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Cannabis Flower Testing Shows THC Potency Widely Inflated In Colorado
Ganjapreneur - Washington
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July 9, 2025
Most Colorado cannabis flower products are mislabeled with inflated THC levels, according to a study published this month in Scientific Reports. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, anonymously sampled...
Regulator tells lawmakers smoke shops, convenience stores are being warned about ban on hemp products
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 9, 2025
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. The state's top alcohol and tobacco regulator told lawmakers her office has begun making "courtesy visits" to smoke shops and gas station convenience stores...
Wilton Simpson’s ‘Operation Safe Summer’ seizes 85K hemp products in statewide crackdown
Florida Politics
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July 9, 2025
Florida’s aggressive push to remove unsafe and deceptively marketed hemp products from store shelves has resulted in more than 85,000 packages seized across 40 counties in the first three weeks of the state’s “Operation Safe Summer” enforcement...
PHI’s Dr. Lynn Silver Quoted in SacBee Editorial: Cannabis Bill Prioritizes Industry Profits Over Youth and Public Health
Public Health Institute
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July 9, 2025
Making cannabis affordable again “If we continue to pile on more taxes and fees onto our struggling small cannabis businesses, California’s cannabis culture is under serious threat of extinction,” said Assemblymember Matt Haney, D-San Francisco,...
Perry County reviews cannabis tax ordinance history
The Metropolis Planet - Kentucky
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PINCKNEYVILLE — Perry County commissioners are taking a closer look at how the county handles cannabis taxation and blighted properties following resident complaints and a review of outdated ordinances. Commissioner Joseph Folden raised both...
CBD is becoming more popular. But even low doses may harm some people’s health, researchers warn
Euronews
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July 8, 2025
Published on 08/07/2025 - 13:37 GMT+2 Cannabidiol gummies, edibles, and other CBD products have taken off in recent years – but even low doses may be enough to hurt people’s health, a new study has found. CBD – the non-psychoactive ingredient in...
Joint cannabis commission holds first meeting amid push for regulated market
Northern Neck News - Virginia
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Workers at gLeaf Medical tend to plants in a grow room at the Richmond medical marijuana dispensary. (Photo by Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury) The newly formed joint commission tasked with overseeing Virginia’s transition to a legal retail cannabis...
Federal judge blocks part of Florida's ballot initiatives law
WUSF - Florida
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July 9, 2025
A federal judge has blocked a key part of a new law that imposed additional restrictions on the state’s ballot-initiative process, saying a ban on non-Florida residents and non-U.S. citizens collecting and delivering petitions “imposes a severe...
Texas special session agenda includes flood relief, THC regulation
FOX 7 Austin - Texas
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AUSTIN - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office released the agenda for the upcoming special session of the legislature on Wednesday. Among the 18 items listed in the agenda are flood relief plans and the awaited alternatives to the vetoed THC ban. Flood...
How to Grow Cannabis at Home
Westword - Colorado
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July 9, 2025
This content is sponsored by Homegrown Cannabis Co. Even for experienced cannabis connoisseurs, the idea of growing your flower can be daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. Anyone can grow cannabis, and you don’t need to break the bank to get...
Prices on certain goods, services may rise as Pa. lawmakers consider axing some sales tax exemptions
WESA - Pennsylvania
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July 9, 2025
Sales tax exemptions for everything from newspapers to legal services to candy cost the commonwealth billions every year, and at least one top policymaker says he’s open to getting rid of some as members wrestle with a significant budget deficit....
Autistic man from Queens suffered years of abuse at group home: lawsuit
New York Daily News
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July 9, 2025
A non-verbal autistic man from Queens suffered years of beatings and abuse by the staff of the group home that was supposed to take care of him — even after a video of his treatement made the news in 2023, according to a new federal lawsuit. The...
NCSO and CDFW partner for illegal cannabis enforcement
The Union - California
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For several years, members of the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO) Special Investigation Unit (SIU) and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) have intermittently worked together to address and eradicate illegal cannabis...
$1.1 Million Worth Of Cannabis Destroyed In Central Division Operation
TTT Live Online
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July 9, 2025
Police discovered and destroyed over $1 million worth of cannabis during an operation in the Central Division earlier today. Between 6:30am and 9:30am on Wednesday 9th July 2025, a team of officers conducted an intelligence-led Cannabis...
Soon-to-be cannabis business owners in Minnesota waiting for green light to open
CBS 4 - Minnesota
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A budding business in Southern Minnesota is on track for a legal cannabis market milestone. A dispensary in Albert Lea has cleared a key hurdle and just needs to pay its licensing fee. Caroline Cummings reports on what's next for him and the...
Connecticut smoke shop busted with a kilogram of marijuana, police say
WTIC-TV - Connecticut
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More than 38 ounces of different marijuana products were seized at the Whyte Widow Smoke Shop on Success Avenue in Stratford, local police report. STRATFORD, Conn. — Following a two-month police investigation, another Connecticut smoke shop was...
Wirral van driver admits being over the limit for cannabis
Wirral Globe
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Chester Magistrates Court heard that Liam Jameson, 29, was driving a Ford Transit van on Rossbank Road, Ellesmere Port on Monday, May 5 2025 when he was stopped by police officers. The proportion of Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in his blood...
Florida recreational marijuana petition surpasses 600K signatures for 2026 ballot
Gulf Coast News - Florida
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July 9, 2025
A Florida petition for a constitutional amendment that would allow recreational marijuana to be put on the 2026 ballot has gotten more than 600,000 signatures from supporters.On Tuesday, the state Division of Elections website showed 613,206 valid...
Greenfield resident wanted by FBI for illicit marijuana operation
Greenfield Recorder - Massachusetts
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September 7, 2025
GREENFIELD — The FBI is searching for 47-year-old Yanrong Zhu, a fugitive Greenfield resident who allegedly conspired with six others to grow, transport and sell illicit marijuana in a ring that spanned Massachusetts, Maine and New York, and...
Climax Springs woman pleads guilty to lesser charge after child ate marijuana edible
KRCG - Missouri
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A Climax Springs woman charged after a child ate a marijuana edible during a Super Bowl party has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. On Tuesday, Talia Freeman entered a guilty plea to a misdemeanor count of Second Degree Endangering the Welfare of...