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Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, a former executive at drugmaker Eli Lilly, said there’s “
no such thing as medical marijuana.
” He said the department The department is working on non-cannabis related ways to mitigate the opioid crisis.
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California has already approved more than 2,000 growers licenses, but the Lost Coast Outpost suggests allowing too many growers
sets them up to fail
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To increase minority ownership, the Maryland House
voted to raise
the number of grow licenses from 15 to 20.
Oakland is considering legislation which would
block pot companies
from evicting existing tenants.
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California’s cannabis regulatory chief Lori Ajax told Weedmaps to cease and desist
stop promoting unlicensed businesses
(OC Register). Lack of compliance could lead to civil or criminal penalties.
Weedmaps
does not appear to have responded
. (Sacramento Bee) In February, Weedmaps president Christopher Beals said,
“The thing is, at the end of the day, we’re an information platform...We’re showing the same information that Google and Yelp and Craigslist and 30 other websites are showing.”
Ajax also sent letters to
900 pot shops
suspected of operating without a state license.
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With a major court ruling coming soon, Canna Law Blog asks
if CBD is legal
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Canadian producer Canopy Growth is
among the bidders
for Spanish pharmaceutical firm Alcaliber, a major morphine producer. 🍁For more subscribe to
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A criminal probe of Brazil’s best known cannabis scientist, Elisaldo Carlini, for “inciting drug crime”
has led to protests
calling the probe an attempt to restrict academic freedoms and defund Brazilian science.
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Taylor Weyeneth, the 24-year old aide who was
fired from the U.S. “drug czars” office
for being unqualified, has joined the Department of Housing and Urban Development, where he will focus on opioid policy.
Libertarian writer Megan McArdle writes on the
“moral hazard” of Naloxone
, the drug used to save people who have overdosed on opioids.
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US Attorney General Jeff Sessions is
suing California
(N.Y.Times) over “sanctuary” policies which protect undocumented immigrants.
Speaking in Sacramento, he singled out Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf(D), who warning about federal ICE raids in northern California, for endangering ICE agents.
(An aside: Several years ago, I wrote a short piece about Yolanda Burgess,
a woman who had come home
after years in prison on a drug offense. She’s now a real estate agent in the D.C. area.
Drop her a line
if you’ve got business for her.)
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A New Jersey bill would expunge past possession restrictions.
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The lineup for
Denver’s 420-festival
includes Lil Wayne and Lil Jon. It will be sponsored by dispensary Euflora following an
amusing legal tussle:
Euflora sent representatives to camp outside the permitting office for 27 days, but were beaten inside by a guy named Smokey.
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The Texas-Wesleyan baseball coach who lost his job over a remark to a potential recruit in Colorado
gave an interview
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Canopy Growth subsidiary Tweed
hosted a runway show
last night as part of Toronto Men’s Fashion week.
“This cake is amazing,” my husband said. We ate in silence for a few minutes. “Amazing,” he repeated. A woman sitting near us started cackling maniacally.
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