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95% of hemp products could soon be illegal. Florida's small businesses are feeling the fallout.
Affluent Wellness and Vapor Lounge in Tampa sells kratom, hemp, and other botanical products that many of its customers use as an alternative to pharmaceuticals for pain. Owner Tom Mueller knows that pain firsthand. Ever since breaking his back…
Stroke survivors get FDA-approved daily pill shown to cut repeat risk by 26%
The FDA has approved Sunharbo (asundexian) to reduce the risks of a recurring stroke in some adults. The medication is taken as one 50-mg pill each day, along with standard blood-clot-preventing medicine, such as aspirin. It is designed to lower…
Westwood High School Student Charged With Assault in Blythewood
Source: Google Street View A 15-year-old student at Westwood High School has been charged with assault and battery in the third degree after deputies say he struck another student with a mechanical pencil. The teen was released to a parent…
EXCLUSIVE: Willie Nelson, 93, Feared His Drinking Would Kill Him In His 20s
Willie Nelson feared his reckless drinking and drug use would kill him before he turned 21 – admitting his wild lifestyle was so destructive even those closest to him doubted he would survive. RadarOnline.com can reveal the country music…
California Candidate Who Died Months Ago Leads Election Race
A Northern California county Board of Supervisors candidate who died in August is on track to win his election, a result that would hand the incoming governor the job of picking someone for the seat. Bruce Giudici, a candidate for the District 5…
Maine caregivers report confusion over medical cannabis reclassification
Updated: 4:08 PM EST Nov 13, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Updated: 4:08 PM EST Nov 13, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ MILO, Maine — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is implementing a reclassification of medical cannabis under…
Massachusetts draft cannabis testing rules advance
Massachusetts is still running cannabis testing off protocols last updated in 2021. The Cannabis Control Commission is now reviewing a draft that would change how independent labs test product, handle failures, and tell buyers when something was…
How I survived being forced into pornography: 'I died in that hotel room. I was a walking corpse'
When people ask Mariah Rief about her experience as a survivor of sex trafficking, they tend to start with the Craigslist ad which led the then 19-year-old to a “modelling shoot” at the Hilton hotel in San Diego. For others, the story…
'Need dat cheese': 2 workers at USPS facility on Brookville Road in Indianapolis accused of stealing trading cards, other valuables from mail
INDIANAPOLIS — Law enforcement has accused two mailmen of stealing trading cards and other valuables from parcels processed at the United States Postal Service facility located on Brookville Road in Indianapolis. According to court records…
Ottawa, Kansas: 11-Year-Old Dies After Medical Emergency Call
Ottawa — Reported Location of Fatal Medical Emergency Google Street View An 11-year-old child has died in Ottawa, Kansas, after police responded to a reported medical emergency in the southern part of the city Thursday evening. Officers…
Welcome To Wonkette Happy Hour, With This Week's Cocktail, The Jamaica Mistaica!
Greetings, Wonketeers! I'm Hooper, your bartender. Winter's making a visit to Ohio's doorstep. The cold winds are blowing. The rain/ sleet/ what-is-this-frozen-stuff is falling. Winter coats are coming out of the closets. It's that special time of…
Meet 'Captain Keel,' the 37-year-old steering a Bitcoin miner into the AI gold rush
In late 2023, Bitcoin miner Ben Gagnon concluded that his employer, Bitfarms of Quebec, was in the wrong business. For Gagnon, Bitfarms' greatest value lay not in the giant racks of GPUs that generated Bitcoin, but the immense power supplies it…
North Carolina Cannabis Commission Gets Advice From Oklahoma Official On Legal Market Structure And Enforcement
“We have spent the majority of our time over the last six years trying to put the worms back in the can.” Lt. Col. Mitch Smith with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs says there have been many unintended consequences…
Missouri Hemp THC Product Ban Takes Effect, With Temporary Exemption For Beverages
“It's just basically been a sad day… There's some people with…multiple families relying on the income from this.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent Hemp retailers across Missouri slashed prices, cleared shelves and…
THE SATURDAY MORNING ADVANCE
Claire Marshall Watkins, ASSOCIATE EDITOR When retail marijuana sales begin in Virginia on July 1, consumers can rest assured that products legally sold have been tested for safety, the acting head and chief administrative officer of the state…
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