California’s legal cannabis market has hit another grim milestone: There are now 10,828 inactive and surrendered pot licenses in the state and only 8,514 active ones, meaning dead pot licenses now outnumber active ones, according to the Department of Cannabis Control’s data dashboard. This inversion comes seven years after the legal cannabis market opened. While it’s […]

Hemp Today Despite Pakistan’s passage of a cannabis law in 2024 and the subsequent establishment of a Hemp Authority, the industry is at a standstill due to bureaucratic delays. The Authority, meant to regulate cultivation and processing, has yet to become operational as no director general has been appointed, and no cultivation licenses have been […]

Kight Law announces the new, improved, and completely revamped 50 state hemp product spreadsheet. Keeping up with the ever-changing patchwork of state laws and regulations regarding hemp products, including THCa, beverages, edibles, and inhalables, is the biggest obstacle hemp companies face. This challenge will continue in 2025, as numerous states have hemp bills on their […]

A mother-of-five has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after smuggling 7kg of drugs into Taiwan. Debbie Voulgaris, 58, from Melbourne, was arrested at Taoyuan International Airport on December 10, 2023, after cocaine and heroin were found in plastic bags inside her luggage. According to evidence presented to the Taoyuan District Court, Voulgaris picked […]

Amnesty International Malaysia is greatly alarmed at the scheduling of the execution of Malaysian Pannir Selvam Pranthaman in Singapore on Thursday 20 February. The violations of human rights protections seen in his case would render the execution arbitrary and unlawful under international law and standards. We join his family and many others in urging the […]

Sounds reasonable  Right wing press and politicians do their usual flailing of arms etc even though he has been totally honest about his intentions about use. Would they prefer he lied? Media Report A drug dealer in Britain has avoided getting deported after promising that he will “only smoke” cannabis and not sell it. The […]