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forbes.com - Javier Hasse - Cannabis M&A Didn't Vanish. It's Just Not Happening In Public
Cannabis M&A Didn't Vanish. It's Just Not Happening In Public
Forbes

After years of market-cap compression and regulatory uncertainty, cannabis deal chatter has returned. Much of it is driven by the prospect of federal rescheduling in 2026 and the belief that it could finally unlock a long-delayed wave of mergers…

intelli.news - jeepeg - Cocaine Market in France Overtakes Cannabis as the Most Valuable Drug Trade
Cocaine Market in France Overtakes Cannabis as the Most Valuable Drug Trade
intelli.news

The market for cocaine in France has surged to a value surpassing that of cannabis for the first time, according to recent reports. This shift highlights a growing demand and changing dynamics within the country's illicit drug trade. Experts…

royalgazette.com - Owain Johnston-Barnes - 'Mistake' lands woman in jail for bringing cannabis into prison
'Mistake' lands woman in jail for bringing cannabis into prison
The Royal Gazette

a357a94a-0105-47f1-a5cf-ebf9df3404f2 A Devonshire woman who said she accidentally brought cannabis into a prison has been sentenced to a year behind bars. Lavida Codrington, 37, pleaded guilty in November to charges that she brought high-risk…

irishmirror.ie - Cathal Ryan - Two people arrested as Gardaí seize cannabis, cocaine and cash after car stop
Two people arrested as Gardaí seize cannabis, cocaine and cash after car stop
Irish Mirror

Gardaí have arrested two people after seizing cannabis, cocaine and cash following a car stop in Co Meath. As part of Operation Tara and ongoing investigations targeting organised crime, members of the Garda National Drugs and Organised…

music-news.com - Xzibit's ex sues over rapper's cannabis brand
Xzibit's ex sues over rapper's cannabis brand
Music-News.com

Xzibit's ex-wife claims in a new lawsuit that the '90s rapper sold their stake in a cannabis brand without her consent. Krista Joiner alleges that he sold their business that she worked tirelessly to monetise, while he was doing drugs and having an…

billboard.com - Rachel Scharf - Xzibit's Ex-Wife Sues Over Cannabis Brand She Says She Built While He 'Smoked Marijuana Constantly'
Xzibit's Ex-Wife Sues Over Cannabis Brand She Says She Built While He 'Smoked Marijuana Constantly'
Billboard

Xzibit 's ex-wife claims in a new lawsuit that the rapper illegally sold away their stake in a cannabis brand that she says she worked tirelessly to monetize while he was doing drugs and having an affair. Krista Joiner, who was married to Xzibit…

dailypost.co.uk - Steve Bagnall - Cannabis farm found in Rhyl after police raid
Cannabis farm found in Rhyl after police raid
North Wales Live

Police have arrested two men after a cannabis farm was discovered in Rhyl. North Wales Police raided a property on the High Street yesterday (Monday). A NWP Denbighshire Coastal and Abergele statement yesterday said: 'Officers arrested two males in…

courant.com - Pamela McLoughlin - A CT university has new courses to help students be work ready. In an industry expected to add jobs
A CT university has new courses to help students be work ready. In an industry expected to add jobs
Hartford Courant

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... With cannabis sales holding steady in Connecticut and planned federal changes to the industry, a university here is expanding it's certificate courses in the cannabis business. The new 16-week Southern…

seekingalpha.com - The Intelligent ETF Investor - RSPT: A Better Way To Invest In Technology Right Now (NYSEARCA:RSPT)
RSPT: A Better Way To Invest In Technology Right Now (NYSEARCA:RSPT)
Seeking Alpha

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Technology ETF offers superior diversification versus market cap-weighted peers like XLK and VGT. RSPT reduces concentration risk, with top 10 holdings at 17.9% versus XLK's 79%, mitigating overexposure to mega-cap…

axios.com - Nick Halter - Minnesota retailers have sold $31 million in recreational marijuana since September
Minnesota retailers have sold $31 million in recreational marijuana since September
Axios

Minnesota is home to around 66,000 cannabis plants that are growing to supply the state's burgeoning recreational marijuana industry. Why it matters: You can now keep tabs on the industry thanks to a new online dashboard created by the state's…

dailymail.co.uk - Conor O'brien - Hollyoaks legend QUITS soap after eight years on screens
Hollyoaks legend QUITS soap after eight years on screens
Mail Online

Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.co.uk Not sure what to watch tonight? Discover our brand new TV GUIDE now! A Hollyoaks legend has quit the soap having decided 'it's time to move on' - bringing an eight-year stint to an end. Chelsee…

telegraph.co.uk - Charles Hymas - Schizophrenic killer could be released five months after sentencing
Schizophrenic killer could be released five months after sentencing
The Telegraph

A convicted killer who strangled his girlfriend and then drove her body around in her car could be released from his secure psychiatric unit just months after he was sentenced. Gogoa Lois Tape, 28, who killed Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche, 25, is…

nbcphiladelphia.com - Brendan Brightman, Ted Greenberg - Jersey Shore town looks to legal weed sales for beach replenishment funding
Jersey Shore town looks to legal weed sales for beach replenishment funding
NBC 10 Philadelphia

Upper Township in Cape May County is taking steps to green light its first-ever cannabis dispensary in order to pay for repairs to its battered beaches. The proposed store would set up shop on Roosevelt Boulevard east of the Garden State Parkway…

nydailynews.com - Jami Ganz - Lamar Odom denies alcohol, narcotics contributed to Vegas DUI arrest
Lamar Odom denies alcohol, narcotics contributed to Vegas DUI arrest
New York Daily News

Former Los Angeles Lakers star Lamar Odom says he wasn't under the influence of alcohol or narcotics when Las Vegas authorities arrested him for drunk driving over the weekend. The Queens-born power forward — long plagued by substance abuse…

dailymail.co.uk - Joe Hutchison - More humiliation for nurse caught sexually abusing stepson, 15,
More humiliation for nurse caught sexually abusing stepson, 15,
Mail Online

A Florida nurse caught sexually abusing her 15-year-old stepson by her husband faces yet more humiliation after she was jailed, lost her husband and her job. Alexis Von Yates, 35, was ordered to cough up $1,056 to officials in Marion County last…

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