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The evolution of medical marijuana

The evolution of medical marijuana

Kelly Watkins April 18, 2019

If you drew an imaginary line from West Wendover, Nevada, to Dinosaur, Colorado, where cannabis is legal both medicinally and recreationally, what would fill the space between the two towns? The answer...

Art by Aubree Eckhardt

I have a sticker to prove I voted. So why has my vote been ignored?

Daryn Steed March 20, 2019

On Nov. 6, 2018, I lined up outside my city council building to vote. Though the race for Senate and my local representatives seemed airtight, Utah had several propositions up in the air. Prop 2 aimed...

The audience was able to see the current facts on proposition 2. (Kelly Watkins / The Signpost)

A small step, but a step nonetheless

Israel Velazquez March 15, 2019

The Utah Medical Cannabis Act, a substitution for the voter-approved Proposition 2, became law in Dec. 2018. The bill reduces the means of obtaining medical marijuana, but had the support of groups like...

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WSU distraught over legalized pot

Tori Waltz November 17, 2018

On Nov. 6, Proposition 2 was approved by Utah voters in the state midterm elections, allowing patients with certain qualifying conditions to legally obtain and consume medical marijuana under a doctor’s...

What lies in the wake of the blue wave

What lies in the wake of the ‘blue wave’

Hannah Olsen November 15, 2018

Midterms, which are historically wave elections, often offer the party not currently in power a chance to regain some authority in Congress. This year’s midterm elections have come and gone. CNBC...

No on Prop. 2 means no medical marijuana

No on Prop. 2 means no medical marijuana

Jennifer Guzman August 31, 2018

An overwhelmingly negative response swept public opinion in response to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ statement asking members to vote against Proposition 2. Proposition 2 is an...

The LDS Church instructed their members through email to vote no on Proposition 2. Photo credit: Samantha Van Orman

Mormons meddle with medical marijuana

Daryn Steed August 31, 2018

Proposition 2, the Medical Marijuana Initiative on the November ballot, would legalize the use of cannabis for those with qualifying medical illnesses. On Aug. 23, the LDS Church joined with the Utah Chamber...

Mike Benner, from left, Curtis Roff, and Cindy Kromka, processing technicians, trim cannabis flowers following harvest at PharmaCann, LLC, a medical marijuana cultivation center, on Jan. 23, 2017 in Dwight, Ill.
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Utah Patients launches 2018 medical marijuana ballot campaign

Brianne Hadley July 10, 2017

Utah Patients Coalition launched its 2018 ballot initiative campaign designed to advocate for the use and distribution of medical marijuana to patients with serious medical conditions in Utah. The 2018...

Multiple states vote to legalize the use of recreational and medical marijuana. (Source: ashton / flickr)

Nevada legalizes recreational marijuana; Utah maintains prohibition

Cydnee Green November 13, 2016

  While many United States citizens took to the polls to vote for America's next president-elect on Nov. 8, Nevada citizens where faced with another decision regarding their state's laws —...

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