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Editorial Roundup: Minnesota
Minneapolis Star Tribune. April 12, 2024. Editorial: Make smart changes to Minnesota marijuana laws Lawmakers should keep working on improvements to legislation legalizing cannabis. Even as Minnesota’s new law on recreational marijuana went into...
Editorial Roundup: Alabama
Decatur Daily. April 13, 2024. Editorial: Medical marijuana goes back to square one Medical marijuana is legal in some form in 38 states, and recreational marijuana is legal in 24 states. Yet somehow Alabama can’t do what most other states have done....
No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world's most popular beer festival, the state's government...
Bill meant to improve math skills passes as Kentucky lawmakers reach end of legislative session
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation aimed at improving the math skills of Kentucky students won final passage Monday as lawmakers considered the final stacks of bills before concluding this year's legislative session. A measure intended to reduce the Bluegrass State’s maternal...
Hochul announces budget outline as lawmakers continue to hash out details
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday announced the framework of a $237 billion budget that includes broad plans to drive new housing construction, address the influx of migrants and crack down on illegal marijuana shops. Hochul, a Democrat, described the...
What does science say about the ingredients in functional beverages?
Functional beverages — or drinks promoted as offering mental or physical benefits beyond hydration — are growing in popularity around the world. Hundreds of companies have jumped into the market, hoping to get some buzz with trendy and sometimes unfamiliar ingredients. Here are...
A convicted Southern California con artist pleads guilty in an $18 million cannabis scam
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A convicted California con artist has pleaded guilty in another scam, admitting that he swindled investors out of more than $18 million by concocting phony cannabis businesses shortly after being released from prison in a prior criminal case, federal prosecutors said. ...
No, a judge didn't void all of New York's legalized marijuana laws. He struck down some
NEW YORK (AP) — New York's cannabis industry was unsettled Thursday by a judge's ruling that appeared to strike down all regulations governing recreational marijuana in the state. But a key portion of the order turned out to be a mistake. The Wednesday ruling was amended Thursday...
Massachusetts council approves pardoning people with misdemeanor cannabis convictions
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts council on Wednesday approved Gov. Maura Healey's plan to pardon tens of thousands of people convicted of misdemeanor marijuana charges going back decades. The pardons approved by the Governor's Council will take effect immediately, although it will...
John Sinclair, a marijuana activist who was immortalized in a John Lennon song, dies at 82
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — John Sinclair, a poet, music producer and counterculture figure whose lengthy prison sentence after a series of small-time pot busts inspired a John Lennon song and a star-studded 1971 concert to free him, has died. He was 82. Sinclair died Tuesday morning...