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Rhode Island Bars And Restaurants Push Back On Proposal To

“Putting hemp THC-derived beverages on premise at a restaurant or bar is actually the safest way to consume these products.” By Christopher Shea, Rhode Island Current Rhode Island hospitality and liquor industry representatives voiced their opposition to a proposed ban on restaurants and bars serving intoxicating THC beverages during a virtual public hearing with state…

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Washington State Senators Approve Bill To Legalize Psilocybin Therapy For

Washington State lawmakers have approved a bill to legalize and regulate therapeutic use of the psychedelic psilocybin. During a hearing on Tuesday, members of the Senate Health & Long-Term Care Committee advanced SB 5921 from Sen. Jesse Salomon (D) in a voice vote. It next heads to the Ways & Means Committee. The legislation would…

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Virginia Senators Approve Bills To Legalize Marijuana Sales And Provide

Virginia senators have approved a pair of bills to legalize recreational marijuana sales and provide sentencing relief for people with prior cannabis convictions. The Senate Courts of Justice Committee on Wednesday voted to advance the marijuana sales legislation from Sen. Lashrecse Aird (D) in a 9-6 vote. Members also voted 12-TK3to approve the cannabis resentencing…

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Trump Signs Bill Continuing To Block D

As advocates and stakeholders await action on a federal marijuana rescheduling proposal, President Donald Trump has signed large-scale spending legislation that continues a longstanding policy blocking Washington, D.C. from legalizing recreational cannabis sales. Despite District voters approving adult-use legalization for personal possession and cultivation at the ballot more than a decade ago, local officials have…

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Banning Hemp Drinks Threatens To Undermine The Growing Normalization Of

“For many adults, a hemp-derived THC beverage is their first cannabis product.” By Joe Gerrity, Crescent Canna Three years ago, hemp-derived THC beverages were a regulatory curiosity—a byproduct of the 2018 Farm Bill that few outside the cannabis world noticed. Today, they represent a multibillion-dollar national market, sold in mainstream retail alongside beer and hard…

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Cannabis Just Beat the Roses: A Weed Strain Won Europe’s

It wasn’t a cannabis competition. It wasn’t a weed expo. It was a traditional, old-school horticulture trade fair. Think geraniums, tomatoes, ornamental breeding programs, and irrigation systems. And still, a cannabis plant came out on top. At this year’s edition of IPM Essen, the world’s leading horticulture trade show held annually in Germany, a strain…

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A Stoner’s Guide to Anarchy

Throughout the history of humankind, the battle for individual sovereignty has been both relentless and fraught with contradiction.   Nowhere is this more evident than in the sphere of drug laws, which not only contravene the inherent rights to life, liberty, and security of person as outlined in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights…

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The Good Times Didn’t Kill Him After All: Modest Mouse’s

Isaac Brock is holed up in his Portland studio, Ice Cream Party, which is essentially a multi-level playground for musicians. Surrounded by a collection of guitars, an array of colorful pedals and a treasure trove of Modest Mouse ephemera, Brock cracks a Guinness, a beer he says he only drinks during interviews. Before he finishes…

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Oklahoma Attorney General Warns That State Would Need To ‘Reimburse’

The attorney general of Oklahoma says he would “love” to see the state’s medical marijuana program wiped out, as the governor recently suggested. But he cautioned that doing so would mean reimbursing the hundreds of licensees participating in the market because the state would be “taking” a revenue source away from them. During a press…

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The Devil’s Lettuce Wears Prada: Stylist Patricia Field Is Bringing

Cannabis has been moving through that underground-to-icon pipeline for decades. So when Patricia Field’s universe collides with a hemp-derived THC beverage on the eve of New York Fashion Week, it doesn’t feel provocative. It feels right on time. This is, after all, the same creative force behind Sex and the City and The Devil Wears…

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