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thedakotascout.com - Joe Sneve - Time's up? South Dakota's medical marijuana watchdog faces dissolution
Time's up? South Dakota's medical marijuana watchdog faces dissolution
The Dakota Scout

PIERRE — A layer of bureaucracy around South Dakota's budding medical marijuana industry could be going away. The state House voted 41-26 Monday to dissolve the Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee, advancing House Bill 1160 after months of…

washingtonexaminer.com - Michael Rubin - Albania does not deserve European Union membership under Edi Rama
Albania does not deserve European Union membership under Edi Rama
Washington Examiner

None of these wrongs makes a right, but Europe refuses to recognize those who feign liberalism in pursuit of power. While progressives often criticize conservative leadership in Hungary for illiberal and anti-democratic tendencies at odds with the…

vice.com - Macey Wolfer - Arizona Bill Could Make Excessive Weed Smell a Criminal Offense
Arizona Bill Could Make Excessive Weed Smell a Criminal Offense
VICE

If you smell like weed, you could spend a month in jail. At least that's what some Arizona senators want to see happen with the passage of two measures that would make “excessive” cannabis smell a public nuisance–one that's…

washingtonexaminer.com - Diane Carlson - The hemp loophole must be fully implemented - without delay
The hemp loophole must be fully implemented - without delay
Washington Examiner

Unfortunately, bad actors exploited the 0.3% dry weight THC potency allowance in legal hemp crops (which accounted for naturally occurring levels of THC in nonintoxicating hemp plants). They lab-produced derivative psychoactive drugs, often using…

thenews.com.pk - The News Digital - Charley Crockett's Canadian tour cancelled after being denied entry into Canada over past felony conviction
Charley Crockett's Canadian tour cancelled after being denied entry into Canada over past felony conviction
The News International

Charley Crockett's Canadian tour has been cancelled after the American country singer was denied entry into Canada. Crockett was scheduled to perform Thursday at Winnipeg's Burton Cummings Theatre but called off all Canadian dates after being…

news5cleveland.com - Morgan Trau - What the fight against total 'intoxicating' hemp ban looks like from rural Ohio
What the fight against total 'intoxicating' hemp ban looks like from rural Ohio
News 5 Cleveland WEWS

TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, Ohio — A group of Ohio farmers has joined the fight to repeal legislation that would completely ban 'intoxicating' hemp products. From sunrise to sunset, the Ellwood family makes a living in their fields. 'We have 19…

sfist.com - Joe Kukura - Third Suspect Charged In Early January Oakland Triple-Homicide, Which Police Say Was Over a $10 Bag of Weed
Third Suspect Charged In Early January Oakland Triple-Homicide, Which Police Say Was Over a $10 Bag of Weed
SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports

A measly dime-bag of pot deal gone wrong left three men dead in Oakland last month, and now the marijuana dealer has been arrested too, but boy did he have a lengthy list of priors. We've noted that New Year's weekend was an especially deadly…

axios.com - Torey Van Oot - Lawmakers weigh delay of in-state testing for THC seltzers amid bottleneck
Lawmakers weigh delay of in-state testing for THC seltzers amid bottleneck
Axios

Minnesota lawmakers are weighing a one-year delay of in-state testing requirements for the low-dose THC seltzers and gummies that have flooded breweries and liquor stores. Why it matters: The move could alleviate a backlog at state labs and offer…

indianexpress.com - Express News Service - Class 10 boy killed by minors outside Shivamogga govt school while intervening to save friend: Police
Class 10 boy killed by minors outside Shivamogga govt school while intervening to save friend: Police
The Indian Express

2 min read Bengaluru Make us preferred source on Google Tension flared up in Karnataka's Shivamogga after a 16-year-old student was allegedly murdered by a group of minors on Monday outside a government school while returning from a special class…

buzzfeed.com - Alanna Marshall - 18 Winter Olympics Moments So Unforgettable People Are Still Reeling Years Later
18 Winter Olympics Moments So Unforgettable People Are Still Reeling Years Later
BuzzFeed

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marijuanamoment.net - South Dakota Lawmakers Vote To Eliminate Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee
South Dakota Lawmakers Vote To Eliminate Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee
Marijuana Moment

The sponsor of the bill to eliminate the cannabis panel said it has become an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy. By Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight The controversial committee that oversees South Dakota's medical marijuana program could come…

express.co.uk - Aaron Newbury - From legal heroin to badgers - five Green policies so insane they sound made up
From legal heroin to badgers - five Green policies so insane they sound made up
Express.co.uk

Zack Polanski has seen the Green Party surging in the polls. In just a matter of days, something unthinkable just a few years ago may be about to happen. The Green Party could be on the cusp of winning a by-election, buoyed along by a wave of…

kgw.com - HANNAH SCHOENBAUM - Trial begins for Utah mom accused of killing husband then writing a children's book about grief
Trial begins for Utah mom accused of killing husband then writing a children's book about grief
kgw.com

PARK CITY, Utah(AP) — Prosecutors portrayed a Utah mother and children's book author as a money-hungry killer Monday on the first day of a murder trial in her husband's death, while her defense team urged jurors not to make judgments before…

dailymail.co.uk - Guy Adams - How Cardiff has become one of Britain's most crime-ridden cities...
How Cardiff has become one of Britain's most crime-ridden cities...
Mail Online

Two young men stride across a small park and approach the front door of a red-brick house in Pontprennau, a residential neighbourhood on the northern outskirts of Cardiff. It's 7.30pm on a Saturday in June and the warm aroma of summer barbecues…

marijuanamoment.net - Tom Angell - Florida Lawmakers Vote To Slash Medical Marijuana Fees For Military Veterans
Florida Lawmakers Vote To Slash Medical Marijuana Fees For Military Veterans
Marijuana Moment

A Florida bill to significantly reduce the fee for military veterans to obtain medical marijuana registry identification cards has cleared another legislative committee. The House Health & Human Services Committee approved the measure from Reps.

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