In Latest Crackdown on Anything Adjacent to Marijuana, Texas Gets Smokable Hemp Banned Again – Dallas Observer
Texas still hasn’t given up on trying to ban smokable hemp. The state of the smokable products have been in limbo ever since last August. The fight to keep these products legal in the state has gone all the way to the Texas Supreme Court. After district courts decided the ban was illegal, the state’s Department of State Health Services filed a notice of appeal to the ruling in the Texas Supreme Court on Dec. 1. This notice of appeal supersedes the final ruling, meaning the smokable hemp ban in Texas is back in effect until the Supreme Court rules otherwise….
Read More »Omicron Has Now Been Found in 17 US States – The Daily Beast
The number of states that have reported cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus has jumped to 17. On Sunday, the Georgia confirmed its first in-state case, while the St. Louis Health Department said a Missouri resident has also contracted the variant. Both cases were in patients who had been traveling—one to South Africa, the other in the U.S. Previously, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin had detected cases of the variant. Read it at New York Times
Read More »Chris Dyson Is A Trans-Am Champion – SPEED SPORT – SPEED SPORT
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Perseverance paid off for Chris Dyson this year. After coming close for the last three years, Dyson brought home the Trans Am Series championship following an outstanding season. The Poughkeepsie, N.Y., driver won seven of the opening 10 races in the No. 20 ALTWELL CBD Ford Mustang, clinching the title with one race remaining. While Dyson missed the season finale at Texas’ Circuit of The Americas to concentrate on family matters, late substitute Matthew Brabham took a dramatic last-second triumph to give the team its eighth victory. “Winning the championship was massive for me, personally, on a…
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State’s medical marijuana industry off and running | Business – Huntington Herald Dispatch
CHARLESTON — With retail stores opening and an in-state cultivation facility in operation, West Virginia’s medical marijuana industry is off and running. Trulieve has opened retail dispensaries in Morgantown and Weston. With the retail facilities open, years of development and planning to make medical marijuana in available in West Virginia become a reality. Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers spoke recently about the medical cannabis industry and the company’s operation in West Virginia. “We really see significant opportunities to engage with new patient communities, and we’re always looking for places where we can redefine what cannabis experiences can look like throughout a…
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‘Potential emerging health threat’: Officials warn of fentanyl-laced marijuana possibly in Michigan – WILX-TV
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – Michigan poison control officials have issued a warning about possible cases of fentanyl-laced marijuana in the state, calling it as a potential “emerging health threat.” The Michigan Poison and Drug Information Center issued the alert, saying several patients outside of Michigan have been treated in emergency rooms for opioid exposure after patients claimed to have only smoked marijuana. In Connecticut, a sample of one of the marijuana products found at an overdose scene was seized by local law enforcement and tested at a state laboratory. The sample tested positive for THC, marijuana, and fentanyl. According to…
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Patients, providers and the public met to update laws –and thinking – attached to medical marijuana – Concord Monitor
Patients, providers and the public met to update laws –and thinking – attached to medical marijuana OUR ENVIRONMENT NEEDS MORE LOCAL REPORTING The Concord Monitor is launching its Environmental Reporting Lab, a long-term effort to better inform the community about the New Hampshire environment. To launch phase 1 of this effort, we need your help. The money raised will go toward hiring a full-time environmental reporter. Please consider donating to this effort. News > State <span class="lightgalleryimg" data-src="/getattachment/4844b7c2-c434-49fa-900a-2b306fd08723/Weed-cm-120421-ph02" data-sub-html="Matt Simon is director of public and government relations for Prime ATC of New Hampshire, which operates the Chichester dispensary. Even he believes…
Read More »First Class Cannabis Group: Financing Solutions Maintain Industry Growth
With sweeping legalization across the United States, the cannabis industry has made some serious strides over the past few years. Thirty-six states have now legalized medical marijuana, and 28 states, plus Washington DC, have legalized cannabis for recreational use. However, a cloud of uncertainty persists when it comes to cannabis finance and banking. Finding cannabis finance solutions and securing cannabis loans can be challenging. Cannabis is big business. New Frontier Data estimates the legal cannabis market will be worth $51 billion by 2025. And yet, as it remains illegal on the federal level, larger banking institutions and payment processing companies have opted…
Read More »‘What towns all over CT need to have’ — can Darien blueprint be duplicated? – Thehour.com
As he readied for his final semesters at Norwalk Community College, Andre Denunzio took a job this past September moonlighting as a cashier at Whole Foods Market in neighboring Darien. The 22-year-old will soon move to Darien himself, one of the most affluent towns in America — and one that has handed other Connecticut towns a potential blueprint for how to go about mixed-use downtown redevelopment with a blend of old and new, and perhaps a bigger mix of people from differing walks of life. If completed as planned under developers David Genovese and Penny Glassmeyer, the Corbin District will…
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