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Mass. cannabis industry ramps up fight against repealing pot
Cannabis business owners and elected officials are sounding the alarm about a ballot measure that stands to make the legal cannabis market go up in flames. The big picture: The proposal to repeal cannabis has grown from what some dismissed as a…
Almost 2,000 grams of cannabis discovered in trash - Salisbury Post
SALISBURY — A sanitation worker alerted law enforcement after discovering a bookbag containing marijuana on June 18. According to Captain Mark McDaniel of the Rowan County Sheriff's Office, the amount totaled 1,935 grams. The sanitation…
Illinois Quick Hits: $50.8M in cannabis tax-funded grants awarded
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority has announced $50.8 million in Restore, Reinvest and Renew grants. The latest round of funding includes about $35 million to organizations that support community…
North Yorkshire drug dealer, 21, jailed for more than five years
A North Yorkshire drug dealer, who police described as 'persistent', has been jailed for more than five years. Ronnie Collins, 21, based his operation out of the market town of Malton, just west of Scarborough, from where he dealt both cocaine and…
Prohibition didn't stop marijuana use. It stopped marijuana research.
On June 29, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will convene a hearing to consider whether marijuana should finally be removed from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, the federal government's most restrictive drug classification…
Conventional Wisdom: As advertised edition
Power keeps promising one thing and delivering another and somehow everyone acts surprised. The gap between the official version and the actual version has never been more clarifying, or more lucrative, depending on where you're standing. The South…
National Museum of the American Indian to Host Our Shared Future: 250 Program in Washington, D.C., Honoring Polly Cooper and the Oneida Indian Nation
Traditional Oneida social dances that honor the gifts of the Creator by Oneida community members. Traditional Oneida food demonstrations: Preparation of the Three Sisters - corn, beans and squash and herbs significant in Oneida culture. A special…
Chicago Atlantic BDC: Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance Merger Creates An Opportunity
Chicago Atlantic BDC and Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance are merging to form a $613 million NAV credit platform with greater scale and diversification. The combined entity will focus on senior secured lending with an average portfolio yield of…
Gardai uncover fully operational cocaine lab during major drugs raid
The discovery of a fully operational cocaine production laboratory and a cannabis seizure worth an estimated €640,000 have resulted in the arrest of three men following a major joint operation in Co Kildare. The intelligence-led operation…
Druggie tenants turn dad's home into into weed factory while he was in hospital
A disabled man has been left on the verge of tears after his house was transformed into a cannabis factory by druggie tenants. Wheelchair-bound Yehia Hassan, 78, had been receiving hospital treatment in Egypt while renters gutted his property…
How drug demand in New Zealand and Australia is driving calls for the death penalty in Fiji
Fiji is at the centre of an illicit narcotics crisis described as a national emergency, driven by an escalating demand for hard drugs in Australia and New Zealand. Drugs, particularly cocaine and methamphetamine, are now rife in Fiji. What was once…
Police raid house near Nuneaton after mystery tip-off
A cannabis house on the outskirts of Nuneaton was smashed after a mystery tip-off. Officers from across the area, including Atherstone, raided an address on Birchley Heath Road near Ansley. Once inside they found that a number of rooms had been…
Supreme Court ruling offers hope to an Iowa marijuana user who got 4 years for owning guns
Last week in United States v. Hemani, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the government may not strip people of their Second Amendment rights or prosecute them for illegal gun possession simply because they are marijuana users. That decision…
One-stop shop for misery' drug dealer jailed after persistent dealing
A persistent drug dealer has been jailed for more than five years after a judge branded him 'a one-stop shop for misery.' Ronnie Ethan Collins, 21, of Malton, was sentenced to five years and three months at York Crown Court on Tuesday (June 23)…
Double murder suspect shot dead in gunfight abroad
A man who was suspected to have been involved in a double murder was killed during an 'altercation involving weapons' in the Netherlands. Paul Anthony Parker died in the Dutch city of of Heerhugowaard on June 1 this year. Originally from Liverpool…
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