TX & LA govs signal they’ll sign cannabis bills (Newsletter: June 14, 2021)

New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is being sued by a bus driver who was demoted after failing a drug test, which he says was from drinking hemp tea.
Department of Labor found that the Hunt Farm, which grows hemp and tobacco, failed to properly compensate and reimburse workers as well as attempted to impede an investigation.

Previously he reported for Marijuana.com and MassRoots, and handled media relations and campaigns for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and Students for Sensible Drug Policy.

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company’s Hawthorne Gardening subsidiary announced that the first recipients of its social justice grant fund are Last Prisoner Project, Marijuana Policy Project Foundation, Minorities for Medical Marijuana and United Returning Citizens and NuLeaf Project.
A Polk County, Iowa attorney candidate said resources should be redirected to violent crime and sexual assault by shifting focus away from prosecuting non-violent low level misdemeanors like marijuana possession.
launched an online cannabis discovery tool that suggests curated products depending on desired mood and experience, and syncs with local dispensaries inventories and pricing to enable online orders.
A review concluded there are a “rising number of publications with substantial results on the valuable therapeutic innovation of CBD for treating” substance use disorders.

Cresco Labs asked a federal judge to dismiss a breach of contract claim from a proposed class action lawsuit alleging it did not pay workers for the time spent putting on and taking off required personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic.

HEXO Corp announced a commitment to offset the carbon emissions of the company and its employees.

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