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Oklahoma's medical marijuana is contributing to national truck driver shortage
KOCO 5 - Oklahoma
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September 8, 2025
Medical marijuana is causing a national truck driver shortage to only get worse in Oklahoma. >> Download the KOCO 5 App | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channelThe Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority said it has generated more than $1 billion in...
Sussex County to consider adjusting retail marijuana zoning ordinance
WBOC 16 - Maryland
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SUSSEX COUNTY, DE -- The Sussex County Council is expected to discuss its current retail marijuana zoning regulations at a council meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 9. The discussion comes after state-level pushback over the current ordinance. In Sussex...
LEVIA Original Founders Reacquiring Cannabis Beverage Brand From Ayr Wellness
Cannabis Business Times
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September 8, 2025
[PRESS RELEASE] – GEORGETOWN, Mass., Sept. 8, 2025 – Kristin and Eric Rogers have reached an agreement with Ayr Wellness Inc. to reacquire LEVIA, pending customary closing conditions and regulatory approval. The husband-and-wife entrepreneurial...
States Without Legal Weed See More Delta-8 THC Usage, Study Finds
Forbes
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A new study has found that the use of delta-8 THC products is more common in states that continue to prohibit marijuana and have not regulated the hemp-derived intoxicating compound. The Washington Post via Getty Images The use of delta-8 THC is...
Automatic Lawn Care: How Robots and AI Are Changing Yard Work
Backyard Boss
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September 8, 2025
Summary Robotic mowers perform daily lawn cuts, provide mulch clippings, and integrate with smart‑home apps. Smart irrigation uses soil sensors and weather forecasts to cut waste and save water. AI apps spot problems early; drones and bots can...
Texas Bathroom Law Triggers Fear for Trans College Students
Dallas Observer - Texas
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September 8, 2025
After a decade of contentious debate and failed attempts, the Texas Legislature has passed a bill restricting transgender individuals' access to public restrooms in public buildings, a move critics decry as a solution in search of a problem and...
Ask Dr. Litinas: Can cannabis actually help you sleep—or just make it worse?
The Gander - Michigan
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September 8, 2025
Ask Dr. Litinas is a column that publishes twice monthly as part of The MichiGanja Report—our free, weekly newsletter about all things marijuana. Click here to sign up. MICHIGAN—Sleep is among the most important pillars of health; yet for many...
Norfolk County man faces charges after OPP illicit cannabis investigation
Simcoe Reformer
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September 8, 2025
A 47-year-old Norfolk County man has been charged after a Haldimand/Norfolk OPP Community Street Crime Unit investigation into an illicit cannabis operation. Article content On Sept. 3, members of the unit,with support from the Elgin/Middlesex and...
Plans resubmitted to convert former legal offices into HMO for 20 people
Wakefield Express
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September 8, 2025
Plans have been resubmitted to convert former legal offices in Pontefract town centre into a house share for 20 people. Wakefield Council rejected a similar scheme proposing a house of multiple occupancy (HMO) for 23 residents at Newgate House in...
Odor in the Court
The Assembly - North Carolina
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September 8, 2025
Two trained narcotics investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office made a scientifically dubious claim before a judge in October 2022: that they could smell the difference between legal hemp and illegal marijuana. Officer Jason Cleary...
Texas Lawmakers Fail to Pass Hemp THC Rules During Second Special Session
Ganjapreneur - Washington
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The year’s second special legislative session in Texas ended last week with lawmakers having again failed to reach an agreement to regulate intoxicating hemp products. The Legislature passed a proposal banning the sale of hemp-derived THC earlier...
Texas Hemp Industry Breathes Sigh of Relief as Legislators Avoid Ban
Insurance Journal
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September 8, 2025
When news broke last Wednesday afternoon of a last-minute push to pass new, stricter regulations for consumable hemp products, the employees at Austin Vape & Smoke sprung into action. Zaquiri Hensen, a manager at the South Austin store, said he...
La Crosse County board member proposes $1 fine for minor marijuana possession
WKBT - Wisconsin
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LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- A La Crosse County Board supervisor is proposing a $1 fine for marijuana possession countywide. District 3 Supervisor David Pierce introduced the proposal that will be taken up by the county's Judiciary and Law Committee...
Democrats Claim They Want to Legalize Marijuana — but Do They Really?
Townhall
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September 8, 2025
House Democrats have introduced a bill that would legalize cannabis at the federal level as President Donald Trump considers rescheduling marijuana. Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) reintroduced the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement...
Macomb County judge tosses marijuana charges, ruling legalization law trumps school-zone statute
Detroit Metro Times - Michigan
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September 8, 2025
A Macomb County judge has dismissed marijuana possession charges against two former Fitzgerald Public Schools officials, ruling that the state’s cannabis legalization law takes precedence over an older statute that made it a crime to have...
Thai Parliament Elects Cannabis Champion As New Prime Minister
Forbes
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Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul speaks to the media after the royal endorsement ceremony appointing him as the country's new prime minister at Bhumjaithai Party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, on September 7, 2025. (Photo by...
5 great reasons to purchase cannabis from licensed dispensaries
Film Daily
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September 8, 2025
Laws surrounding many things continually change and adapt around the world, so that they deal with relevant situations. This might be because more becomes known about a certain subject with evidence being provided, which allows for adjustments....
Texas Hemp, THC Beverages And The National Farm Bill Frontier
Forbes
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“Ripple in still water, when there is no pebble tossed, nor wind to blow.” — The Grateful Dead Texas has been the engine room of the hemp industry’s recent drama, with lawmakers pushing the throttle on bans and then slamming the brakes. The latest...
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Bourbonnais ordinance would prohibit sale of kratom and cannabinoids
Kankakee Daily Journal - Illinois
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As Kankakee County coroner Bob Gesser sees it, he has a duty to protect residents. It was the reason he and Pledge for Life Partnership’s Jim Schreiner spoke Monday during the Bourbonnais Village Board meeting. One of his biggest battles is the...
Deep state on life support as Trump cuts regulations at ‘record’ rate
The Gazette - Colorado
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Federal rule makers, already hit with layoffs since President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office, face another fast-growing threat to their roles in Washington’s “swamp”: record deregulation. In its first report card on how agencies are...