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Trial begins for woman arrested after swearing, shouting at Tarrant County Commissioners Court
KERA - Texas
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June 14, 2025
A six-member jury is in place to decide whether a woman committed a crime when she swore and shouted at a Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting in January. Carolyn Rodriguez, who goes by Carolina, has pleaded not guilty to hindering...
Court dispositions: April 30-May 6, 2025
Albert Lea Tribune - Minnesota
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June 12, 2025
Published 3:35 pm Thursday, June 12, 2025 Freeborn County District Court April 30 Skyler Charles Bolin, 19, 611 Freeborn Ave., Albert Lea. Count 1: Obstruct legal process. Dismissed. Count 2: Public nuisances. Local confinement for 15 days, stay...
Legalising cannabis has not curbed opioid addiction among US veterans
Scimex Newsfeed
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June 13, 2025
US scientists compared the incidence of opioid use disorder (OUD) among US veterans in states without legalised cannabis, in states with legal medicinal cannabis, and in states with legal recreational cannabis. They found that, between 2005 and...
Oregon bill targets illegal cannabis grows, aims to curb water theft and human trafficking
KATU - Oregon
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ROSEBURG, Ore. — A bill recently passed through the Oregon senate aimed at increasing penalties for landowners with illegal cannabis grows across the state, limiting further crimes such as water theft and human trafficking. The bill, known as SB...
Hemp, Hope And Hard Truths: A New Era Of Realism At Benzinga's Chicago Summit
Benzinga
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The cannabis industry met itself in the mirror last week in Chicago and what it saw was a sector growing wiser, not just older. At the 2025 Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference, held June 8–10 at the Marriott Magnificent Mile, hundreds of...
Kanu incited IPOB’s sit-at-home order, DSS tells court
Punch
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June 13, 2025
The Department of State Services says the broadcasts made by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, incited the sit-at-home order of IPOB in the South-East region. According to the DSS, the broadcasts also directly...
Congressional Committee Clarifies That Hemp Ban Isn’t Meant To Restrict ‘Industrial Or Nonintoxicating’ Products
Marijuana Moment
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June 13, 2025
A powerful GOP-led congressional committee amended a report for a spending bill containing provisions that hemp stakeholders say would upend the industry, clarifying that the panel does not intend to prohibit non-intoxicating cannabinoid products...
Ohio Woman Arraigned for Drug Trafficking After Airport Marijuana Seizure
St. Thomas Source
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June 13, 2025
A 32-year-old Ohio woman was arraigned Monday in federal court on drug trafficking and conspiracy charges after authorities discovered nearly four kilograms of marijuana in her checked luggage at Cyril E. King Airport, according to the U.S....
Maine lawmakers face budget deadline as tax increase sparks partisan debate
WGME - Maine
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AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) -- Maine lawmakers have less than a week to pass a new biennial budget. Republican leaders say for a third straight year, majority democrats are not willing to compromise or find ways to cut the budget. Instead, lawmakers...
IGP says no need to question Anwar after court clears Yusoff Rawther of drug, firearms charges, vows internal review
Malay Mail
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June 14, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) is awaiting the full written judgment in the Yusoff Rawther case to identify any gaps or shortcomings in the investigation process. Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Razarudin Husain...
Why Same-Day Cannabis Delivery Is the New Standard—Not a Luxury
The Clinton Courier - Mississippi
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June 13, 2025
We’ve come a long way from hushed conversations in parking lots and sketchy drop-offs. Today, ordering cannabis feels more like ordering dinner—and for a growing number of Canadians, that’s exactly how it should be. Cannabis isn’t just legal...
Cannabis Products Sold in New York Have Been Recalled
The Wolf - New York
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June 12, 2025
A recall has been issued for multiple cannabis products sold in New York after they tested positive for pesticides. It's been almost four years since New York announced that the sale and use of recreational marijuana would be legal across the...
Will Abbott sign the THC ban this week? Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says lawmakers have done their job
WFAA 8 - Texas
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June 14, 2025
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick discussed a potential special session for congressional redistricting, legislative wins and his own political future on Inside Texas Politics. DALLAS — After what he described as the “most conservative session” ever, Lt. Gov....
History of stigma weighs down progress of medical cannabis in state
Park Record - Utah
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June 13, 2025
This is the last of a series about cannabis medicines in Utah, from cultivation and production in highly regulated facilities and research and development for new applications of the drug to the process for patients of considering the option,...
States Scramble to Regulate THC Drinks Amid Spike in Youth Cannabis Use
Freedom Magazine
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June 13, 2025
In June 2023, Jon Halper started selling THC beverages at Top Ten Liquors, his chain of Minnesota stores. The drinks, infused with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)—the psychoactive compound in cannabis—were an instant hit. “Immediately, the sales took...
Hamilton Police Shut Down Illegal Main Street East Cannabis Dispensary
The Bay Observer
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June 13, 2025
Hamilton Police Service has shut down an unlicensed cannabis dispensary operating on Main Street East, seizing a quantity of illicit drugs. The dispensary had been the subject of numerous complaints from residents in the area. An area resident was...
Tenths Of A Percent Will Decide The Future Of Legal Hemp
Benzinga
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The legality of hemp is a matter of margins. The Farm Bill legalized hemp-derived cannabinoids in 2018 as long as the plant remained below a threshold of 0.3% Delta-9 THC by dry weight. Cannabis cousin compounds – CBD, THCA, Delta-8 THC, and a...
Property owners say short-term rental rule could put them out of business in West Fargo
InForum - North Dakota
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June 16, 2025
WEST FARGO — Owners of short-term rentals in West Fargo say they don't oppose city regulation of their property, but a proposed provision requiring short-term rentals only be operated by homeowners who consider the property their primary residence...
Read Son, daughter-in-law of Iowa Senate President Amy Sinclair face child endangerment, drug charges
WQAD 8 - Illinois
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Court documents indicate that someone called Boone police to report seeing a toddler hanging out of a second story window at Evan and Victoria Sinclair's home. BOONE COUNTY, Iowa — The son and daughter-in-law of Iowa Senate President Amy Sinclair...
Innocan Pharma Highlights Breakthrough Narrative Review On Liposomal Synthetic CBD For Chronic Pain: A Novel Non-Opioid Analgesic Approach
MENAFN
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June 13, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) HERZLIYA, Israel and CALGARY, AB, June 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Innocan Pharma Corporation (CSE: INNO) (FSE: IP4) (OTCQB: INNPF ) ("Innocan" or the "Company"), a pioneer in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries...