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forbes.com - Peter Su - The World Cup Created Billions In Opportunity. Cannabis Wasn't Invited
The World Cup Created Billions In Opportunity. Cannabis Wasn't Invited
Forbes

SOCHI, RUSSIA - JUNE 23: A fan carries a four tray full of Budweiser beer during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia group F match between Germany and Sweden at Fisht Stadium on June 23, 2018 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) As…

marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - Aurora Cannabis Inc. stock falls Friday, underperforms market
Aurora Cannabis Inc. stock falls Friday, underperforms market
MarketWatch

Shares of Aurora Cannabis Inc. ACB shed 1.30% to $3.04 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP rising 0.31% to 25,888.84 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average…

kcra.com - Ron Edens - Sacramento City Council to vote on new cannabis dispensary rules
Sacramento City Council to vote on new cannabis dispensary rules
kcra

Sacramento City Council to vote on new cannabis dispensary rules INJURIES. POLICE SAY HE IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. SACRAMENTO COULD CHANGE WHERE CANNABIS CAN AND CANNOT BE SOLD. NEXT WEEK, THE CITY COUNCIL IS SET TO VOTE ON A PROPOSAL TO ALLOW…

wbjournal.com - Katie Castellani | State House News Service - New cannabis chair seeks internal improvements, business feedback
New cannabis chair seeks internal improvements, business feedback
Worcester Business Journal

The new chairman of Cannabis Control Commission is focused on clearing the air within the agency that has been plagued with internal conflicts. Chris Harding, who Gov. Maura Healey tapped to lead the CCC in May, said during a meeting Thursday that…

irishmirror.ie - Cathal Ryan - Man, 20s, due in court after €24,000 worth of cannabis seized
Man, 20s, due in court after €24,000 worth of cannabis seized
Irish Mirror

A man in his 20s is due in court after Gardaí discovered €24,000 worth of cannabis following a house raid in Dublin. Gardaí from the Drug and Crime Unit in East Clontarf carried out a search under warrant at a house in Artane…

247wallst.com - John Seetoo - Dividend Safety Check: CNBS and Income in the Cannabis Sector
Dividend Safety Check: CNBS and Income in the Cannabis Sector
24/7 Wall St

CNBS distributions depend almost entirely on IIPR, while Trulieve, Green Thumb, and Cresco Labs pay zero dividends to fund shareholders. IIPR's Q1 AFFO of $1.88 fell short of its $1.90 dividend while tenant defaults and $291 million in maturing…

nbclosangeles.com - Helen Jeong - LA voters approve higher taxes on unlicensed cannabis shops, online travel sites
LA voters approve higher taxes on unlicensed cannabis shops, online travel sites
NBC Southern California

Voters have spoken: after the city of Los Angeles added three ballot measure for the June primary election, Angelenos have said 'yes' to two of the proposals while rejecting another. See below for the results and how they will affect Los Angeles…

cbsnews.com - Sara  Tenenbaum - Gov. Pritzker signs Illinois law banning sale of intoxicating hemp products to anyone under 21
Gov. Pritzker signs Illinois law banning sale of intoxicating hemp products to anyone under 21
CBS News

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill Friday that restricts the sale of intoxicating hemp products to the same ages as recreational marijuana. Products covered under the law include Delta-8, Delta-9, THC-P and HHC products that are currently…

nottinghampost.com - George Palmer-Soady - Allotments boss loses battle against tent-pitching protester
Allotments boss loses battle against tent-pitching protester
Nottingham Post

A row has erupted at a Nottinghamshire allotment after security attempted to remove a woman who was sleeping in a tent to 'protect' her crops. Buffy Iles, who grows vegetables on a section of land at the Ruddington Fields site on Wilford Road…

sportsnet.ca - Canadian Press - FIFA demands pot shop stop selling bong resembling World Cup trophy
FIFA demands pot shop stop selling bong resembling World Cup trophy
Sportsnet.ca

A Toronto cannabis shop selling bongs that resemble the World Cup trophy has been given a red card from the tournament's organizer. Cosmic Charlies co-owner Sean Kady said a law firm representing FIFA sent a letter Friday to both of his stores…

theweedblog.com - Leah Maurer - Cannifest 2026 Heads to Arcata Ball Park with a Packed Weekend of Community Events
Cannifest 2026 Heads to Arcata Ball Park with a Packed Weekend of Community Events
www.theweedblog.com

Cannifest is entering a new chapter in 2026! Humboldt County's long-running cannabis and community festival will relocate to the historic Arcata Ball Park for its 11th annual gathering, bringing two days of live music, cannabis culture, education…

billboard.com - Rachel Scharf - Lil Baby's Hemp Company Countersued Over Claims of Elevated THC Levels & E. Coli Contamination
Lil Baby's Hemp Company Countersued Over Claims of Elevated THC Levels & E. Coli Contamination
Billboard

Lil Baby 's hemp company is facing counterclaims after accusing its joint venture partner of shipping illegal and contaminated cannabis products across the country. The rapper's business entity, The Holding Co., sued Florida cannabis company Bay…

nationalpost.com - Chris Lambie - Ontario man found NCR for terrorizing grieving grandparents not ready for conditional discharge
Ontario man found NCR for terrorizing grieving grandparents not ready for conditional discharge
National Post

It would be premature to grant a conditional discharge to an Ontario man who terrorized the grandparents of one of two Indiana girls murdered in 2017 by calling them more than 30 times to say the dead girls had been seen in Canada a year after the…

dailyrecord.co.uk - Fionnuala Boyle - Drug gang members follow boss to jail after organised crime bust
Drug gang members follow boss to jail after organised crime bust
Daily Record

Three men have been jailed following an investigation into an organised crime group based in the north of Scotland. The operation already saw their boss jailed after being extradited from Morocco. Jason Addison, 39, Dennis Latham (pictured), 29…

globalnews.ca - Amy Judd - No jail time for man charged in fatal Surrey bus stop crash - BC
No jail time for man charged in fatal Surrey bus stop crash - BC
Global News

The man who was behind the wheel in a deadly 2024 impaired driving crash in Surrey will not serve any further time in jail. Michael Gordon Bovencamp, who turns 46 this year, was handed a probation, a driving ban and a fine for the crash that killed…

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