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Donald Trump

Jet crash mars Air Force ceremony in Colorado

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — President Barack Obama implored the next generation of American military leaders Thursday not to give in to isolationism or pull back from U.S. leadership in the world, drawing a contrast with a foreign policy vision laid out by Donald Trump, then learned a U.S.

Massachusetts

Edible pot in fruit, animal shapes targeted by Colorado lawmakers

DENVER (AP) — Pot-infused lemon drops and other marijuana edibles that resemble fruits could be coming off Colorado shelves, the latest front in a battle by lawmakers to eradicate retail pot products that could appeal to kids. A committee in the state House of Representatives advanced the bill that also would

Massachusetts

Baker joins DeLeo and Walsh to fight pot ballot measure

BOSTON – Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has joined forces with Democratic leaders Robert DeLeo, the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to oppose a likely ballot question asking voters to make retail marijuana sales legal in the state. The three officials have previously voiced opposition

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Pot legalization debated by Bay State lawmakers

BOSTON – In what one observer described as "the eruption, at long last, of the first-ever public debate about marijuana in Massachusetts," advocates for legalizing marijuana retail sales squared off Monday with law enforcement officials and lawmakers who oppose the move. The Joint Committee on the Judiciary heard testimony

Elizabeth Warren

Warren eyes legal pot retail sales as a way to curb opiate abuse

WASHINGTON – Elizabeth Warren tentatively weighed in on the debate over legalizing marijuana, asking the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study the effects of legal access to pot on the rate of deaths from heroin and opioid drug overdoses. The Bay State's senior U.S. Senator

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Disability rights groups oppose Colo. assisted suicide bill

Denver (CNA/EWTN News) — Disability advocates and medical professionals came out in opposition to a proposal in the Colorado legislature that would legalize assisted suicide, warning that it would further marginalize the disabled and terminally ill. "For people like me, who have very high medical costs, we are at

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Pot states look at easing cross-border investment

DENVER (AP) — States that have legalized pot are taking a fresh look at making it easier for out-of-state investors to get in the weed business, saying the industry's ongoing difficulty in banking means they need new options to finance expansion. The four states that allow recreational pot sales

Massachusetts

Senator: Legal marijuana would create many challenges

STATE HOUSE — Highly potent edible forms of marijuana make up nearly half the legalized market in Colorado and have had dangerous consequences for adults and children, according to a Massachusetts senator who returned last week from a research trip. Back from what he called an "eye-opening trip," Sen.