Will Brittney Griner’s Cannabis Bust Become Putin’s Geopolitical Pawn?
Brittney Griner, America’s famed female basketball player, won Olympic Gold in both Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and Tokyo in 2020, and is a leading light of the Women’s National Basketball Association. But she made distinctly unenviable headlines, when she was arrested for cannabis in Russia last month. Russian authorities announced that there was an undetermined number of vape pens full of cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport. The exact date of Griner’s arrest remains unclear, as does the number of cartridges found. This information wasn’t revealed in the March 5 press release from Russia’s Federal Customs Service…
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Marijuana Legalization Hasn’t Led To More Youth Use, Report From Alcohol And Tobacco Industry-Backed Group Says – Marijuana Moment
A Connecticut legislative committee on Friday approved a bill that would set the state up to provide certain patients with access to psychedelic-assisted treatment with substances like MDMA and psilocybin. Before the vote, several members of the joint Public Health Committee remarked on the compelling testimony of top military officials, advocates and scientists who spoke about their experiences and the potential impact of the reform at a hearing earlier this week. The legislation was approved on a noncontroversial basis as part of the panel’s consent calendar. It now advances to floor consideration. The measure, HB 5396, would create psychedelic treatment…
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Cannabis union, seeking membership boost, announces CT workforce development, training initiatives – Hartford Business Journal
Union officials on Wednesday announced they will be launching workforce development programs for the state’s “budding” cannabis industry, with the hopes of spurring new job opportunities and growing their membership ranks. Representatives from UFCW Local 919 and Local 371 — two Connecticut coalitions that are part of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union — and other cannabis-industry stakeholders met outside the Capitol in Hartford to discuss efforts to increase employment and training opportunities in cannabis-related businesses. The Connecticut AFL-CIO, one of the most powerful unions in Connecticut and nationwide, has endorsed the UFCW as the Connecticut Cannabis Union,…
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The best-rated weed dispensaries in Los Angeles
Best Dispensaries in Los Angeles | Updated for 2022 | Leafly Link copied to your clipboard Leafly Leafly ® Loading… Where are you from? noyes Remember me for 30 days. I confirm that this is not a shared device. Darn! You’re not old enough to use Leafly. Redirecting you to By accessing this site, you accept the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. They come from all around the world for it: the Los Angeles area is a cannabis consumer’s paradise in 2022. The world’s largest legal cannabis market is in its fifth year of adult-use sales, and is home…
Read More »New Jersey is latest battleground for social equity in cannabis
New Jersey is latest battleground for social equity in cannabis | Leafly Link copied to your clipboard Leafly Leafly ® Loading… Where are you from? noyes Remember me for 30 days. I confirm that this is not a shared device. Darn! You’re not old enough to use Leafly. Redirecting you to By accessing this site, you accept the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. State regulators have disputed claims that Black applicants are being frozen out of the licensing process. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s latest balance sheet projects that cannabis sales will generate $4 million for state funds before…
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Kansas Senators Hold First Of Three Medical Marijuana Legalization Hearings In Committee – Marijuana Moment
A Connecticut legislative committee on Friday approved a bill that would set the state up to provide certain patients with access to psychedelic-assisted treatment with substances like MDMA and psilocybin. Before the vote, several members of the joint Public Health Committee remarked on the compelling testimony of top military officials, advocates and scientists who spoke about their experiences and the potential impact of the reform at a hearing earlier this week. The legislation was approved on a noncontroversial basis as part of the panel’s consent calendar. It now advances to floor consideration. The measure, HB 5396, would create psychedelic treatment…
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Bridgeport “inundated” with FOIA requests, faces possible fines for delays – Torrington Register Citizen
BRIDGEPORT — Overwhelmed by Freedom of Information Act requests for municipal documents and under pressure from the state watchdog agency that enforces those regulations to catch up, the law department wants to hire an additional staffer to help process inquiries. “We’re inundated with them,” City Attorney R. Christopher Meyer said in an interview this week. “And they’re not simple requests. They don’t say, ‘Give a one page report that exists.’ They … require a lot of searching and a lot of work.” According to Meyer, the projected number of FOIA submissions for the current fiscal year, which ends June 30,…
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Georgia House And Senate Pass Differing Medical Marijuana Bills To Jumpstart Stalled Program – Marijuana Moment
The Kentucky House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to legalize medical marijuana in the state. The legislation now heads to the Senate. The measure, sponsored by Rep. Jason Nemes (R), was taken up by the full chamber about a week after clearing the House Judiciary Committee. Meanwhile, separate adult-use and medical legalization bills were filed by Democratic lawmakers last month. The vote on the floor was 59-34. “This is Kentucky grown, Kentucky processed, Kentucky tested,” Nemes said ahead of the vote. “Grown by Kentucky farmers on Kentucky land with Kentucky seeds for our Kentucky brothers and sisters and the Kentucky…
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