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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...
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...
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....
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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...
Court puts reinstatement of cannabis commission head on hold
Boston.com - Massachusetts
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September 8, 2025
Local News Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission Chair Shannon O'Brien in Suffolk Superior Court. Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe By Molly Farrar September 7, 2025 1 minute to read Share Close Send this article to your social connections....
Judge throws the book at GirlsDoPorn ‘mastermind'
NBC San Diego - California
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September 8, 2025
The owner of the San Diego-based GirlsDoPorn.com website, which featured pornographic videos of young women who were forced or coerced into appearing in the films under false pretenses, was sentenced to a long term in federal prison Monday, much...
He sent out menus and offered testers but it wasn't legal 'head chef' work
SwanseaOnline
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September 8, 2025
19:11, 08 Sep 2025Updated 19:12, 08 Sep 2025 A cocaine dealer was offering potential customers free "tester lines" of the drug before they bought from him. Oliver Nancarrow was also selling magic mushrooms, LSD, amphetamine, ecstasy, and cannabis....
Board adopts amendments to county’s cannabis regulations
Pope County Tribune - Minnesota
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September 8, 2025
By Kris Goracke Reporter The Pope County Board of Commissioners met on September 2, 2025, to discuss a range of topics, including cannabis regulations, school-based mental health services, law enforcement, road projects, and employee benefits. The...
Perspective: From marijuana to mushrooms
The Gazette - Colorado
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On Aug. 26, The Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Safety Center released alarming news: Young people are the top users of psychedelics, and most use the drugs simply for fun. The center also reported that the most widely used psychedelic was...
SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCE No. 202501 REGULATING CANNABIS BUSINESSES AND EVENTS IN POPE COUNTY
Pope County Tribune - Minnesota
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September 8, 2025
Public Notice | Published on September 8, 2025 at 12:28pm CDT SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCE No. 202501 REGULATING CANNABIS BUSINESSES AND EVENTS IN POPE COUNTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, on September 2, 2025, Ordinance No. 202501 Regulating...
As More States Normalize Marijuana Legalization, New Poll Shows Many Americans Feel Neutral About Its Societal Impact
Marijuana Moment
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September 8, 2025
With the majority of states now having legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use, a new poll signals that cannabis’s normalization has left many people feeling neutral about how the policy impacts society—though more say the reform has...