Nevada Mother Charged in CNN Producer’s Alleged ‘Sex Training’ of Underage Girls – The Daily Beast
A Nevada mother has been criminally charged after prosecutors say she traveled across the country last year with her 9-year-old daughter to take part in sex “training” allegedly offered by a CNN producer. Police in Henderson say the 48-year-old woman was arrested in August 2020. She was charged with two counts of child abuse, two counts of sexual assault against a child, and lewdness with a minor under 14, court records show. The Daily Beast is not naming the woman to avoid revealing the identity of her underage daughter. Police say she was taken into custody just a few days…
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10 new laws taking effect in Connecticut in 2022 – CT Insider
A class-action lawsuit alleged that prisoners had to drink and bath in dirty, smelly water at a Connecticut prison years before two prisoners contracted Legionnaires’ disease. David Madison / Getty Images Signed in the 2021 legislative session, the biggest component of the act allows for the erasure of some criminal records starting in 2023. According to the law, people who have been charged with low-level felonies can petition for a court to clear their public records after seven years if the offense occurred on or after Jan. 1, 2000. The law does not apply to Class A, B or C felonies…
Read More »New York City: The New Cannabis Industry HQ
It was pleasure and not business that drew Berner, the cofounder and public image of Cookies, arguably the most visible consumer brand in American cannabis, to touch down in New York City for a ten-day vacation in late August. Cannabis has been legal in the nation’s largest city since March. New York’s allowance for outdoor and public cannabis consumption wherever tobacco smoking is allowed — a right still not afforded in California, Colorado, and everywhere else the legal marijuana industry is firmly established — means that the former worldwide capital of marijuana arrests, where stop-and-frisk sent thousands of young men…
Read More »The Top Ten Largest Cannabis Companies For 2021 – Green Market Report
These are the ten largest cannabis companies based on revenue for the last nine months of 2021. It doesn’t include proforma numbers or planned acquisitions as no ever planned deal is a closed deal. The Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE SMG) is in the lead based on its revenues for the hydroponic business in the subsidiary Hawthorne. In the fourth quarter alone, Scott’s reported that its hydroponic business Hawthorne recorded sales of $329.1 million. Granted this was a drop of 2% due to declines in the European and Canadian businesses, plus the company noted that due to a shift in the fiscal…
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Leading Marijuana Reform Group Hires Illinois Government Cannabis Czar As President And CEO – Marijuana Moment
One of the nation’s top cannabis reform advocacy groups—the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP)—is getting a new leader with an extensive professional background in the enactment and implementation of state-level legalization as a lawmaker and government official. Toi Hutchinson, who most recently served as the senior advisor on cannabis to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D), will replace Steve Hawkins and join the national advocacy organization as president and CEO. The changeup, which was shared exclusively with Marijuana Moment ahead of the announcement, comes at a vital time in the cannabis legalization movement in which MPP has played a key role in…
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Fed scientists slam fed cannabis restrictions (Newsletter: December 15, 2021) – Marijuana Moment
RI leaders close to legalization deal; Bourbon-selling KY senator worried about medical marijuana; Record IL cannabis sales Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… Your good deed for the day: donate to an independent publisher like Marijuana Moment and ensure that as many voters as possible have access to the most in-depth cannabis reporting out there.Support our work at https://www.patreon.com/marijuanamoment/ TOP THINGS TO KNOWThe federal monopoly on growing cannabis for research has officially ended,…
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7 last-minute weed gift ideas for the holidays and more
7 last-minute weed gift ideas for the holidays and more – 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. It’s a classic scenario. You find yourself within days (or hours) of seeing a special stoner someone and you forgot to get a gift. Lucky for you, we’ve got the last-minute weed gift ideas that show…
Read More »Is your drug a psychedelic, a dissociative, or an empathogen?
Is your drug a psychedelic, a dissociative, or an empathogen? – 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. ‘Mind & Matter’ is a monthly column by Nick Jikomes, PhD, Leafly’s Director of Science and Innovation. All intoxicating drugs are psychoactive, but not all psychoactive drugs are intoxicating. This is something that’s often misunderstood by…
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