What we’re reading: Week 2

By Katie Campbell 
@News21 

Posted: June 5, 2015

A periodic rundown of stories we’re reading when researching marijuana legalization stories:

‘This is what I grew up dreaming to do’: A marijuana grower gets ready for legal weed (Andy Warner, Fusion) The progress of the legalization movement in California as told by a cartoon comic.

Clergy join push to legalize marijuana in mission of social justice (Manya Brachear Pashman, Chicago Tribune, June 2) A group called Clergy for a New Drug Policy has come together to lobby for legislation to tax and regulate marijuana.

Marijuana Legalization 2015: As Legal Pot Spreads, NORML, The Nation’s Oldest Marijuana Advocacy Group, Faces Uncertainty (Joel Warner, International Business Times, June 3) Are larger pro-legalization organizations with more robust funding pushing the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws to the side?

Man gets two years for growing marijuana in California national forest (Nate Linhart, Sacramento Sun Times, June 3) A trash pile from this grow operation was found near a California river, making this bust significant in the state’s drought.

This smartphone-connected grower is like a Keurig for marijuana (John Paul Titlow, Fast Company) “Root” — a pod-based growing apparatus — connects with its smartphone app to help consumers who aren’t horticulturally savvy grow their own weed.

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