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Christine Aderson, a small farmer in Oregon, was targeted by the Department of Agriculture a few years ago for advertising the sale of fresh, raw milk on her website. Now, a unanimous 9-0 vote by the House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources may send the ban on raw milk advertising to the garbage bin.

This past week, the Senate decided to override a line-item veto from Governor John de Jongh of the decriminalization provision for the US Virgin Islands, which had been included in the territory’s 2015 fiscal year budget. Due to this veto, the Islands will no longer prosecute those found to be in possession of one ounce or less of cannabis.