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law360.com - Alex Leonowicz - Cannabis Industry Faces An Inflection Point This Year
Cannabis Industry Faces An Inflection Point This Year
Law360

For Michigan operators, the passage of a new 24% wholesale excise tax is not just another pricing headache. It is a clear signal from the state about where cannabis now sits... To view the full article, register now. Already a subscriber? Click…

sciencedaily.com - Scientists 'resurrect' ancient cannabis enzymes with medical promise
Scientists 'resurrect' ancient cannabis enzymes with medical promise
ScienceDaily

Their findings were published in the scientific journal Plant Biotechnology Journal. To reach these conclusions, the researchers rebuilt enzymes that no longer exist today but were active millions of years ago in early ancestors of the cannabis…

wcpo.com - Connor Steffen - Kentucky medical cannabis rollout: 1 year after legalization, when will dispensaries open in NKY?
Kentucky medical cannabis rollout: 1 year after legalization, when will dispensaries open in NKY?
WCPO 9 Cincinnati

DAYTON, Ky. — In the year since Kentucky legalized medical cannabis, the commonwealth has seen a slow and steady rollout of the statewide program — but Northern Kentucky is still waiting on its first dispensary to open. Four Northern…

sciencealert.com - Jess Cockerill - Scientists Figured Out a Standard Measure For Cannabis Use
Scientists Figured Out a Standard Measure For Cannabis Use
ScienceAlert

A new study led by researchers from the University of Bath in the UK suggests a standard unit for measuring cannabis potency, similar to how we quantify alcohol consumption with standard drinks, could help people manage their intake and identify…

marketbeat.com - Top Cannabis Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - January 16th
Top Cannabis Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - January 16th
MarketBeat

The 2026 Cannabis Wildcard: How Tax Reform Could Reset Stock Valuations Tilray Brands, Canopy Growth, and SNDL are the three Cannabis stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Cannabis stocks are shares of publicly…

wmtw.com - Norah Hogan - Ask 8 Investigates: What happens if you unwittingly signed a petition to end recreational cannabis?
Ask 8 Investigates: What happens if you unwittingly signed a petition to end recreational cannabis?
WMTW

Ask 8 Investigates: What happens if you unwittingly signed a petition to end recreational cannabis? Misleading voters is legal since lying is a form of protected speech IT WAS CANCELED DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. IN PORTLAND IM CATE MCCUSKER FOR MAINES…

knowridge.com - Knowridge - Smoking cessation drug could help treat cannabis use disorder in men
Smoking cessation drug could help treat cannabis use disorder in men
Knowridge Science Report | Inspiring science news

A new study has found that varenicline, a medication commonly used to help people quit smoking, may also help reduce cannabis use in people with cannabis use disorder (CUD)—but only in men. The research, published in the journal Addiction…

theatlantic.com - Yasmin Tayag - Weed Companies Are Cashing In on Dry January
Weed Companies Are Cashing In on Dry January
The Atlantic

Many Americans enthusiastically partake in Dry January, but it is rarely pitched as fun. After the holiday stretch of office parties and family gatherings, Americans have come to use the start of every year to abstain from alcohol in the name of…

forbes.com - Alonzo Martinez - 2025 Background Screening Compliance Year In Review
2025 Background Screening Compliance Year In Review
Forbes

From clean slate laws to AI regulation, 2025 rewrote the rules for hiring, screening, and compliance. Employers must adapt or fall behind. If 2024 introduced uncertainty into background screening compliance, 2025 turned that uncertainty into…

vice.com - Veronica Booth - Best Disposable Weed Vapes: For Smooth Highs, Sweet Flavors, and Stealthy Designs
Best Disposable Weed Vapes: For Smooth Highs, Sweet Flavors, and Stealthy Designs
VICE

Disposable vapes are the epitome of convenience. Rolling up a joint or ripping a bowl while on the go isn't always feasible, and I know I'm not the only one who's lost a vape battery (more than once), which makes cartridges useless. Gummies are…

bbc.co.uk - Andrew Barton - Huddersfield drug dealer jailed over £1m ketamine haul - BBC News
Huddersfield drug dealer jailed over £1m ketamine haul - BBC News
BBC

Image source, West Yorkshire Police A drug dealer caught with ketamine with an estimated street value of up to £1.5m has been jailed. Uzair Hamid, 30, of Deveron Grove, Huddersfield was arrested at his home in May 2025, as part of an…

stokesentinel.co.uk - Five bad drivers in North Staffordshire magistrates
Five bad drivers in North Staffordshire magistrates
Stoke-on-Trent Live

Here are the latest cases from the region's courts: FENTON: Drug-driver Joseph Emery has been hit with a 12-month driving ban. North Staffordshire Justice Centre heard police spoke to the 25-year-old defendant after meeting him at a car park in…

studyfinds.org - StudyFinds Analysis - Popular Quit-Smoking Drug Could Help Men Cut Cannabis Use by One-Third
Popular Quit-Smoking Drug Could Help Men Cut Cannabis Use by One-Third
Science news and product reviews

Men saw real results: Male participants taking varenicline (Chantix) cut their cannabis use from 12 sessions per week down to 8 sessions: a 35% reduction that persisted through the study period. Women had opposite experience: Female participants…

liverpoolecho.co.uk - James Mutch - He peddled drugs to children on social media before exploiting them
He peddled drugs to children on social media before exploiting them
Liverpool Echo

A man ran multiple social media accounts to peddle cocaine, cannabis and nitrous oxide to children and exploited them to sell drugs. Liverpool Crown Court was told that police officers ordered the driver of a silver Ford Kuga to stop on Sefton…

walesonline.co.uk - Jason Evans - He was privately educated and attended top university but it all went wrong
He was privately educated and attended top university but it all went wrong
Wales Online

Police found a 'business card' advertising a drug supply line when they raided a flat as part of an international investigation, a court has heard. Officers had gone to the flat in Cardiff after kilos of American cannabis had been intercepted on…

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