Pot Legalization Puts Bankers in a Pickle

Pot legalization puts bankers in a pickle

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It has targeted some medical-pot businesses for violations of the 40-year-old Controlled Substances Act, which classifies the drug a Schedule 1 narcotic, meaning it is considered addictive and with no medical value. The Justice Department …
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Russian anti-drugs crusader under growing pressure

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Some 2.5 million Russians are addicted to illegal drugs, and 90 percent of them use the heroin that has flooded into Russia from Afghanistan since the late 1990s, the government says. The U.N. has said Russia, a nation of 142 million … Sending your …
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Marijuana law introduced to Uruguay congress

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Uruguay still hopes to drive big-time drug dealers out of the marijuana business and enable pot smokers to buy their weed legally without having to feed the illegal and violent industry that provides addicts with harder drugs such as cocaine and its …
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