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SCOTUS Unanimously Ruled That the Second Amendment Trumps Anti-Drug Sentiment

The decision is a modest but welcome step toward rectifying the injustice of criminalizing conduct that violates no one’s rights.

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Clarence Thomas Explains Why the Commerce Clause Cannot Justify Federal Bans on Gun Possession

Even under the Supreme Court's highly elastic understanding of that clause, Thomas says, such laws do not qualify as regulation of interstate commerce.

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On Marijuana and Guns, Clarence Thomas Still Wants To Limit Federal Power

The conservative justice continues to wage a lonely legal crusade over the Commerce Clause.

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Fiddlers, Drunkards, Marijuana, and the Second Amendment

The Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Hemani.

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Supreme Court Delivers Major Second Amendment Win by Limiting Federal Gun Ban on Marijuana Users

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously to limit federal firearm restrictions on marijuana users, challenging the government's approach to drug-related gun bans and protecting Second Amendment rights.

International Business Times UK

Second Amendment Roundup: Gun Ban for Pot Users Unconstitutional

Supreme Court decides 9-0 that marijuana use per se fails to support firearm prohibition.

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Supreme Court Makes It Clear There Is No Drug Exception to the Second Amendment

The unanimous decision upholding the gun rights of cannabis consumers is striking given the Supreme Court's long history of accommodating the war on drugs.

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Supreme Court Rules Government Cannot Bar Marijuana Users From Owning Guns

A notable 9-0 Second Amendment decision that features three concurring opinions, all of which make good points.

Reason

SCOTUS Says Federal Prosecution of Marijuana-Using Gun Owner Violates the Second Amendment

A landmark win for the right to keep and bear arms in United States v. Hemani.

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Why can't a marijuana user own gun? US Supreme Court backs Texas man

The United States Supreme Court on Thursday issued a unanimous ruling siding with a Texas-based marijuana user who wants to legally own a gun.

The Texas Tribune

U.S. Supreme Court unanimously sides with Texas man, rules it’s not a crime for marijuana users to have guns

Ali Danial Hemani successfully challenged a federal law prohibiting people who illegally use drugs from owning guns. Justices said that ban is a Second Amendment violation.

The Independent UK

US Supreme Court rules on gun rights for marijuana users

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US Supreme Court sides with Texas marijuana user in landmark ruling over his right to own a gun

The decision is a loss for President Donald Trump’s Republican administration, which had defended the 1968 law

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The Independent UK

Supreme Court sides with a Texas man who says it’s not a crime for marijuana users to have guns

The Supreme Court is siding with a Texas marijuana user who wants to legally own a gun, the latest in a line of firearm cases from a court that has expanded gun rights

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Supreme Court sides with a Texas man who says it's not a crime for marijuana users to have guns

The Supreme Court is siding with a Texas marijuana user who wants to legally own a gun, the latest in a line of firearm cases from a court that has expanded gun rights

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Supreme Court curtails gun ban for drug users

The Supreme Court on Thursday limited a federal law that prohibits illegal drug users from possessing firearms, in a case involving a man who was charged after investigators found a gun in his home and he admitted using marijuana about every other day. In a unanimous decision, the justices found…

The Mary Sue

‘I’m asking you to leave’: Florida man walks into restaurant. Then the bartender tells him to leave because he smells suspicious

Dining at a favorite restaurant is usually one of life’s pleasures. Having them boot you out for an unwarranted reason can easily sour it. This is what this woman and her husband allegedly experienced at Hog Heaven Bar-B-Q, the owner claiming they reeked of marijuana. But was this the true…

Reason

Mitch McConnell's Hemp Ban Betrays the Industry He Helped Create

Federal prohibition of hemp-derived THC products would destroy a $37.5 billion industry to solve a problem states are already handling.

The Independent UK

Mother arrested after high-speed drunk drive with child, alcohol bottles and marijuana in car

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Mother arrested for driving ‘drunk’ at 120ph with three-year-old, empty liquor bottles and marijuana in the car

A mother who was driving at 120mph was pulled over by officers who found a three-year-old in the backseat.

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