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forbes.com - Alonzo Martinez - Congress Bans Delta-8 And THCA Under New Hemp Law
Congress Bans Delta-8 And THCA Under New Hemp Law
Forbes

H.R. 5371 reflects the fragmented state of U.S. cannabis policy. Even as federal agencies consider rescheduling marijuana, Congress just made it harder to sell, and arguably, to use, hemp products that resemble cannabis. Congress just rewrote the…

fastcompany.com - Taylor Hatmaker - Hemp-THC drinks were the hottest thing in zero-proof culture. Congress just put them on notice
Hemp-THC drinks were the hottest thing in zero-proof culture. Congress just put them on notice
Fast Company

The bill that brought the government back online last month ended the shutdown with an unexpected catch that could crush an entire industry. A hidden provision slipped into the bill just before it passed has nothing to do with the federal shutdown…

reason.com - Ilya Somin - The Supreme Court Should Hear Case Seeking to Overturn Gonzales v. Raich
The Supreme Court Should Hear Case Seeking to Overturn Gonzales v. Raich
Reason Magazine - Free Minds and Free Markets

A recent petition for certiorari in the case of Canna Provisions, Inc. v. Bondi, asks the Supreme Court to overrule its terrible decision in Gonzales v. Raich (2005), which held that Congress' power to 'regulate commerce…among the several…

marijuanamoment.net - Kyle Jaeger - GOP Congressman Presses Federal Financial Officials On Marijuana Industry's Banking Access Problems
GOP Congressman Presses Federal Financial Officials On Marijuana Industry's Banking Access Problems
Marijuana Moment

A GOP congressman is pressing federal financial regulators about the ongoing issues that state-legal marijuana businesses face when trying to access basic banking services under federal prohibition. At a hearing before the House Financial Services…

thestar.com.my - Drugs syndicate busted with RM13.8mil haul, six arrested
Drugs syndicate busted with RM13.8mil haul, six arrested
The Star Online

PETALING JAYA: Police have crippled a drug trafficking syndicate with the seizure of methamphetamine and ketamine worth RM13.8mil in raids conducted in the Klang Valley and Perak on Monday (Dec 1). Bukit Aman Narcotics Criminal Investigation…

foxnews.com - Bonny Chu - DHS arrests dozens of illegal immigrants within 24 hours of launching New Orleans operation
DHS arrests dozens of illegal immigrants within 24 hours of launching New Orleans operation
Fox News

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Thursday that it had made dozens of arrests in New Orleans just one day after launching Operation Catahoula Crunch, the latest federal immigration operation cracking down on criminal illegal…

thewrap.com - Raquel Calhoun - Jon Stewart Weighs in on Trump's Flagrant Pardoning of Criminals: 'I Used to Think Crime Doesn't Play' | Video
Jon Stewart Weighs in on Trump's Flagrant Pardoning of Criminals: 'I Used to Think Crime Doesn't Play' | Video
TheWrap

Jon Stewart slammed President Trump's pardoning of infamous criminals, recalling the time when even the pettiest of crimes couldn't grant a person the same privileges. “I kind of dig what he's doing,” Stewart said sarcastically…

nytimes.com - Scott Dance - An Alaskan Village Confronts Its Changing Climate: Rebuild or Relocate?
An Alaskan Village Confronts Its Changing Climate: Rebuild or Relocate?
The New York Times

From the beige confines of Room 207 at the Aspen Suites Hotel on the outskirts of Anchorage, Maggie Paul and her daughter, Jamie, struggle to envision the future. A little more than a month ago, the women were evacuated along with about 1,000…

pottsmerc.com - MediaNews Group - The Mercury's Sound Off for Friday, Dec. 5
The Mercury's Sound Off for Friday, Dec. 5
The Mercury

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Thank you to The Mercury for printing the story on marijuana addiction on November 26. It is unusual for facts about marijuana addiction to be disseminated prominently. Fools like Josh Shapiro in…

marketbeat.com - Promising Cannabis Stocks To Follow Today - December 4th
Promising Cannabis Stocks To Follow Today - December 4th
MarketBeat

MarketBeat Week in Review – 09/29 - 10/03 Tilray Brands, Canopy Growth, Aurora Cannabis, Flora Growth, and SNDL are the five Cannabis stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Cannabis stocks are publicly traded…

nytimes.com - Maria Abi-Habib - Did the U.S. Focus on Fentanyl Leave Latin America Awash in Cocaine?
Did the U.S. Focus on Fentanyl Leave Latin America Awash in Cocaine?
The New York Times

Fighting an international alliance of gangs, guerrilla groups, drug cartels and mafias, the Ecuadorean military found itself alone. By 2022, the government had lost control of major prisons, with gangs running them as recruitment centers. Killings…

law360.com - Sam Reisman - Dem Lawmakers Push Equity-Focused Cannabis Reforms
Dem Lawmakers Push Equity-Focused Cannabis Reforms
Law360

A group of Democratic Congress members on Thursday unveiled a proposed U.S. House of Representatives resolution urging Congress to push policies strengthening equity in the state-regulated marijuana markets and for the... To view the full article…

usmagazine.com - Chris Harris - Fitness Influencer Arrested for Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Girl, 16
Fitness Influencer Arrested for Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Girl, 16
Us Weekly

A fitness influencer with more than 112,000 Instagram followers and 101,000 YouTube subscribers has been arrested in Indiana, where authorities allege he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl on at least three occasions.l; Brian Divine, 44, was…

slowboring.com - Matthew Yglesias - Imagining pro-growth urbanism
Imagining pro-growth urbanism
Slow Boring

I have become, in some areas, more appreciative of free markets over the years, but in others I have bigger doubts than ever. For example, there's a new paper from some British economists looking at the economic geography of gambling establishments…

allhiphop.com - Houston Williams - SIGNS: Kunta Kinte Lives, Nearly Takes Lives Using AR-15
SIGNS: Kunta Kinte Lives, Nearly Takes Lives Using AR-15
AllHipHop

Kunta Kinte. I thought this was a fictional character from the legendary movie “Roots.” But in 2025, we take nothing for granted. Kunta Kinte Lives As An Alleged Menace To Society. Kunta Kinte Taylor and a hail of bullets headline one…

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