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thehill.com - Finya Swai - More frequent marijuana users being treated with nausea and vomiting condition: Report
More frequent marijuana users being treated with nausea and vomiting condition: Report
The Hill

Frequent marijuana users are increasingly turning up in emergency rooms with a condition that causes severe bouts of nausea and vomiting, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The condition, known as…

wxii12.com - Drug Bust: Cocaine, fentanyl and marijuana seized by investigators
Drug Bust: Cocaine, fentanyl and marijuana seized by investigators
wxii

Updated: 8:45 AM EDT Aug 7, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ More than 55 lbs of cocaine seized in Guilford County narcotics investigation Updated: 8:45 AM EDT Aug 7, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. — The Guilford…

officer.com - Houston Voters Could Decide on No-Knock Warrant Ban, Marijuana Enforcement Limits
Houston Voters Could Decide on No-Knock Warrant Ban, Marijuana Enforcement Limits
Officer

A proposed Houston ballot measure would ban police no-knock warrants and deprioritize enforcement of low-level marijuana offenses. Houston activists submitted nearly 40,000 signatures seeking a ballot measure that would make low-level marijuana…

forbes.com - A.J. Herrington - New York Allows Cannabis Microbusinesses To Sell At Farmers Markets
New York Allows Cannabis Microbusinesses To Sell At Farmers Markets
Forbes

New York cannabis microbusinesses can now sell marijuana at farmers markets and other approved public events under legislation signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed new legislation that allows the state's…

washingtonexaminer.com - Senate should 'just say no' to Trump's retreat on hemp
Senate should 'just say no' to Trump's retreat on hemp
Washington Examiner

That law was intended to legalize the growing of industrial hemp for rope, clothing, and other nonintoxicating products. It was not intended to legalize marijuana nationwide. But the statute defined legal hemp according to its concentration of…

thehill.com - Nathaniel Weixel - Senate tables hemp amendment at center of funding fight, allowing one-month delay of ban
Senate tables hemp amendment at center of funding fight, allowing one-month delay of ban
The Hill

A federal ban on most hemp-derived THC products is set to be delayed for a month after a last-minute effort to keep the original timeline failed. The Senate voted 61-32 to table a bipartisan amendment from Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and about a dozen…

thehill.com - Joseph Choi - RFK Jr. set to release food ingredient review
RFK Jr. set to release food ingredient review
The Hill

In his quest to overhaul the food system, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is poised to propose closing a loophole that allows food and dietary supplement companies to self-attest that new ingredients are safe. Last year, Kennedy directed the…

nypost.com - Patrick Reilly - Small NY businesses now able to sell pot at farmers markets - allowing more competition with big guys
Small NY businesses now able to sell pot at farmers markets - allowing more competition with big guys
New York Post

It's farm-fresh devil's lettuce. New Yorkers can now get all the fresh, leafy greens they want at farmers markets after Gov. Hochul signed a new law allowing small cannabis vendors to join the big guys and sell their products there. State-licensed…

washingtonexaminer.com - Molly Parks - Oz asks Senate to delay hemp ban to keep CBD coverage for seniors
Oz asks Senate to delay hemp ban to keep CBD coverage for seniors
Washington Examiner

However, Oz has stepped in as the latest Trump administration official to urge the Senate not to pass Budd's amendment to the CR, arguing it goes against CMS's work to expand access to hemp-derived CBD products to patients who use CBD supplements…

thehill.com - Nathaniel Weixel - Dr. Oz urges senators to reject Budd hemp amendment
Dr. Oz urges senators to reject Budd hemp amendment
The Hill

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), is urging senators to not support an amendment that would allow a federal ban on most hemp-derived products to take effect in November. In a Friday letter, Oz…

portlandtribune.com - Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle - Eastern Oregon state Rep. Greg Smith will pay $12k to settle latest ethics violations
Eastern Oregon state Rep. Greg Smith will pay $12k to settle latest ethics violations
The Portland Tribune

This is a developing story and may be updated Oregon's longest-serving state representative will pay the Oregon Government Ethics Commission $12,000 in fines for breaking state ethics laws and leveraging his position as director of an eastern…

wesh.com - Brandon Hogan - New affidavit reveals possible motive after 17-year-old accused of killing 2 men in DeLand
New affidavit reveals possible motive after 17-year-old accused of killing 2 men in DeLand
wesh

Updated: 10:35 PM EDT Aug 7, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ New affidavit reveals possible motive after 17-year-old accused of killing 2 men in DeLand Updated: 10:35 PM EDT Aug 7, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ DELAND, Fla. — An…

minnpost.com - Ana Radelat - D.C. Memo: A Schwarze schism in the GOP
D.C. Memo: A Schwarze schism in the GOP
MinnPost - Nonprofit, independent journalism

WASHINGTON – A rift over the best candidate to run for retiring Sen. Tina Smith's seat involving the national Republican Party and far-right political activist Laura Loomer was on display this week at Farmfest. Adam Schwarze, a former Navy…

reason.com - Tosin Akintola - The White House's push to pause the hemp ban smells like cronyism
The White House's push to pause the hemp ban smells like cronyism
Reason Magazine - Free Minds and Free Markets

Senate Republicans' plan to pass a stopgap funding bill has hit a snafu: hemp. A provision in the chamber's continuing resolution would pause the upcoming ban on the sale of any 'hemp-derived cannabinoid product' with over 0.4 milligrams of total…

nationalpost.com - Chris Lambie - Ontario killer to be less frequently monitored in community despite concerns about cannabis use linked to psychosis
Ontario killer to be less frequently monitored in community despite concerns about cannabis use linked to psychosis
National Post

An Ontario man found not criminally responsible twice — once for murdering his step-grandfather and the second time for threatening to kill his father — must now only report to the hospital “not less than once every three…

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