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1 year ago
US politics

Minnesota governor signs bills further enshrining abortion, gender-affirming care into law

Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed legislation Thursday that further enshrines the right to abortion and gender-affirming care into law and another that bans so-called conversion therapy.The new legislation enhances existing state law that makes access to abortion and gender-affirming care legal and opposes conversion therapy.
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1 year ago
Law

D.C. lawmakers pass a bill that would ban firing employees for failed marijuana tests

In this April 12, 2018, photo, a marijuana plant awaits transplanting at the Hollingsworth Cannabis Company near Shelton, Wash.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

R.I. governor signs bill legalizing recreational marijuana

"Cannabis prohibition has been a failed policy for decades."
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Lawmakers revise bill to legalize recreational marijuana

"The amended bill is a collaborative effort."
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Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 year ago
Washington DC

Peek Inside the April Issue

FEATURES
Goodbye, RFK Stadium
After 62 years of big names and big moments, the DC landmark is being torn down.Before it's gone for good, we celebrate and remember its history and legacy.By Andrew Beaujon, Patrick Hruby, and Luke Mullins.Reefer Madness
Across America, legalized recreational marijuana is on the march.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

Good Morning, News: The Role of Fire in Fire Safety, an Exit Interview with Top Homeless Service Director, and Biden Pardons Turkeys

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day-but your help is essential.If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us.Thanks for your support!Morning, Portland!We might actually see some rain today and a high in the low 50s.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

Good Morning, News: Charter Reform Wins, Hardesty Loses (to Unqualified Candidate), and as for Governor... WHO KNOWS?

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day-but your help is essential.If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us.Thanks for your support!GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND!(And voters!)
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

October is over, and here are BP's top stories of the month, feat. illegal dispensaries, Superstorm Sandy, and election drama * Brooklyn Paper

The door has closed on October, but some of the news that broke through the month will stay with Brooklynites for weeks or even years to come.Some New Yorkers have grown tired of waiting for the state to start issuing licenses to sell recreational marijuana after adult use and retail sale of the drug was legalized last year - but their not-quite-legal stores are drawing ire from neighbors.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Weed shops gear up for Lollapalooza sales, with 'cannabus' shuttles and pop-up smoking lounge

As Lollapalooza descends on Grant Park for four days of music and communal partying, Chicago cannabis dispensaries are gearing up for what they hope will be another extended weekend of blowout sales.
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Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

New customer-friendly legal recreational cannabis in Missouri cuts into Illinois' market

Illinois had a three-year head start on legalizing recreational marijuana, but in many ways, Missouri has surpassed it after just one month.The two states came to legalization very differently, which makes the laws in each state very different - and means Missouri is cutting into the Illinois market.
sfist.com
1 year ago
Health

Study: Marijuana-Related Senior Citizen Emergency Room Visits Have Skyrocketed Over The Last 18 Years

A just-published UC San Diego study says that senior citizen visits to the emergency room for cannabis-related reasons in California have increased by more than 1800% since 2003.There has been a funny footnote to California's 2016 legalization of recreational marijuana use (which did not actually take effect until January 1, 2018): the fastest-growing cannabis use demographic has been senior citizens.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

After arrests at illegal dispensary, Bay Ridge community calls on state to better regulate cannabis sales * Brooklyn Paper

With smoke shops popping up in neighborhoods across the city, at least one local panel is formally calling on the state legislature to create clearer language in the current legislation for unlicensed commercial and retail sale of marijuana and other cannabis products.Adult use and retail sale of recreational marijuana was legalized in March 2021, and, on Monday, the state's Cannabis Control Board approved its first batch of 36 dispensary licenses in the state.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Tell us: Should there be more marijuana dispensaries in Boston?

The Wu administration is backing a plan to streamline the marijuana licensing process in the city.
Wine Enthusiast
1 year ago
Wine

In Defense of THC-Infused Beverages

I've written for and about wine and the industry for nearly 10 years, so I'm no stranger to the wine-weed "conundrum."
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Recreational Marijuana Question Will Appear on Missouri Ballot This November

Organizers have collected enough valid signatures to place a cannabis legalization question on the general election ballot in Missouri this fall.
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Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

'Alarming' jump in kids eating marijuana edibles prompts warning for adults to keep gummies away from kids

Medical workers in Illinois are warning adults to keep marijuana edibles away from kids, after an "alarming" jump in the number of accidental consumptions.The number of exposures to edible cannabis among children 5 and younger from 2017-2021 reported in Illinois increased from 5 to 232 cases - a 4,500% increase.
kvue.com
1 year ago
Health

Study: Marijuana, hallucinogen use among young adults reached all-time high in 2021

The new Monitoring the Future study from the National Institute of Drug Abuse states that in 2021, 43% of respondents said they used marijuana in the past year.
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www.mediaite.com
1 month ago
Law

Florida Supreme Court Allows DeSantis' 6-Week Abortion Ban to Stand But Also Approves Abortion Access Ballot Amendment

Florida's 6-week abortion ban upheld with limited exceptions for rape and incest.
Florida Supreme Court allows state constitutional amendments on abortion access and recreational marijuana. [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

Mother of 6-Year-Old Who Shot Teacher Pleads Guilty to Firearms Violations

The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his first-grade teacher in a Virginia classroom pleaded guilty on Monday to federal criminal charges for using marijuana while owning a firearm, and making false statements about drug use when she bought the gun.The mother, Deja Taylor, was previously indicted by a grand jury in Virginia on state criminal charges of neglect and endangerment, in connection with her son's access to the handgun that he used in the shooting.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Health

Ceylon House, Maryland's first cannabis lounge, operates in legal limbo

National Maryland voted to legalize recreational marijuana in November, but the marketplace won't open until July.The state's first cannabis lounge, however, operates in a legal gray area.Copyright 2023 NPR.All rights reserved.Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Marijuana sales in Illinois hit a record $1.5 billion in 2022, despite a recent slowdown

Illinois saw record recreational cannabis sales of $1.55 billion in 2022, a jump of 12% from the previous year - despite delays in opening new stores and some signs the market had reached a plateau.Monthly sales had flattened out recently around $130 million until the annual holiday increase saw a record of nearly $144 million in December, state records showed.
Eater Chicago
1 year ago
Chicago

Cross-Pollination of Hospitality and Legal Weed Amps Up in Chicago

Nearly three years after Illinois officials legalized the sale and use of recreational marijuana in the state, Chicago is seeing an increase in cross-pollination between Chicago's hospitality industry and its burgeoning dispensary scene.Well-known local restaurateur Phil Stefani is the latest hospitality leader to embrace the purple haze.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Sean 'Diddy' Combs to buy Chicago-area cannabis operations in deal connected to $2 billion Cresco-Columbia Care merger

Sean "Diddy" Combs has agreed to buy nine cannabis retail stores and three production facilities in Illinois, New York and Massachusetts for $185 million as part of required antitrust divestitures for the pending $2 billion Cresco-Columbia Care megamerger.The deal to sell off a portion of the combined Cresco-Columbia Care portfolio to Combs, announced Friday, includes the Columbia Care dispensaries in Villa Park and Chicago's Jefferson Park neighborhood, which have been rebranded as Cannabist, as well as a Columbia Care production facility in Aurora.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

A flowering partnership: Kingsborough Community College teams up with cannabis educator for new course * Brooklyn Paper

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Amid the Empire State's effort to legalize recreational marijuana, one Brooklyn school is making moves to educate its students on the flowering cannabis industry.Kingsborough Community College on Thursday announced a new partnership with Green Flower, a cannabis education provider.
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