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Maximum Security RI Prisoner Caught With K2 Synthetic Marijuana: Cops
Posted Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 2:57 pm ET|Updated Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 3:47 pm ET A maximum security prisoner was caught with synthetic marijuana tucked in his waistband, police said. Fernando Jesurum, 37, was charged in August with misdemeanor...

Study supports new property values: Lawsuit seeks to change state assessment system
The latest study commissioned by Warren County has found that the ongoing countywide property reassessment data meets International Association of Assessing Officers standards in most cases. The ratio study was completed by assessment expert Alan...

Mother-of-three's tragic final words are revealed following 33-year-old's reservoir swim death after drinking alcohol and smoking cannabis
By OLIVIA CHRISTIE, NEWS REPORTER Published: 03:40 EDT, 3 September 2025 | Updated: 03:40 EDT, 3 September 2025 A mother-of-three who died while swimming in a reservoir told her partner 'I can't do it' before she went under the water, an inquest...

President Trump should consider rescheduling more than just marijuana
As far as modern-day affronts to our autonomy go, the outlawing of drugs is one of the most egregious. Since the mid-to-late 19th century when drug laws started to crop up in the US, it has been the status-quo for the government to have the power...

Pregnant British teen who 'trafficked £200k of cannabis' told she can walk free on one condition
The British teen who was accused of trafficking £200,000 worth of cannabis had been told she could walk free on one condition. Bella May Culley has been detained in Georgia since May this year on charges of drug trafficking. This revelation came...

Thailand tycoon who championed cannabis legalisation takes lead in race to be PM
Tycoon-turned-politician Anutin Charnvirakul appears to have taken the lead in a chaotic race to become Thailand’s next prime minister, after days of tense negotiations. Anutin, who is leader of the conservative Bhumjaithai party and perhaps best...

Court blocks Trump: Judiciary prevents use of National Guard in California
A federal judge in San Francisco halted the deployment of the National Guard in California ordered by President Donald Trump, determining that the action contravenes the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of the armed forces for...

Judge Rules Trump Administration Broke Law in Deploying National Guard to Los Angeles This Summer
FILE - California National Guard are positioned at the Federal Building, June 10, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer, File) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s administration...

Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission updates emergency regulations, waits for governor’s approval
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - It’s been something that the state’s Medical Cannabis Commission has been looking to iron out since its inception. The emergency regulations, that will eventually become permanent, for the growth and sale of medical...

Hemp-derived THC regulation: How Ohio compares to other states
CLEVELAND -- Ohio lawmakers are preparing to revisit regulations on intoxicating hemp products in the upcoming legislative session, joining many states grappling with how to control this booming but largely unchecked industry. The 2018 Farm Bill...

Judge orders fired Cannabis Control Commission chair should be reinstated
September 2, 2025 / 8:51 PM EDT / CBS Boston Judge rules former chair of Mass. Cannabis Control Commission was wrongly terminated Judge rules former chair of Mass. Cannabis Control Commission was wrongly terminated 00:35 A Superior Court judge has...

Judge Blocks New SD Ballot Question Law
The state of South Dakota cannot enforce a new law that would shorten the window for circulating ballot question petitions by three months, a judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Camela Theeler filed a written order Friday that says the law is a...
When the Law Fails, the Courageous Will Act
Editor, The hypocrisy is unbearable. The probe is on, but what is it probing? Not the drug peddlers who poison the streets. Not the addicts who rob, assault, and even kill for drug money. The probe is against the very people who stood up when the...

Louth councillor questions if new vape laws go far enough
Louth councillor, Independent representative Cllr Ciarán Fisher, has questioned if new laws in relation to vapes, due to come into force next year, go far enough, and suggests that there should be an aim to limit and discourage the prevalence of...

Wisconsin now enforcing new regulations on vaping devices, with local shops taking a hit
(WLUK) -- New regulations on electronic vaping devices took effect Monday in Wisconsin. Starting Sept. 1, any electronic vaping device not listed on the Department of Revenue's Electronic Vaping Device Directory is illegal to sell in the Badger...

Courthouse news — Sept. 2, 2025
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Delaware Officials Tout ‘Strong Rise’ In Marijuana Sales, With $7.3 Million Worth Of Purchases In First Month Of Market Launch
Delaware officials are touting the “strong rise” in marijuana sales since the recreational market launched, with $7.4 million in purchases reported in the first month since retailers started serving adult consumers. On Tuesday, the Office of the...

Lincoln Journal Star: Medical marijuana should be swiftly implemented
Nebraska’s conservative political establishment fought against medical marijuana for nearly a decade, killing the “Cannabis Compassion and Care Act” when it was introduced in the Legislature in 2015, getting a 2020 medical cannabis ballot...

Cannabis Commission chair was wrongly fired, can be reinstated, judge rules
A Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that Treasurer Deborah Goldberg unlawfully fired Shannon O'Brien as chair of the Cannabis Control Commission and ordered that O'Brien immediately be reinstated to the job. Goldberg suspended O'Brien as CCC...
Legal Notices for 9-4-25
Bradford PUBLIC AUCTION Ron Denmark Mini Storage will hold a public auction on Friday Sept 12th at 10:00am at 2117 N. Temple Ave. Starke, FL on the following units containing personal items: Unit 146 belonging to A. Harp Unite 159 belonging to A....