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If states are going to legalize weed, the least they can do is order warning labels

If you buy cigarettes anywhere in America, the pack will include a dire warning that “smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema.” 

Smoking pot may do the same — but only three states of 24 where recreational cannabis is legal require similar warnings about cannabis products on their packaging.

New York warns against smoking weed when breast-feeding, but Oregon doesn’t.

Massachusetts warns against driving under the influence of cannabis, but Missouri doesn’t.

That wild variation is important to consider after President Donald Trump, notwithstanding the fact that he’s a teetotaler, took a major step toward making cannabis more easily available across the United States.

Last week, he reclassified pot as a Schedule 3 drug under the Controlled Substances Act, making it officially less dangerous than under its previous Schedule 1 designation, which it shared with heroin.

Notoriously liberal California city paid $607K to nonprofit and politically connected subcontractor for disastrous cannabis program

High holy days: Weed-loving NY Jews are bringing New Yorkers together one smoke at a time

Men may be doubling their partner’s risk of miscarriage with a single controversial habit

It will be easier for cannabis distributors to do business in the 41 states where medical marijuana is legal and 24 where recreational pot is for sale.

But while Trump moves the nation toward a national cannabis market, there’s no single health warning required for cannabis products, unlike another........

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