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DEA Kicks Off Historic Hearing On Cannabis Rescheduling Proposal
The DEA begins reviewing its proposal to move cannabis to Schedule III, even as reform advocates criticize their exclusion from the hearing process. The Drug Enforcement Administration kicks off its hearing on a proposal to reclassify recreational…
'Nobody's going first': Cannabis cafes bleeding cash waiting to open, six months after regulations passed
Amsterdam-style cannabis lounges are still coming to Massachusetts — just much slower than many business owners expected. It's been six months since the Cannabis Control Commission approved regulations for these businesses. Yet almost no…
AWH Files DEA Registration Applications for State-Licensed Medical Cannabis Operations
NEW YORK, June 30, 2026 /CNW/ - Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. ('AWH,' 'Ascend,' or the 'Company') (CSE: AAWH-U.CN) (OTCQX: AAWH), a multi-state, vertically integrated cannabis operator and consumer packaged goods company, today announced that it…
Peptide Payments: The $1 Billion Industry Banks Won't Touch
Signage for Peptide Therapy treatments on glass, Lafayette, California, May 8, 2026. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) 'An off-rail transaction is basically closed loop, which doesn't touch Visa and Mastercard,' Mark Lewis said. He was…
Cannabis farm worth more than £6.2million was found underneath Bradford Interchange
Back in November 2024, while the transport hub was closed to the public for a year, police discovered a huge growing operation which involved more than 6,800 plants. Prosecutor Jane Brady told Bradford Crown Court that the farm occupied 19 rooms…
New Study Adds to Growing Evidence That Medical Cannabis Improves Quality of Life for Chronic Pain Patients
For decades, chronic pain patients have described something that traditional pain scales often fail to capture: improving quality of life can be just as important as reducing pain itself. A newly published study examining participants in…
Magician reacquires castle-themed Las Vegas Valley mansion and is selling again
Magician Lance Burton has reacquired his hilltop Henderson mansion through foreclosure, property records show, and he's in the process of selling it again. Burton, who sold the castle-themed luxury home in 2021 for $4 million, foreclosed on the…
Teens arrested after backpacks with weapons found in Old Market Square
Two teenagers were arrested after police found backpacks containing weapons and drugs in Nottingham's Old Market Square. Council CCTV operators contacted police to report that two people had been suspected of dealing drugs on the evening of Friday…
Virginia to allow recreational marijuana to be sold in retail stores beginning in 2027
RICHMOND, Va. — Five years after becoming the first Southern state to legalize possession of marijuana, Virginia has approved a legal way to sell it to recreational users. State budget legislation enacted Monday will allow up to 350 cannabis…
Northallerton man jailed for 'terrifying' abuse of partner
A man who bit, strangled, punched and subjected his partner to a 'terrifying episode of violence and torture' has been jailed for three years and two months. Jack Allinson, 30, of Oak Grove in Northallerton, admitted one count of using controlling…
Which Continents Have The Most Drug Users?
North America leads the world in the use of cannabis, opioids and amphetamines. According to numbers published today in the UN's World Drug Report, North Americans between the ages of 15 and 64 were 75 percent to 90 percent more likely to have…
Drug dealers witnessed friend being shot dead
Two drug dealers who 'cuckooed' a woman's house witnessed their teenage friend being shot dead a matter of months later, a court has heard. Francis Harrison, who also brandished weapons in not one but two violent brawls, was said to have been left…
Tampa Probation Check Turns Up Guns, Ammo and a Bottle of Chloroform
Source: Facebook/ Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office A routine probation compliance check in Hillsborough County yesterday escalated quickly, ending with the arrest of 42-year-old Robert Neideffer Jr. and a table full of seized weapons and…
Can of Fanta led to his downfall
A can of Fanta found in an old man's house led to a drug trafficker's downfall. David McDonald's DNA was detected on the fizzy drink inside an address where police discovered a stash worth thousands of pounds. It came only months after a firearm…
Melissa Etheridge Hosting Inaugural R.I.S.E. Summit on Psychedelic Treatment for Addiction
Melissa Etheridge will bring together some of the leading experts, clinicians, advocates and people with lived experience with addiction for her inaugural R.I.S.E. Summit on Nov. 12 at AV Irvine. The event hosted by the Etheridge Foundation will…
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