The border crisis and its deadly drugs have reached middle schools nationwide – New York Post
Think you live too far from the Mexican border to be hurt by the chaos there? Bloomfield is a picturesque village in central Connecticut, 3,500 miles from America’s southern border. But illegal drugs flowing across that border nearly killed a 16-year-old at Bloomfield HS two weeks ago. He tried marijuana, not knowing it was laced with fentanyl. Police rushed to the school nurse’s office and administered two doses of Narcan just in time to save him. Responding to the surge in teen overdoses, Connecticut’s Gov. Ned Lamont is asking, “How did this happen? How is there more fentanyl on the streets than…
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Virginia Senate Votes To Start Recreational Marijuana Sales This September Through Current Medical Dispensaries – Marijuana Moment
A Republican Missouri lawmaker on Tuesday unveiled a bill to tax and regulate adult-use marijuana in the state. It would provide opportunities for expungements, authorize social consumption facilities and permit cannabis businesses to claim tax deductions with the state. Rep. Ron Hicks (R) filed the omnibus legislation, titled the “Cannabis Freedom Act.” He said in a memo to colleagues that the measure was drafted in a way that thoughtfully incorporates elements from “every marijuana bill filed this session” to create a “free but tightly regulated market for legal marijuana.” Here’s what the cannabis legislation would accomplish as drafted: Possession, home…
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GOP Missouri Lawmaker Unveils Wide-Ranging Marijuana Legalization Bill As Others Pursue 2022 Ballot – Marijuana Moment
A Republican Missouri lawmaker on Tuesday unveiled a bill to tax and regulate adult-use marijuana in the state. It would provide opportunities for expungements, authorize social consumption facilities and permit cannabis businesses to claim tax deductions with the state. Rep. Ron Hicks (R) filed the omnibus legislation, titled the “Cannabis Freedom Act.” He said in a memo to colleagues that the measure was drafted in a way that thoughtfully incorporates elements from “every marijuana bill filed this session” to create a “free but tightly regulated market for legal marijuana.” Here’s what the cannabis legislation would accomplish as drafted: Possession, home…
Read More »Cannabis beverage company Cann gets backing from Green Thumb Industries and celebrity investors – MarketWatch
Cann has landed a $27 million Series A venture financing, as the cannabis beverage company looks to grow its distribution to more U.S. states in 2022, the company said Tuesday. Venture capital firm Imaginary Ventures led the Series A round, with cannabis company Green Thumb Industries GTII, +3.78% GTBIF, +3.72% as an investor. Jake Bullock, co-founder of Los Angeles-based Cann, told MarketWatch the funding ranks as the biggest Series A financing of a venture-backed cannabis beverage company. The fruit-flavored drinks are aimed at social drinkers, and contain micro doses of THC and CBD — much less THC than other cannabis…
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Breaking: Snoop Dogg smoked weed at the Super Bowl
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Social Equity Applicant to Grow Weed In Connecticut? That’ll Be $3 Million. – Filter
As Connecticut prepares to launch its legal adult-use cannabis market later this year, the state is now open to applications from “social equity” cultivators—subject to a $3 million licensing fee in each case. The fee flies in the face of lawmakers’ promise that legalization will benefit communities most targeted by the drug war. Cannabis cultivators will be licensed to grow and produce cannabis, selling their products to other businesses rather than directly to consumers. The $3 million licensing fee is written into the law, so can’t be reduced or waived unless lawmakers take action. Jason Ortiz, president of Students for…
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Hawaii Senators Approve Psilocybin Task Force Bill In Committee, With Decriminalization Measures Still Pending – Marijuana Moment
A Republican Missouri lawmaker on Tuesday unveiled a bill to tax and regulate adult-use marijuana in the state. It would provide opportunities for expungements, authorize social consumption facilities and permit cannabis businesses to claim tax deductions with the state. Rep. Ron Hicks (R) filed the omnibus legislation, titled the “Cannabis Freedom Act.” He said in a memo to colleagues that the measure was drafted in a way that thoughtfully incorporates elements from “every marijuana bill filed this session” to create a “free but tightly regulated market for legal marijuana.” Here’s what the cannabis legislation would accomplish as drafted: Possession, home…
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New Hampshire Should Legalize Marijuana, But A State-Run Monopoly Is A Bad Idea (Op-Ed) – Marijuana Moment
A Republican Missouri lawmaker on Tuesday unveiled a bill to tax and regulate adult-use marijuana in the state. It would provide opportunities for expungements, authorize social consumption facilities and permit cannabis businesses to claim tax deductions with the state. Rep. Ron Hicks (R) filed the omnibus legislation, titled the “Cannabis Freedom Act.” He said in a memo to colleagues that the measure was drafted in a way that thoughtfully incorporates elements from “every marijuana bill filed this session” to create a “free but tightly regulated market for legal marijuana.” Here’s what the cannabis legislation would accomplish as drafted: Possession, home…
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