Editorial Roundup: New England

Bangor Daily News. May 14, 2024. Editorial: Proposal to reclassify marijuana signals important shift away from failed punitive approach A proposal from the Biden administration to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous substance is a good step in ending America’s...

Up in smoke: Workers remove dozens of apparent marijuana plants from Wisconsin Capitol tulip garden

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Someone's plans to harvest dozens of apparent marijuana plants grown on the Wisconsin state Capitol grounds have gone up in smoke. The plants sprouted in a tulip garden outside the Capitol, WMTV-TV reported Thursday. Tatyana Warrick, a...

Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in historic shift

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift in generations of U.S. drug policy. A proposed rule sent to the federal register recognizes the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledges it has...

Man convicted of murder in Detroit teen's death despite body still missing in landfill

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit man who dropped a teenager’s body into a dumpster after dark but insisted he wasn’t responsible for her death was convicted of second-degree murder Thursday, a case that gripped the region in 2022 when police spent months combing a vast landfill for her remains. ...

Editorial Roundup: New York

New York Post. May 15, 2024. Editorial: Stop letting the skeevy legal lending industry make bank off New Yorkers It’s time to crack down on the skeevy lending practice that’s draining New Yorkers’ wallets. It’s good news that a coalition of...

Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a historic shift in US drug policy

Pro-cannabis advocates in Thailand rally ahead of the government's plan to recriminalize the plant

NONTHABURI, Thailand (AP) — Dozens of pro-cannabis advocates gathered Thursday at the health ministry on the outskirts of the Thai capital, Bangkok, to oppose the government’s plan to relist the plant as a narcotic, two years after it was decriminalized. The rally came after...

Driver said he smoked pot oil, took medication before Florida crash that killed 8 Mexican workers

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A man with a long record of dangerous driving told investigators he smoked marijuana oil and took prescription drugs hours before he sideswiped a bus, killing eight Mexican farmworkers and injuring dozens more, according to an arrest report unsealed Wednesday. ...

OrganiGram: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

TORONTO (AP) — TORONTO (AP) — OrganiGram Holdings Inc. (OGI) on Tuesday reported a loss of $20.1 million in its fiscal second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Toronto-based company said it had a loss of 22 cents. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 12 cents per...

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

Lincoln Journal Star. May 9, 2024. Editorial: Pillen’s job cut plan will face its challenges Days after the Legislature failed to approve his property tax relief plan that in its earliest incarnation would have raised the state sales tax by 2 cents, Gov. Jim Pillen...