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nola.com - Violet Bucaro - New Orleans' French Quarter gets its first-ever marijuana dispensary. 'I'm speechless.'
New Orleans' French Quarter gets its first-ever marijuana dispensary. 'I'm speechless.'
NOLA.com

A brass band, feathered showgirls and brightly beaded Mardi Gras Indians brought the party to Bourbon Street on Wednesday morning, but it wasn't for a wedding or a bachelor party — or anything to do with boozing on New Orleans' most popular…

heavy.com - Max Dible - Chiefs' Rashee Rice Shares Strong Words on Future Ahead of Broncos Opener
Chiefs' Rashee Rice Shares Strong Words on Future Ahead of Broncos Opener
Heavy

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice is all business heading into the team's Week 1 matchup against the Denver Broncos, but that business has nothing to do with his pocketbook. That was Rice's message to reporters on Thursday, September 10…

hoodline.com - Sofia Vasquez - Dallas Man Gets 5 Years After Running 1,000-Pound-a-Day Weed Pipeline
Dallas Man Gets 5 Years After Running 1,000-Pound-a-Day Weed Pipeline
Hoodline

A Dallas man who prosecutors say built a sprawling marijuana trafficking network stretching from Oklahoma grow houses to Texas buyers was sentenced Wednesday to 60 months in federal prison. Dian Huang Jiang, also known as “Danny…

washingtonexaminer.com - Matthew E. Rossheim - Congress banned fake hemp. Don't carve out an exception for weed soda
Congress banned fake hemp. Don't carve out an exception for weed soda
Washington Examiner

My research team recently evaluated this problem in hundreds of delta-9 THC edibles marketed as federally lawful hemp. We calculated how much cannabis material containing the maximum legal concentration would be needed to supply each product's…

redstate.com - Bob Hoge - Actually, It Does Happen: Feds Nab Alleged Ringleader of Skid Row Ballot Fraud Ring
Actually, It Does Happen: Feds Nab Alleged Ringleader of Skid Row Ballot Fraud Ring
RedState

It never happens, as all of those watching CNN, reading the New York Times or listening to Democrat politicians know full well. We're talking election fraud —or, in this case, ballot initiative signature fraud —and it never happens...

reason.com - Matthew Petti - The feds are spying on your bank account
The feds are spying on your bank account
Reason Magazine - Free Minds and Free Markets

President Donald Trump has made a lot of hay about the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) unfairly persecuting Americans. But his administration is quietly setting up far more intrusive financial surveillance of citizens. The Department of Homeland…

tucsonweekly.com - Effie Jacobs - Not Just Yet…Federal hemp ban will be delayed until the end of the year - Tucson Weekly
Not Just Yet…Federal hemp ban will be delayed until the end of the year - Tucson Weekly
Homepage - Tucson Weekly

The federal ban on hemp will be postponed until December, according to a new government funding bill that was passed on Sept. 2. In August, the Senate also voted to delay the ban; in part due to concerns about economic consequences for farmers and…

radaronline.com - Aaron Johnson - EXCLUSIVE: Alanis Morissette Sued in London by Tour Manager She Accused of 'Blackmail' and 'Framing Her for Drug Trafficking
EXCLUSIVE: Alanis Morissette Sued in London by Tour Manager She Accused of 'Blackmail' and 'Framing Her for Drug Trafficking
RadarOnline

Alanis Morissette 's astonishing lawsuit claiming her tour manager was framing her for drug trafficking has taken a dramatic new twist, RadarOnline.com can reveal. The suit filed this week accused Keren Urinov of orchestrating a 'calculated…

marketbeat.com - VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al Makes New $3.51 Million Investment in Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. $IIPR
VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al Makes New $3.51 Million Investment in Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. $IIPR
MarketBeat

VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al acquired a new stake in Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (NYSE:IIPR - Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund acquired 56,665 shares of the…

totalprosports.com - Orlando Silva - Female Fan Gets 'Cute' Pink Tennis Ball Merch At US Open - Finds Out It's Actually A S*x Toy
Female Fan Gets 'Cute' Pink Tennis Ball Merch At US Open - Finds Out It's Actually A S*x Toy
TotalProSports

Multiple Instagram posts, including one from WorldStar, are telling US Open fans they may have pocketed the wrong tennis ball. The image says a woman thought she scored special-edition merch around the grounds. She later learned the fuzzy sphere…

marijuanamoment.net - Tom Angell - Wisconsin Is Ready To Legalize Marijuana Next Year Under Democratic Or GOP Control, Congressman Says
Wisconsin Is Ready To Legalize Marijuana Next Year Under Democratic Or GOP Control, Congressman Says
Marijuana Moment

A Democratic congressman who represents Wisconsin says the state is poised to legalize marijuana as soon as next year—especially if his party wins control of the legislature in the November elections, but perhaps even if Republicans maintain…

kioncentralcoast.com - CNN Newsource - Cannabis edibles pose a growing danger to young kids. An ER doctor explains what to know
Cannabis edibles pose a growing danger to young kids. An ER doctor explains what to know
KION

(CNN) — Young children explore the world by touching, tasting and putting things in their mouths. That curiosity can become dangerous when something that looks like an ordinary candy or cookie contains cannabis. In the United States…

nationalpost.com - Chris Lambie - Cannabis-smoking Ontario stabber gets day passes despite 'significant threat
Cannabis-smoking Ontario stabber gets day passes despite 'significant threat
National Post

An Ontario man found not criminally responsible twice for stabbing two people in the back multiple times in the span of a decade has been granted a series of day passes even though he's still deemed a “significant threat to the safety of the…

marijuanamoment.net - Tom Angell - States Have Earned Over $15 Billion In Marijuana Tax Revenue In The Last 5 Years, 'And The Numbers Keep Growing,' New Federal Report Says
States Have Earned Over $15 Billion In Marijuana Tax Revenue In The Last 5 Years, 'And The Numbers Keep Growing,' New Federal Report Says
Marijuana Moment

States generated more than $3.5 billion in tax revenue from legal marijuana sales over the last year, according to a newly updated federal report. The analysis from the U.S. Census Bureau also shows that since the agency began tracking the issue in…

marijuanamoment.net - California Marijuana Businesses Should Act Now To Comply With New Packaging Rules That Don't Take Effect Until 2028 (Op-Ed)
California Marijuana Businesses Should Act Now To Comply With New Packaging Rules That Don't Take Effect Until 2028 (Op-Ed)
Marijuana Moment

“2028 sounds far away. But artwork gets locked with the printer weeks or months before the run. Then the boxes sit in a warehouse until they are used.” By Adrian A. Holguin, CannaShark Consulting Last month, California Gov. Gavin…

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