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bbc.co.uk - Isabella Boneham - Suberranean cannabis farm discovered near Warwickshire village
Suberranean cannabis farm discovered near Warwickshire village
BBC

A subterranean cannabis farm with an estimated £500,000 crop was discovered by police near a Warwickshire village on Thursday. Warwickshire Police said it found an 'inconspicuous' shipping container near Wolston with an entry hatch inside…

marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - Aurora Cannabis Inc. stock falls Thursday, underperforms market
Aurora Cannabis Inc. stock falls Thursday, underperforms market
MarketWatch

Shares of Aurora Cannabis Inc. ACB slid 2.56% to $3.81 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP falling 1.00% to 26,067.17 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA…

theguardian.com - Rory Carroll - 'Billy's thriving': family's joy as boy who helped legalise cannabis medicine in UK turns 21
'Billy's thriving': family's joy as boy who helped legalise cannabis medicine in UK turns 21
The Guardian

When Billy Caldwell was a baby he was not expected to survive infancy. A severe form of epilepsy condemned his tiny body to daily seizures – brutal, draining and each one potentially fatal. “They couldn't get the seizures under…

bendbulletin.com - Mia Maldonado/Oregon Capital Chronicle - Oregon lawmaker says she'll push for more cannabis regulations in 2027 to protect kids
Oregon lawmaker says she'll push for more cannabis regulations in 2027 to protect kids
The Bulletin

Karma Clarke, a Douglas County mother, thought marijuana was harmless in 2014 when she voted in favor of the ballot measure legalizing recreational cannabis in Oregon. She believed that until six years later, when her then-20-year-old son began…

fool.com - Reuben Gregg Brewer - Curaleaf's Hostile Takeover Bid for Aurora Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg for Cannabis Consolidation. These 2 Stocks Could Be the Biggest Winners.
Curaleaf's Hostile Takeover Bid for Aurora Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg for Cannabis Consolidation. These 2 Stocks Could Be the Biggest Winners.
The Motley Fool

Investors were very enthusiastic when cannabis stocks first started trading. It was, basically, a new industry, and the outlook for legal cannabis sales was strong. But, as is typical on Wall Street, a gold rush mentality took hold, and the market…

coventrytelegraph.net - Danny Thompson - £500k underground cannabis farm 'like something from a Guy Ritchie film
£500k underground cannabis farm 'like something from a Guy Ritchie film
Coventry Live

Police smashed a £500,000 cannabis farm in the Midland countryside - with the set-up compared to Guy Ritchie film The Gentleman. Officers raided the base, which was beneath a shipping container in a village just outside Coventry. It was…

thehill.com - Paul Chabot, opinion contributor - The hemp loophole has become a national intoxicant market
The hemp loophole has become a national intoxicant market
The Hill

Congress legalized hemp in 2018 to support American agriculture — not to create a nationwide market for intoxicating gummies, beverages and vaping products. Yet that is precisely what followed. Businesses exploited the federal definition of…

theguardian.com - Diane Taylor - Home Office could be blocked from deporting trafficking victims to Albania
Home Office could be blocked from deporting trafficking victims to Albania
The Guardian

The Home Office could be blocked from deporting many young male trafficking victims to Albania after a major court ruling. Thousands of Albanian males have been identified as potential trafficking victims in the UK in recent years. Many are sent…

forbes.com - Iain Martin - Drug Dealers Are Advertising Cocaine, Opioids and Xanax On TikTok
Drug Dealers Are Advertising Cocaine, Opioids and Xanax On TikTok
Forbes

In July, TikTok ran an ad that could have doubled as evidence in a drug bust. In it, a hand rattled a bottle of white pills at the camera while smooth jazz singer Sade purred, “Is it a crime?” The label was obscured, but the pills…

bbc.co.uk - Grace Wood - Hundreds killed or injured by drug drivers in West Yorkshire
Hundreds killed or injured by drug drivers in West Yorkshire
BBC

Twenty people have been killed and 180 seriously injured in West Yorkshire in the past five years because of drug driving, according to new figures. The data shared by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) also revealed there had been more…

viewpointsonline.org - Maxwell Porter - Pot shops end city's tolerance break
Pot shops end city's tolerance break
Viewpoints

After years of discussion and controversy, Riverside has officially decided to host regulated cannabis dispensaries inside the city limits. Following the passing of Prop 64 in 2016, Riverside officials took a strict stance on marijuana, only…

forbes.com - Danielle Chemtob - Forbes Daily: Walmart Plans To Use Tariff Refunds To Slash Prices
Forbes Daily: Walmart Plans To Use Tariff Refunds To Slash Prices
Forbes

Walmart's earnings have long been considered an unofficial gauge of consumer health, and on Thursday the company reported its slowest U.S. sales growth in years. Shares of the world's largest retailer fell 9% despite beating Wall Street's earnings…

washingtonexaminer.com - Joe Grogan - Trump just blew open the smoke screen on America's northern border
Trump just blew open the smoke screen on America's northern border
Washington Examiner

The border region around Cornwall, Ontario, straddling the Akwesasne Mohawk territory, has long served as a porous superhighway for untaxed, unregulated products. Canadian task forces in that corridor laid multiple charges per quarter and seized…

liverpoolecho.co.uk - Megan Banner - Arrests made after electric bike nearly hits people on fields
Arrests made after electric bike nearly hits people on fields
Liverpool Echo

A man and a teenager have been arrested after an electric bike nearly hit members of the public in Woodchurch yesterday, Thursday (August 20). Merseyside Police spotted two men riding a black and gold Sur-Ron bike on Hoole Road at around 6.15pm.

dailystar.co.uk - Rachel Smith - UK prison nurse 'besotted' with gang member caught with 'hollowed-out shoes
UK prison nurse 'besotted' with gang member caught with 'hollowed-out shoes
Daily Star

A prison nurse involved in a sophisticated criminal drugs gang has been struck off and prohibited from practising her profession. Kiera Burton, 35, was sentenced to 20 months behind bars for her part in the conspiracy which involved smuggling…

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