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A new poll released Friday shows incumbent Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher with a nine-point lead over Democrat challenger Harley Rouda with just days to go before the midterm elections on November 6.

Republican incumbent Dana Rohrabacher has taken a small lead in the race for California’s 48th congressional district in the latest Monmouth University poll, after Democrat Harley Rouda stumbled in a recent debate.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) accompanied a busload of senior citizens Tuesday to a marijuana dispensary in nearby Santa Ana, California, to discuss the benefits of medical marijuana and advocate for its full legalization.

Republican Dana Rohrabacher called out Democrat Harley Rouda for supporting Medicare for illegal aliens — and had the video evidence to prove it.

Bloomberg reports that Privateer Holdings Inc.owns 76 percent of Tilray, the Canadian marijuana company whose shares soared 65 percent on Wednesday.

MedMen that operates legal Southern California marijuana dispensaries is running billboards to shame the public into not referring to users as “stoners,” according to the LA Times.

The Associated Press reported Monday that 18 percent of recreational marijuana products in California have failed potency and health risk testing since July 1.

With a new minor in “Marijuana Studies,” New Jersey’s Stockton University is launching an academic discipline that might be more about taking it easy than taking on a discipline.

City workers in a Wyoming town had to do some “weeding” after a few pranksters planted some pot into the community’s potted plants.

LONDON (AP) — The British government announced Tuesday it would move to lift its ban on cannabis-based medicines, amid mounting criticism over the denial of treatment to severely epileptic children. But it rejected calls to legalize marijuana for recreational use.

President Donald Trump told a gaggle of reporters Friday that he will “probably” support efforts by Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) to end the federal ban on marijuana in states that have legalized it.

California expected state and local tax bonanza from legalizing recreational marijuana sales is drastically under-performing forecast due to a high tax burden.

Some police officials in Illinois are warning that their specially trained, drug-sniffing police dogs will have to be euthanized if the state legalizes marijuana.

Oscar-nominated actor Woody Harrelson said he and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence palled around some at Hanover College in the 1980s but would probably not be friends today due to Pence’s Christianity, because he has “that kind of fervor that you really don’t want.”

Free agent running back Mike James, recently asked the NFL for the right to use marijuana for his pain. His request was rejected by the NFL.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has reversed her previous opposition to federal enforcement of anti-marijuana laws and now says that she supports allowing each state to determine its own path on legal marijuana.

California water supply is suffering serious degradation from the 99 percent of unlicensed marijuana cultivators that remain unlicensed to avoid taxes and environmental regulation.

Former NBA player Kenyon Martin believes “85% of the league” smoked weed when he played.

The NFL decided to open their marijuana testing window on Thursday, April 20th. In other words, the NFL decided to begin testing their athletes on 4/20.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is ready to introduce legislation to decriminalize marijuana.

Weighing in with a surprisingly exact number, former Patriot Martellus Bennett says that he believes “89 percent” of NFL players smoke weed.

Authorities arrested an Arizona mother Thursday after discovering that she fed her daughter macaroni and cheese laced with THC, police said.

Authorities arrested a Virginia man Friday for allegedly making threats to kill his congressman over his support for marijuana decriminalization.

Former Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams has launched his own California-based Marijuana brand, reports say.

A married Florida middle school teacher has been arrested for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old student where she sent him nude photos and bought him drugs.

California marijuana farmers that obtained legal cultivation licenses under Proposition 64 are already complaining to the Humboldt County Supervisors that taxes could bankrupt them.

California’s war on the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution took a dramatic new step on Tuesday, as the city of Berkeley declared itself a “sanctuary city” for marijuana-related crimes.

There is no permanent presidential appointee in charge of combatting terrorism at the Justice Department because Colorado Republican Senator Cory Gardner has put discretionary federal marijuana enforcement above U.S. national security in his priorities.

A Florida man with a “devil horns” forehead tattoo was arrested this week for alleged marijuana possession during a routine traffic stop, deputies say.

California marijuana retailers will be toting huge amounts of cash to the Franchise Tax Board and the IRS, as pot still is too illegal for banks to inhale.

A Florida man sent a text message asking to buy marijuana when he realized that he sent the message to a police detective.

Despite dire predictions of “crackdowns,” questions remain among legal experts as to just how significantly Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to rescind an Eric Holder-era guidance on marijuana prosecutions will change patterns of prosecution.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra threatened to file his 25th lawsuit against the Trump administration for the U.S. Department of Justice’s decision to follow federal laws on marijuana enforcement.

Attorney General Sessions created a wave of controversy last week when he repealed the Obama administration’s 2013 “Cole Memo.” The most heated backlash came from the two U.S. Senators named “Cory.” While Republican Cory Garner of Colorado was on the

Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams warned President Donald Trump on Friday not to stop states from legalizing marijuana, warning: “I’m gonna turn on this president faster than anyone has ever turned on him.”

Attorney General Jeff Sessions may not get an invite, but if you’re in the Hollywood, California, area during the Super Bowl, the rest of you just might be able to attend a pot party hosted by Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams.