This afternoon, the U.S. Hemp Roundtable, and several California hemp farmers and businesses, petitioned California courts for a temporary restraining order (TRO) preventing the enforcement of Governor Gavin Newsom’s hemp-killing “emergency” regulations. Please review the Roundtable’s complaint and TRO application.  The hearing for the TRO has been scheduled for 9:30 AM PDT/12:30 AM EDT, Thursday, October 10th.  Nolan Jackson, the Roundtable’s regulatory counsel, will be arguing […]

Lex Blog By Jean Smith-Gonnell & Nick Ramos on October 3, 2024 In recent years, federal and state governments have taken action to make marijuana research easier. These actions are a step in the right direction, and researchers operating in the marijuana space must be aware of the regulatory requirements that are associated with conducting such research. In this article, […]

    In this our latest series of 5 minibites we speak to a company who are doing something a bit different. Power Leaves Corp are working in Colombia with indigenous people and the government to try and break the Coca Cola monopoly on the use of  the coca leaf in F&B as well as […]

INDIANAPOLIS — A major drug bust helped Indianapolis police get about 50 pounds of cocaine and other drugs off the streets. On September 30, 2024, IMPD was following up on an ongoing shooting investigation involving Derrick Griffin. Police had a warrant to search the 49-year-old’s car, identified as a black 2016 Tesla Model X, which […]

Press Release The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos interdicted a drug smuggling vessel in which the crew seized 176 kilograms of cocaine and apprehended two suspected smugglers off the coast of Rincon, Puerto Rico, Sept. 28, 2024. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos offloaded 388 pounds […]

Source:  https://www.1600kush.com/news/yale-man-jailed-on-100000-bail-on-hallucinogenic-drug-charge (Stillwater, Okla.) — A 49-year-old man, who resides both in California and in Yale, has been jailed on $100,000 bail pending an Oct. 7 court appearance on a Payne County charge of possessing 64 pounds of the hallucinogenic drug, DMT, with intent to distribute, in a case referred to Stillwater police by Homeland […]