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3 Teen Girls Hospitalized After Eating Suspected Cannabis Edibles at Rogers Park School: Police
Three students who attend school in Rogers Park were hospitalized Wednesday afternoon following an overdose of a suspected cannabis edible.
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Voters Approve Recreational Cannabis in Maryland, Missouri
Voters approved recreational marijuana in Maryland and Missouri but rejected it in three other states, signaling support gradually growing for legalization even in conservative parts of the country.
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Mother Charged With Murder After 4-Year-Old Son Dies From Eating THC Gummies
A mother in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, faces felony murder and child neglect charges after her 4-year-old son died from eating marijuana-infused gummies earlier this year. News4’s Julie Carey reports.
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Virginia Mother Charged With Murder After 4-Year-Old Son Dies From Eating THC Gummies
Tanner Clements died two days after he ate marijuana edibles at a home in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. A pediatric ER doctor has advice for what parents should do if their child gets hold of THC gummies.
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Illinois Leaders Laud Biden's Decision to Pardon Cannabis-Related Convictions
Illinois leaders are praising the Biden administration for announcing thousands of pardons related to cannabis possession charges, NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.
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Pot Twist! Cannabis Firm Says Federal Judge Can't Order It to Pay Nearly $1 Million in Back Rent
Sued for nearly $1 million in back rent, a national cannabis chain says a federal judge can’t order it to pay up because its business isn’t even allowed to operate under federal law.
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California Third-Graders Sickened After Eating Cannabis Gummies at School
The student who brought the edibles to school didn’t know they contained marijuana, officials said.
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Chicago Ranks High on List of ‘Best Weed Cities'
Chicago rises from the smoke as one of the best cities for marijuana use.
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Over 15,000 Total Cannabis Convictions in Illinois to Be Expunged, Kim Foxx Announces
The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office is set to automatically expunge an additional 214 cannabis cases on Friday, which brings the total number of cases to 15,191.
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Top Florida Democrat Sues Over Rule Keeping Medical Marijuana Users From Buying Guns
Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried’s lawsuit targets a federal requirement that prohibits medical marijuana users from purchasing firearms.
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High From Hemp: States Wrestle With Chemically Made THC
Marijuana regulators around the country face a vexing question: What place does chemically derived THC have in regulated adult-use or medical markets
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Mike Tyson's Cannabis Brand Making Ear-Shaped Weed Gummies
Mike Tyson’s cannabis brand has launched ear-shaped marijuana edibles nearly 25 years after he was disqualified from a championship for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear.
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NFL Giving $1 Million to Fund 2 Studies on Cannabinoid Effects on Athletes
The studies will focus on uses for pain management and neuroprotection from concussion in elite football players
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Man Arrested After His Mom Accidentally Serves Pot Brownies to Senior Citizens
A South Dakota man is facing a felony drug charge after his mother unknowingly served his marijuana-laced brownies to a group of seniors at a local community center, according to officials.
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Cannabis Compounds May Prevent Coronavirus Infection, Study Finds
Some of the compounds in cannabis may prevent the entry of the coronavirus into healthy human cells, according to a study published in the Journal of Nature Products.
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Cannabis Bust on Indigenous Land in New Mexico Highlights Legal Divide
A federal raid on a small household marijuana garden on tribal land in northern New Mexico is sowing confusion and resentment about U.S. drug enforcement priorities.
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Illinois Plans Extra Cannabis Lottery to Give Applicants Fair Shot
Illinois will hold an extra lottery to give six applicants an opportunity to operate marijuana retail stores after they were wrongly denied fair chances to win earlier, officials said Friday. A “clerical oversight” regarding “data entry” led to the error during the first of three lotteries this summer to grant 185 new licenses, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s senior cannabis adivser,...
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Illinois Reports 55 Winners of Marijuana Lottery Licenses
There are 55 winners of Illinois’ lottery for licenses to operate marijuana retail stores officials said Thursday, but the licenses can’t be awarded until a judge rules on a challenge to the process.
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Sacha Baron Cohen Sues Massachusetts Cannabis Dispensary Over ‘Borat' Billboard
Actor Sacha Baron Cohen is suing a Massachusetts cannabis dispensary over a billboard featuring an image of his character from the movie “Borat,” court documents show. He said the Somerset dispensary, Solar Therapeutics, Inc., plastered the persona on the billboard without his permission for weeks, reaching hundreds of thousands of people. Baron Cohen, along with his California-based company Please You…
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Clarence Thomas Says Federal Laws Against Marijuana May No Longer Be Necessary
“The federal government’s current approach is a half-in, half-out regime that simultaneously tolerates and forbids local use of marijuana,” the conservative Supreme Court justice wrote.