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marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - Aurora Cannabis Inc. stock rises Wednesday, outperforms market
Aurora Cannabis Inc. stock rises Wednesday, outperforms market
MarketWatch

Shares of Aurora Cannabis Inc. ACB advanced 5.15% to $3.47 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP rising 1.54% to 26,270.36 and the Dow Jones Industrial…

wtkr.com - Kamilah Williams - Spanberger vetoes marijuana regulation bill, sparking debate over Virginia's cannabis future
Spanberger vetoes marijuana regulation bill, sparking debate over Virginia's cannabis future
News 3 WTKR Norfolk

VIRGINIA — Governor Abigail Spanberger has vetoed legislation that would have established a regulated, adult-use cannabis marketplace in Virginia, a decision that is drawing sharp reactions from both sides of the marijuana policy debate. The…

ktvu.com - Betty Yu - Bay Area rapper Berner releases memoir behind Cookies cannabis empire
Bay Area rapper Berner releases memoir behind Cookies cannabis empire
KTVU FOX 2

San Francisco native Berner released his new memoir, 'Becoming Legend,' which details his journey from hustling cannabis and making music to building the global Cookies brand. The rapper and entrepreneur reflected on surviving cancer, navigating…

nbcwashington.com - Jackie Bensen - Virginia Gov. Spanberger vetoes retail cannabis legislation
Virginia Gov. Spanberger vetoes retail cannabis legislation
NBC4 Washington

It is still legal to consume, grow and possess marijuana and cannabis products in Virginia, but a plan for retail sales — something Gov. Abigail Spanberger said she supported while campaigning — has just been vetoed by her. The move…

law360.com - Sam Reisman - Va. Gov.'s Cannabis Bill Veto Keeps State In Legal Limbo
Va. Gov.'s Cannabis Bill Veto Keeps State In Legal Limbo
Law360

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger's veto of legislation to tax and regulate the sale of adult-use cannabis will keep the commonwealth in a state of cannabis legal limbo for the foreseeable future.... To view the full article, register now. Already a…

birminghammail.co.uk - Carl Jackson - Dark story behind man bringing 16 packs of cannabis through Birmingham Airport
Dark story behind man bringing 16 packs of cannabis through Birmingham Airport
Birmingham Live

A smuggler who tried to sneak cannabis through Birmingham Airport has been spared jail after the dark story behind it was revealed. Joshua Galland flew back from Thailand via Doha in Qatar on January 24 this year. Border Force officials intercepted…

knowridge.com - Knowridge - Scientists discover cannabis compounds that may help weight loss and blood sugar control
Scientists discover cannabis compounds that may help weight loss and blood sugar control
Knowridge Science Report | Inspiring science news

Cannabis is widely known for increasing appetite, often called giving people the “munchies.” But for years, scientists have noticed something puzzling: people who regularly use cannabis often have lower body weight and a lower risk of…

qns.com - Bill Parry - More than 1,000 pounds of illicit cannabis product worth $10M seized during Bell Boulevard raid in Bayside: DA
More than 1,000 pounds of illicit cannabis product worth $10M seized during Bell Boulevard raid in Bayside: DA
QNS.com

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Tuesday the closure of an unlicensed storefront cannabis dispensary on Bell Boulevard in Bayside after a court-authorized search of the premises on Thursday, May 14, resulted in the seizure of…

thecentersquare.com - Shirleen Guerra - Virginia retail marijuana push vetoed again
Virginia retail marijuana push vetoed again
The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Gov. Abigail Spanberger vetoed legislation that would have created Virginia's retail marijuana market, extending a years-long debate over how the commonwealth should regulate cannabis sales. The veto blocks House Bill…

businessinsider.com - Kelsey Vlamis - Andrew Left scrutinized hedge fund deals while cashing hedge fund checks, prosecutors say
Andrew Left scrutinized hedge fund deals while cashing hedge fund checks, prosecutors say
Business Insider

Prosecutors in Andrew Left's securities fraud trial say the prominent short-seller wasn't always working alone in the tweet-and-trade tango he's been accused of. The Citron Research founder is accused of manipulating the market and deceiving retail…

vice.com - Maha Haq - TSA Updated Its Weed Policy: Here's How to Travel High This Summer
TSA Updated Its Weed Policy: Here's How to Travel High This Summer
VICE

Airport weed culture has changed a lot over the last few years, even if federal law hasn't exactly kept up. Plenty of people are already traveling with gummies, vape pens, pre-rolls, rosin jars, and small mylar bags of flower the same way they…

wbjournal.com - WBJ Staff - WBJ's Eric Casey named Journalist of the Year
WBJ's Eric Casey named Journalist of the Year
Worcester Business Journal

The Alliance of Area Business Publishers has named Worcester Business Journal Managing Editor Eric Casey as its Journalist of the Year, one of five AABP awards WBJ won on Tuesday, including a bronze award in the Best Newspaper category.

stokesentinel.co.uk - Brave' soldier 'medically evacuated from Afghanistan' trying to 'blur memories
Brave' soldier 'medically evacuated from Afghanistan' trying to 'blur memories
Stoke-on-Trent Live

Former soldier Benjamin Mears who turned to supplying cocaine and cannabis has been spared jail. The 33-year-old served his country in a 'distinguished and incredibly brave way'. But when he was in a Ford Focus seen by police in Anchor Road…

thesun.co.uk - Josh Saunders - Toxic betrayals & 'burning' skin - inside UK's most horrifying gangland murder
Toxic betrayals & 'burning' skin - inside UK's most horrifying gangland murder
The Sun

FLASHING a £65,000 Rolex and a smile while holding up his young daughter in front of the Arabian Desert's ever-flowing sands, Ryan Kennedy could easily be any of Dubai's wealthy British expats. But the south-east Londoner, 26, known as…

wtvr.com - Richmond BizSense - Why some Virginia CBD sellers support Gov. Spanberger's marijuana market veto: 'We live to fight another day
Why some Virginia CBD sellers support Gov. Spanberger's marijuana market veto: 'We live to fight another day
CBS 6 News Richmond WTVR

RICHMOND, Va. -- The latest attempt to establish a recreational marijuana market in Virginia has gone up in smoke. Gov. Abigail Spanberger on Tuesday vetoed bills that would have legalized sales of recreational marijuana. Some CBD sellers feared…

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