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Has the legalization avalanche arrived?
By
Alex Halperin
Feb 17, 2022
Feb 17, 2022
Like many of you, I've never wavered from my belief that legalization was inevitable. Also like many of you, I thought it might happen sooner. But a flurry of activity nationwide this weeks suggests the state by state processing is...
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