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abc7news.com - J.R. Stone - California marijuana industry facing challenges as 420 comes and goes
California marijuana industry facing challenges as 420 comes and goes
ABC7 San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As 420 comes and goes, the Trump administration is renewing a push for a massive overhaul in cannabis policy. Some dispensaries say it's not happening quickly enough. Monday, two people could be seen sitting under umbrellas…

forbes.com - Dario Sabaghi - California Marks 10 Years Of Cannabis Legalization Amid Illegal Market Struggle
California Marks 10 Years Of Cannabis Legalization Amid Illegal Market Struggle
Forbes

San Francisco, CA - Apr 20, 2019: A marijuana leaf themed version of the Stars and Stripes flies over the 420 festival crowd in Golden Gate park. Almost a decade has passed since California legalized recreational cannabis, and Governor Gavin Newsom…

whyy.org - Sarah Mueller - Consultants targeted Delaware's social equity cannabis applicants for their licenses
Consultants targeted Delaware's social equity cannabis applicants for their licenses
WHYY

What are journalists missing from the state of Delaware? What would you most like WHYY News to cover? Let us know. At least 19 social equity applicants have had their conditional recreational marijuana licenses denied after falling victim to what…

bangordailynews.com - Sabrina Martin - Ellsworth denies business license to cannabis chain for 2nd time
Ellsworth denies business license to cannabis chain for 2nd time
Bangor Daily News

The Ellsworth City Council has twice denied a business license to one of Maine's largest medical cannabis chains after products sold at its Waterville store tested positive for pesticides. The denial follows a confusing, monthslong application…

theroot.com - Shellie M. Scott - Why More Women Are Turning to Cannabis For Relief
Why More Women Are Turning to Cannabis For Relief
The Root

Now that edible gummies, pre-rolled joints and CBD oils are legal in some states, many women of all ages are rethinking how marijuana fits into their lives. For some, “Mom's Night Out” cocktails are being replaced by cannabis. This…

forbes.com - Bryan Robinson - Psychedelic Therapy Could Redefine Career Mental Health, Experts Say
Psychedelic Therapy Could Redefine Career Mental Health, Experts Say
Forbes

President Trump's executive order speeds up the process of allowing scientists to study psychedelic drugs for mental illness treatment, but experts say this is more than a health policy story; it's a future-of work story. On Saturday April 18th…

heraldnet.com - Jenna Millikan - Retail cannabis buds in Lynnwood after city lifts ban
Retail cannabis buds in Lynnwood after city lifts ban
HeraldNet.com

EVERETT — The city of Lynnwood's first cannabis retailer since the city lifted the decade-long ban opened on 4/20, the unofficial cannabis holiday. Not to be confused with the Starbucks next door, the cannabis retailer Starbuds Cannabis Co.

chron.com - Timothy Malcolm - Stoner-friendly Florida pizza chain to open 10 Texas locations
Stoner-friendly Florida pizza chain to open 10 Texas locations
Chron

Stoner's Pizza Joint, very clearly the most dubious pizza chain in the U.S., is toking—I mean taking its expansion seriously with a 10-store agreement in Texas. This marks the biggest move in the Lone Star State yet for the blazing-hot…

townhall.com - Matt Vespa - Bill Maher Would Like to Meet and Thank This Hollywood Icon
Bill Maher Would Like to Meet and Thank This Hollywood Icon
Townhall

Bill Maher's interview with Woody Harrelson couldn't have come at a better time for those who celebrate 4/20. Both men are habitual marijuana users. Maher, the liberal unafraid to have conversations with anyone, admitted he's never met Clint…

ajc.com - Rodney Ho - SweetWater 420 Festival finds 'good vibes' at Shirley Clarke Franklin Park
SweetWater 420 Festival finds 'good vibes' at Shirley Clarke Franklin Park
ajc

The city of Atlanta said the festival went smoothly with no notable disruptions to the adjoining neighborhoods of Grove Park and Bankhead. “Overall, the event was successful,” a city spokesperson said in a statement. The city and its…

radaronline.com - Aaron Johnson - EXCLUSIVE: Khloé Kardashian's Shameful Drugs Cover-Up - Shock Doc Reveals How Reality TV Mom Enabled Her Ex's Crippling Addiction
EXCLUSIVE: Khloé Kardashian's Shameful Drugs Cover-Up - Shock Doc Reveals How Reality TV Mom Enabled Her Ex's Crippling Addiction
RadarOnline

An explosive new documentary reveals former pro basketball star Lamar Odom wed Khloe Kardashian for money and fame and RadarOnline.com can reveal she covered up his nearly deadly drug use. The former couple revealed spicy and sordid details of…

pressherald.com - Dylan Tusinski - This small mountain town is Maine's cannabis capital
This small mountain town is Maine's cannabis capital
Press Herald

BETHEL — The small mountain town doesn't immediately present itself as one of Maine's most vibrant cannabis markets. The plant's pungent scent doesn't linger in the air. The town center is dotted with restaurants, boutiques and inns, not pot…

wsvn.com - Matthew Garcia - 'She just clobbered me': Elderly woman suffers busted lip after being attacked in Miami Beach - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
'She just clobbered me': Elderly woman suffers busted lip after being attacked in Miami Beach - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale

MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - An elderly woman said she and her husband were minding their business when another woman attacked her in a fit of rage. Jeanne and Richard Korman were walking through Miami Beach when another woman approached them…

timescolonist.com - Roxanne Egan-Elliott - Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club says about $100,000 in products seized in raid
Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club says about $100,000 in products seized in raid
Times Colonist

Provincial authorities raided the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club on Tuesday, more than three years after the last raid on the unlicensed non-profit dispensary, which sells cannabis products to mostly low-income people with chronic illnesses. Club…

thecentersquare.com - Morgan Sweeney - Advocacy groups respond to new executive order on psychedelics
Advocacy groups respond to new executive order on psychedelics
The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Some say President Donald Trump's new executive order on psychedelics goes too far, while others say it's a good first step, but more action is needed. The president signed an executive order over the weekend aimed at…

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