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Cannabis Odor Backlash: How the Industry Should Respond
A person smokes marijuana during a 420 celebration at Washington Square Park in New York City on April 20, 2024. April 20 is an unofficial international counterculture celebration of cannabis. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz / AFP via Getty Images)…
Cannabis 'Scromiting' Finally Has Its Own ER Code-and the Numbers Are Higher Than Anyone Realized
It's a fact: The average psychoactive content in marijuana has nearly quadrupled from roughly 4% to about 16% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) since the 1990s, according to data from the U.S. National Institutes of Health. In the 14 years since Colorado…
Owner of Maine medical cannabis chain takes Ellsworth to court over license denials
One of Maine's largest medical cannabis chains is taking the city of Ellsworth to court over its bid to set up shop on Main Street. The administrative appeal is the latest chapter in a months-long saga between Ellsworth city councilors and…
Why Is Cannabis Still Illegal in the UK? The History Behind Medical Cannabis Law
The 2018 law change generated headlines suggesting cannabis had been legalised. It had not, and the confusion has persisted ever since because the actual change was narrow, technical and easy to misreport. Understanding what happened requires…
Concerns' over Stoke-on-Trent building ended in cannabis factory bust
Police have rumbled a city cannabis factory after 'concerns' were raised around the building. And 200 plants were hauled off from the grow in Longton. Officers were sent to the Uttoxeter Road address at around 4.30pm on Wednesday (August 5). PCSO…
British mum, 45, caught smuggling £512k of Thai cannabis to UK made bizarre Facebook post
Amy Jayne Durban, 45, was intercepted by Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport last month A British mother who attempted to smuggle more than £500,000 worth of cannabis into the UK from Bangkok shared a bizarre social media update shortly…
$1.5M haul of meth and cannabis arriving on flight from Canada seized at Dublin airport
A woman arriving in Ireland on a flight from Canada was arrested Sunday after customs officers at Dublin Airport found her luggage was stuffed with more than $1.5 million worth of crystal meth and cannabis, Irish officials said. The drugs were…
Young Americans Are Not Alright As Marijuana Becomes the Most Commonly Used Drug
Marijuana is certainly nothing new. From the hippies and counterculture of the '60s to Jeff Spicoli (played by Sean Penn) and his buddies falling out of a van in a cloud of smoke in the '80s movie 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' it has been young…
Marbella cannabis club busted: police find hashish hidden in chocolate wrappers
Costa del Sol By Harry Dennis • Published: 10 Aug 2026 • 20:40 • 2 minutes read Items seized by police following raids linked to a Marbella cannabis club, including drugs, cash and luxury watches. Credit: Policía…
Pa.'s attorney general is backing a hemp product ban, but the industry says it goes way too far
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's chief law…
Sandwell shops forced to close after BBC investigation
Six mini-marts and vape shops on a high street have been forced to close after a BBC investigation uncovered illegal cigarettes, cocaine, cannabis, and prescription medicines being offered for sale over the counter. The shops in Cradley Heath…
Federal ban threatens to upend Minnesota hemp industry
Local entrepreneurs in the hemp THC market are bracing for a federal ban that could upend their industry. Starting on Nov. 11, all products containing more than 0.3 percent hemp-derived THC will be considered marijuana under federal law, making it…
Councils to get more powers to stop vape and betting shops, PM announces
, UK editor, Rebecca Wearn and Patrick Clahane New vape shops will require planning permission and councils will get more powers to stop betting shops, under government plans aimed at improving high streets. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said town…
Councils to get more powers to stop vape and betting shops, PM announces
New vape shops will require planning permission and councils will get more powers to stop betting shops, under government plans aimed at improving high streets. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said town centres had been 'hollowed out' by decades of…
Delta-8 among products banned as Texas THC suit continues
A federal judge denied an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order sought by hemp businesses and consumers, allowing the Texas ban on THC products to continue until the case is resolved. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown of Galveston…
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