Patients flock to West Virginia’s first medical cannabis dispensary – Yahoo News

The Florida-grown company, which is on track to post between $815-850 million in revenue in 2021 operates in 11 states. Housed in a former physician’s office in a strip mall, the interior of the dispensary is a welcoming atmosphere that is part showroom, part doctor’s office. A former mergers and acquisitions attorney from Jacksonville, Florida, […]

EDITORIAL: Landowners risk consequences from cannabis – Yahoo News

It’s been common knowledge for some time that Jackson and Josephine counties are the scene of illegal marijuana growing. County authorities, overwhelmed by the illegal operations, have sent notices to property owners with their annual tax bills. The Mail Tribune and other news organizations have published multiple stories about rampant illegal growing this season, much […]

Sheriff stirs opposition to legalized marijuana – Yahoo News

Andrew Cuomo, cannabis retail licenses may be granted in any municipality, unless the governing body has adopted a local law prohibiting the establishment of a retail dispensary on or before Dec. “If they have a problem with marijuana sales, they should contact their state legislator, but as elected officials, they have a fiduciary responsibility to […]

Preston to consider ‘temporary and limited’ moratorium on cannabis establishments – Yahoo News

Anyone wishing to submit written comments beforehand should send an email to Town Planner Kathy Warzecha at kwarzecha@preston-ct.org. Warzecha said the commission has proposed enacting the moratorium to allow members time to study the state statute governing the legalization of recreational use of cannabis by adults aged 21 and over. The state law passed in […]

17 members appointed to New Mexico cannabis advisory committee

Aug. “Adult-use cannabis is creating exciting economic opportunities for businesses, entrepreneurs and communities around the state. But only members will be allowed to attend in person “due to the ongoing public health concerns posed by COVID-19,” a news release states. The title of which is, of course, a play on the title of Martin Scorsese’s […]

St. Paul’s Hmong city council members wade into California water, cannabis dispute

Paul City Council members are lending their political platforms to a conflict in rural California involving water restrictions, cannabis growers, a deadly police-involved shooting and the Hmong community. The county, which sits about 30 miles south of the Oregon border, approved an ordinance in May purportedly aimed at curtailing illegal marijuana growing operations. The ordinance […]

‘Something you cannot ignore’: Cannabis use linked to increased thoughts of suicide in young …

“Consumption of marijuana increases your risk of suicidal behaviors,” said Dr. According to 2019 data from NIDA, 45 million Americans used cannabis and 9.8 million were daily or near daily users. Transgender drama “Midnight Swan” was named as the best film on Saturday at the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy. Rare public disagreement […]

Florida medical marijuana patients anxious about the end of DeSantis coronavirus order

George Vanderlip, a veteran with a traumatic brain injury, is in the full-time care of his parents. During the coronavirus pandemic, the state of Florida relieved the Vanderlips of the 280-mile round-trip journeys from their home in Deland to Apollo Beach, where the family’s preferred cannabis physician practices. But DeSantis’ emergency order is set to […]

Taliban threatens to attack US, NATO troops as May 1 Trump withdrawal date passes

If that was indeed the case, The New York Times writes, then “it would be the most overt signal yet that the deal the Americans reached with the group” last year “is off.” The Taliban has never ceased with attacks and assassinations, but Friday night’s bombing “appeared to represent a shift in tactics,” the Times […]