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Baltimore, MD: A significant percentage Topical CBD products derived from hemp contain percentages of CBD and THC that differ significantly from what appears on their packaging, according to data published in the journal JAMA Network Open. A team of researchers affiliated with John Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration evaluated the purity of 105 commercially available hemp-derived CBD topical products. Of the 89 products that provided information on the percentage of CBD available in them, only 24 percent provided accurate data. Thirty-five percent of topical products also tested positive for trace amounts…

Over the weekend, we present a week in review of top stories and headlines from across Connecticut. Here’s a roundup of some of the most read stories across the state. You can also find your local Patch and catch up on these stories by clicking here. A celebrity couple had sold the home this summer for $10.8 million, and it was revealed that an iconic Hollywood actor had bought the stunning estate.>>>Read more. A beloved community officer died two days after retiring from the department after a 24-year career serving and protecting.>>>Read more. The Asian grocery chain will open its…

The head of Amnesty International’s Ukraine chapter has resigned, saying the human rights organization suppressed her opposition to the release of a report that claimed Ukrainian forces had exposed civilians to Russian attacks based on populated areas In a statement posted Friday night on Facebook, Oksana Pokalchuk accused her former employer of ignoring the realities of war in Ukraine and the concerns of local staff members who had pressed for the report to be reworked. The report, released Thursday, drew angry denunciations from senior Ukrainian officials and criticism from Western diplomats, who accused the authors of making vague claims that…

House Speaker Matt Ritter tapped a longtime business and education leader Saturday to replace one of the Connecticut Port Authority officials cited in a state ethics ruling. Ritter appointed Lawrence McHugh, president of the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce since 1983 and chairman of the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees for nearly a decade, to replace Donald Frost of Fairfield on the port authority’s board of directors. The speaker said he was dismayed to learn Friday for the first time that Frost, who had been appointed to the authority in 2016 by then-spokesman J. Brendan Sharkey, was one of…

A racist text message sent by a police officer has prompted officials in a small Alabama town to disband its police department and fire the police chief and deputy chief. Vincent Mayor James Latimore confirmed Thursday that Police Chief James Srygley and Deputy Chief John L. Goss. had been fired, reported al.com. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office on Friday condemned the actions of the two officers and said it stands with the city “in providing emergency law enforcement services to the citizens (of Vincent) at this moment”. In the message, which recently surfaced on social media, someone identifying themselves as…

JOHN BISSET/Things Police at Timaru station on Sunday morning near a car that was abandoned by a driver later charged with failing to stop and dangerous driving. A 44-year-old driver who failed to stop for police south of St Andrews, south Canterbury, then drove to Timaru, where his vehicle was hit, before abandoning it in the CBD , has been charged with failure to stop and dangerous. to drive. Police were alerted to the dangerous driver after receiving a report of a vehicle speeding on the Waimate Freeway just after 10am on Sunday, a police spokesman said. “The vehicle was…

The Democrats began to press their own economic bill of the election year on Saturday in the Senate, starting the extensive collection of President Joe Biden’s priorities on climate, energy, health and taxes on a path through Congress that the party hopes will end with victory later this week. In a preview of highly partisan votes expected on a mountain of amendments, the evenly divided Senate voted to begin debate on the legislation 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking a tie and passing the unanimous Republican opposition. The package, a watered-down version of earlier trillion-dollar measures that Democrats failed…