How to Use marijuana in a Sentence

marijuana

noun
  • Pujols’ gun and White’s marijuana were found in the vehicle.
    Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 12 Dec. 2020
  • Anyone who is fired from a job for using medical marijuana, even off the job, has the burden of suing the employer.
    Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2020
  • The new law also allows Ohio adults to grow up to six marijuana plants at home, with a 12-plant cap on households with two or more adults.
    Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The company, with a license for medical marijuana, has been operating in the village for about five years.
    Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, 17 Dec. 2020
  • The suspect was contacted and denied stealing anything from the victim, but said the victim had accused him of stealing his laptop and his marijuana.
    Brian Lisik, cleveland, 9 Nov. 2020
  • There are also numerous media reports of sharp increases in the use of medical marijuana during the pandemic.
    Christopher Keating, courant.com, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The assumption has got to be that those voters turned out and voted to support the medical marijuana or Medicaid expansion initiatives two years ago, but stayed home this year.
    Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Cleveland thinks her father, a Vietnam War veteran who deals with chronic pain, could benefit from medical marijuana.
    al, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Farmer allegedly asked the witness to get his marijuana out of the car.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2021
  • In the process of the passenger moving, police saw in the car marijuana.
    cleveland, 15 Sep. 2021
  • No marijuana plants were stolen — and there were giant footprints around the scene.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Kansas Democrats tried to force a vote on legal marijuana last week.
    Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
  • It can be found in both hemp and marijuana plants — both are technically cannabis but hemp must have less than 0.3% THC present.
    Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
  • For the second time in three years, the Kentucky House passed a bill last week to legalize and regulate medical marijuana in the state.
    Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 24 Mar. 2022
  • According to a 2017 Yahoo News and Marist poll, that's how many American adults have used marijuana at some point in their lives.
    Nicholas Reimann, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Police found an empty bottle of tequila in the SUV but no marijuana.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Who knew it would be done so poignantly on this HBO series about a Brooklyn marijuana dealer?
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Officials also found a marijuana pipe and blunt in one of the children’s backpacks.
    Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2024
  • The medical marijuana has to be purchased legally outside Kentucky and amounts to less than eight ounces.
    Joe Sonka, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Residents would also be allowed to legally grow up to three marijuana plants in their homes and cannabis products could be sold in licensed stores.
    Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2023
  • At least two states have recreational marijuana on their ballots this year.
    Jeffrey Schweers, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Businessman James George bought the building in 2017 and was awarded a license to grow, dispense and process medical marijuana in the building.
    Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Two sources claimed that Miller’s home was unsafe for children, alleging there was frequent marijuana use around the children and guns were left around the home unattended.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2023
  • While responding, the 75-year-old rock icon compared his marijuana use to tobacco use.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Police say the men also made a stop to sell synthetic marijuana at an apartment complex.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 10 Oct. 2021
  • Authorities seized around 100 marijuana plants from the sales room.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024
  • In fact, many people who have never even tried traditional marijuana enjoy CBD, both those who are old and young.
    Chrono Therapeutics, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The legal marijuana industry in Maine is booming as more people get involved in the market.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 9 June 2021
  • Gaetz has long been an advocate for medical marijuana, both in his time in state politics and as a member of Congress.
    Jeff Weiner, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Of the dozens of US states that have legalized some form of medical marijuana over the past several decades, one towers far above the others in its enthusiasm for cannabis: Maine.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022

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