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law360.com - Sam Reisman - Medical Marijuana Industry Grapples With DEA's New Role
Medical Marijuana Industry Grapples With DEA's New Role
Law360

After years of allowing the state-sanctioned medical marijuana industry to operate without interference, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is stepping in to regulate a drug it once treated exclusively as contraband,... To view the full…

reason.com - Aaron Brown - No, marijuana legalization didn't fill emergency rooms with stoned drivers
No, marijuana legalization didn't fill emergency rooms with stoned drivers
Reason Magazine - Free Minds and Free Markets

Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana so far, representing a major shift in drug policy. But the legalization movement has slowed, and in several states, activists are mounting campaigns to make…

nypost.com - Charles Gasparino - Marijuana companies are gearing up for IPOs - and NYSE and Nasdaq are jonesing to list them
Marijuana companies are gearing up for IPOs - and NYSE and Nasdaq are jonesing to list them
New York Post

US marijuana companies are the latest prize in the so-called “listing wars” between the top two US stock markets, the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, On The Money has learned. The heightened interest in IPOs for Pot Inc., comes…

usmagazine.com - Elise Nelson - Netflix Exec Cryptically Responds to Rumors Meghan Markle Is Joining 'The Gentlemen'
Netflix Exec Cryptically Responds to Rumors Meghan Markle Is Joining 'The Gentlemen'
Us

A Netflix executive issued a cryptic response to online rumors Meghan Markle is joining season 3 of The Gentlemen. “All bets are off,” Manda Levin, Netflix's scripted chief in the U.K., said at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Wednesday…

independent.co.uk - Eric Tucker - FBI drops automatic hiring ban for applicants with past prostitution encounters
FBI drops automatic hiring ban for applicants with past prostitution encounters
The Independent

The FBI is abandoning a strict hiring ban on job applicants who have engaged in sexual encounters with prostitutes, choosing instead to evaluate at least some past cases through a more holistic review, according to people familiar with the matter.

globalnews.ca - Catherine McDonald - Man sentenced to over 10 years in prison in Moss Park mass shooting
Man sentenced to over 10 years in prison in Moss Park mass shooting
Global News

A Brampton man found guilty of discharging a firearm while subject to three separate weapons prohibition orders in a deadly Moss Park shooting has been sentenced to 10 years, nine months in prison. On May 22, Nathan Bell was acquitted of…

theguardian.com - Emma Brockes - Digested week: Is there anything sadder than the end of summer? | Emma Brockes
Digested week: Is there anything sadder than the end of summer? | Emma Brockes
The Guardian

Is there anything sadder than the end of summer? As schools go back next week and parents rely on the boosting effect of a return to routine, we look around for other ways to soften the blow. A few things this year that might make it easier: the…

newrepublic.com - Edith Olmsted - How Stephen Miller Used Natalie Harp to Manipulate Trump
How Stephen Miller Used Natalie Harp to Manipulate Trump
The New Republic

Stephen Miller has figured out a way to use President Donald Trump's new favorite aide to push his own agenda. It seems the White House's resident ghoul is well aware that Natalie Harp has become the true gatekeeper of Trump. As his “human…

newrepublic.com - Hafiz Rashid - Trump Plans to Ditch 9/11 Ceremony for the Most Selfish Reason
Trump Plans to Ditch 9/11 Ceremony for the Most Selfish Reason
The New Republic

President Trump won't commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York because he wouldn't be allowed to make a speech. The New York Times reports that Trump has decided to stay in Washington, D.C., and mark the…

newrepublic.com - Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling - Mitch McConnell Has Been Missing for 75 Days-With No Updates
Mitch McConnell Has Been Missing for 75 Days-With No Updates
The New Republic

It's been at least 75 days since Senator Mitch McConnell has been seen in public. Yet on Thursday—despite McConnell supposedly being weeks into an intensive rehabilitation routine—his team blatantly refused to provide a progress…

cnbc.com - Joanna Ossinger - The Democratic Socialist and the retired Rear Admiral: How Democrats aim to win in Colorado
The Democratic Socialist and the retired Rear Admiral: How Democrats aim to win in Colorado
CNBC

The tug of Democrats between democratic socialists on the left and moderates is playing out in Colorado, where House districts vary in their political characteristics. Democratic socialist Melat Kiros is the Democratic Party's nominee in Colorado's…

marijuanamoment.net - Federal Rescheduling Sets The Stage For Marijuana Business Acquisitions As Pharma And Ag Firms Eye Industry (Op-Ed)
Federal Rescheduling Sets The Stage For Marijuana Business Acquisitions As Pharma And Ag Firms Eye Industry (Op-Ed)
Marijuana Moment

“The practical question isn't whether this is something to celebrate, it's whether your business is positioned to be a consolidator, an attractive acquisition target or something different.” By Christopher B. Lynch, Dickinson Wright…

fool.com - Jeff Siegel - Is Aurora Cannabis Stock a Buy as Curaleaf Pushes a Hostile Takeover Bid?
Is Aurora Cannabis Stock a Buy as Curaleaf Pushes a Hostile Takeover Bid?
The Motley Fool

Curaleaf Holdings (CURLF -1.06%) wants to buy Aurora Cannabis (ACB +0.25%) for $4 a share. Aurora wants nothing to do with it. Curaleaf has now taken its offer directly to Aurora shareholders after the company's board rejected the deal, turning…

marijuanamoment.net - Tom Angell - Colorado Governor Pardons More People For Marijuana Convictions
Colorado Governor Pardons More People For Marijuana Convictions
Marijuana Moment

Colorado's governor has issued additional pardons for past marijuana convictions, adding to the thousands of such acts of cannabis clemency he has granted to date. Gov. Jared Polis (D) on Wednesday pardoned 29 people—several of whom were…

reason.com - John Ross - Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Reason Magazine - Free Minds and Free Markets

Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature written by a bunch of people at the Institute for Justice. New case ! IJ clients Charles and Eli Copley own 50 wooded acres in Roxbury, Conn., where they've always welcomed hikers…

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