Michigan in the Midwest and Maine,New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont in the East also permit some medical uses.

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Northern states refused to permit slavery in the new territories of California and New Mexico.

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Charlie Parker was given a permit to play in New York again two years later.

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It's nearly impossible to get a new permit in states like California.

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An administration spokeswoman said the government had told companies seeking permits to drill in shallow water to wait "a day or two" until regulators issued guidelines for new permit requirements for shallow-water drilling projects.

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Recently, through WCMRA, they proposed new permit legislation.

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