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Election Day Decisions Could Reshape East Coast Cannabis Markets

On Tuesday, November 4, 2025, voters in multiple states will head to the polls. The outcomes of these elections will have major implications for cannabis policy on the East Coast. NORML’s cannabis voter guide, Smoke the Vote, provides summaries of cannabis-related policy positions for candidates in Virginia’s and New Jersey’s general elections, and for candidates…

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Watch: Dave East on Why He Doesn’t Share Blunts, Kush

Some stories don’t need dressing. They just land. Dave East clocks in cool, focused, talking work, weed and why he keeps his own smoke. Interview by Shirley Ju for High Times. Powered by Slapwoods. ‘Don’t ask for my blunt’ East’s pet peeve is simple. “Don’t ask for my blunt. I won’t ask for yours,” he…

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How I Got You Your Ounce: Inside New York’s Apartment-Dealer

In How I Got You Your Ounce, a memoir published in 2025 by BookBaby, a self-described “apartment dealer” known as Jimmy X recounts 53 years of selling marijuana in New York City. Written by Jimmy X” and Nan K. Chase with David Belmont, the book tracks cannabis from the mid-1960s through legalization, weaving social, legal…

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Curaleaf Launches 5th Annual ‘Feed the Block’ Fundraiser to Combat

[PRESS RELEASE] – STAMFORD, Conn., Nov. 3, 2025 – Curaleaf Holdings Inc., a leading international provider of consumer cannabis products, announced the launch of its fifth annual Feed the Block fundraiser, a nationwide initiative to help combat food insecurity in communities where the company operates.Since its inception in 2020, Feed the Block has mobilized Curaleaf’s dispensaries and…

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Lebanon Bets on Cannabis: Can Weed Save a Broken Economy?

Lebanon is going through one of the worst economic crises in its modern history. Since 2019, the financial collapse has wiped out the savings of millions, shattering public confidence in institutions. The Lebanese pound has lost more than 98% of its value against the dollar, while inflation topped 200% at various points in 2024, according…

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Nebraska Tribe Says State Officials Are Punishing It For Legalizing

“People need to understand that they are still fighting bitterly to the very end on this topic, even though I think Nebraska voters have spoken.” By Zach Wendling, Nebraska Examiner The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska is moving ahead with legalizing marijuana, a move the tribe’s attorney general says Nebraska officials used to suspend negotiations on…

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Minnesota Attorney General Defends Signing Letter Urging Congress To Ban

The Democratic attorney general of Minnesota is defending his decision to sign a letter to Congress along with 38 bipartisan colleagues from other states and U.S. territories that calls for a federal ban on the sale of intoxicating hemp products. Evidently receptive to criticism from the hemp industry and its supporters, Attorney General Keith Ellison…

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Narco-Terror or Political Theater? Inside the U

Since August 2025, U.S. naval forces have carried out missile strikes on small boats off the coasts of Venezuela and Colombia — attacks the Trump administration claims target narcotics traffickers but which critics call a new front in political warfare.A War Beyond DrugsTaganga and the Line of Fire Yet the scale, targets, and rhetoric surrounding…

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Pennsylvania’s Wild West Weed Market: 93% of ‘Legal Hemp’ Was

Pennsylvania just put data behind why clear standards matter. After a ten-month investigation across Montgomery, Bucks, and Chester counties, prosecutors found that nearly every “Farm Bill compliant” product sold in smoke shops was, in fact, regular marijuana. According to the findings, undercover officers purchased 144 hemp-branded products from retailers across the state. More than 93%…

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InterCure, Cannasoul Partner to Advance Cannabis Science, Pharmaceutical Innovation

[PRESS RELEASE] – NEW YORK and HERZLIYA, Israel, Nov. 3, 2025 – InterCure Ltd. announced it has entered into a definitive share purchase agreement and a collaboration agreement with Cannasoul R&D Ltd., a globally recognized pioneer in cannabis research and analytics.The share purchase agreement provides InterCure with a 28% ownership position in Cannasoul on a…

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