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theguardian.com - Hannah Harris Green - Trump's cannabis order will still leave users at risk of prosecution, experts say
Trump's cannabis order will still leave users at risk of prosecution, experts say
The Guardian

Experts say Donald Trump 's recent executive order on cannabis rescheduling is unlikely to make a meaningful difference for those most vulnerable to cannabis-related criminal charges, which the president has ramped up in various ways during his…

wbjournal.com - Katie Castellani | State House News Service - Cannabis sales hit another new record in 2025
Cannabis sales hit another new record in 2025
Worcester Business Journal

As the state's cannabis industry is gearing up for potential expansion and reform this year, marijuana sales hit $1.65 billion in 2025, marking a new record but remaining relatively flat compared to 2024. Based on information the Cannabis Control…

wcpo.com - LINK nky - Kentucky's first medical cannabis processor is opening in Dayton
Kentucky's first medical cannabis processor is opening in Dayton
WCPO 9 Cincinnati

DAYTON, Ky. — Kentucky's first operational medical cannabis processor, Bison Processing, is opening in Dayton. As the first facility of its kind in the state, Bison Processing will be responsible for taking Kentucky-grown cannabis and…

thebaynet.com - JB - Senior News Producer - Cannabis Grow Facility Concept Plan Submitted For Location In Hollywood
Cannabis Grow Facility Concept Plan Submitted For Location In Hollywood
The BayNet

HOLLYWOOD, Md. — Plans for a proposed cannabis grow facility along the Hollywood industrial corridor are moving through the early stages of county review, according to development applications and planning documents filed with St. Mary's…

dw.com - Alexander Freund - Cannabis: Now you can measure how much is too much
Cannabis: Now you can measure how much is too much
dw.com

Even just a few joints a week can make a difference ― measured in milligrams of THC. A new study by researcher Rachel L. Thorne and her team provides the first concrete thresholds for the weekly dose at which the risk of cannabis use…

blockclubchicago.org - Madison Savedra - West Ridge Could Get Its First Cannabis Dispensary As New Proposal Comes Forward
West Ridge Could Get Its First Cannabis Dispensary As New Proposal Comes Forward
Block Club Chicago

WEST RIDGE — A cannabis dispensary group is looking to open in a Peterson Avenue building where an earlier dispensary proposal was rejected. Eagle Dispensaries of Illinois is asking Ald. Andre Vazquez (40th) for a zoning change to open a…

qns.com - Bill Parry - New York's Office of Cannabis Management shuts down illegal weed shop in Flushing
New York's Office of Cannabis Management shuts down illegal weed shop in Flushing
QNS.com

An illegal cannabis shop in Flushing, just two blocks away from the Commonpoint Queens Youth Hub, has been shut down by the New York State Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) after the agency conducted an enforcement action. Parsons Minimart 1…

wcvb.com - Phil Tenser - Mass. marijuana industry reaches new high despite falling prices
Mass. marijuana industry reaches new high despite falling prices
WCVB

Mathew Sumner FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 1, 2018 file photo, a customer purchases marijuana at the Harborside marijuana dispensary in Oakland, Calif., on the first day that recreational marijuana was sold legally in California. State regulators…

chicagotribune.com - Cory Franklin - Doctors: The Illinois windfall from legal marijuana has come at a price
Doctors: The Illinois windfall from legal marijuana has come at a price
Chicago Tribune

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In 2019, Illinois became the first state in the nation to legalize the commercial sale of recreational cannabis. Gov. JB Pritzker and lawmakers decided by themselves, promising that legalization would…

vice.com - Macey Wolfer - Arizona Is the Latest State to Take Aim at Legal Weed
Arizona Is the Latest State to Take Aim at Legal Weed
VICE

The Trump administration may have recently issued an executive order to ease some cannabis restrictions, but that hasn't stopped prohibitionists from moving in. This time, the target is Arizona's recreational market. Arizona voters approved…

texastribune.org - Stephen Simpson - Texas medical pot industry sprouts new businesses, patients
Texas medical pot industry sprouts new businesses, patients
The Texas Tribune

After lawmakers blunted expansion for years, Texas' medical marijuana industry is slated to see more marijuana operators coming online, current ones opening more facilities and more Texans enrolling in the program this year. In September, Texas…

axios.com - Mike D'Onofrio - Fewer people using Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program
Fewer people using Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program
Axios

Pennsylvania's medical cannabis program shed users over the past year even as sales ticked up. Why it matters: The next big thing for cannabis in the Commonwealth — legalizing recreational adult use — remains in flux. State of play:…

thesun.co.uk - Becky Pemberton - I do weed & am teaching my son, 7, about it, I don't want him mixing sweets up
I do weed & am teaching my son, 7, about it, I don't want him mixing sweets up
The Sun

TYPICALLY parents often do all they can to shield their children from drug use. However, mum-of-two Caitlin Fladager, 30, who lives in Vancouver, Canada, is open with her kids about regularly using marijuana. Your info will be used in accordance…

mirror.co.uk - Tom Pettifor - Doorbell footage shows a masked gunman firing at family home as woman dials 999
Doorbell footage shows a masked gunman firing at family home as woman dials 999
The Mirror

A gunman is filmed firing into the front door of a terrified family as a woman calls 999 for help and sobs: 'Please, I have children in the house.' The footage was captured on a Ring doorbell in Luton and formed part of the UK's biggest-ever…

thesun.co.uk - Brynmor Pattison - First crime & 17-year revenge wait…how Kinahan built world's most wanted gang
First crime & 17-year revenge wait…how Kinahan built world's most wanted gang
The Sun

CARTEL kingpin Christy Kinahan is one of Ireland's most infamous names in international crime. The drug lord has become known as one of our most nefarious mobsters to emerge from the Irish capital – and he reached the summit of the criminal…

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