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Sep 13
New Jersey Passes Law to Regulate/Restrict the Sale of Intoxicating Hemp Derived Products

< Cannabis & the Law New Jersey Passes Law to Regulate/Restrict the Sale of Intoxicating Hemp Derived Products September 12, 2024 By Michael McQueeny Categories: CBD , Hemp , Delta-8 THC , New Jersey , Intoxicating Hemp The Governor of New Jersey signed into law Senate Bill No. 3235 (the “Intoxicating Hemp Law”), designed to regulate the production and sale of certain intoxicating hemp products. At […]

Sep 13
NSW Australia Public health warning: Heroin overdoses after using drugs thought to be cocaine

13 September 2024 NSW Health is warning of the danger of using drugs thought to be cocaine, which have resulted in four recent heroin overdoses including two deaths. NSW Health Chief Addiction Medicine Specialist, Dr Hester Wilson said two people died after the use of substances they thought to be cocaine, while another two people […]

Sep 13
UK Royal Navy makes first ‘narco-sub’ drugs seizure

BBC 12 September 2024 A Royal Navy patrol ship has seized drugs from a semi-submerged vessel and a speedboat in the Caribbean. HMS Trent said 2,000kg (more than 4,000lb) of cocaine was intercepted south of the Dominican Republic on 26 August. US Coast Guard, which brought the drugs ashore on Monday, said 11 suspects were […]

Sep 13
Australia: Vietnamese men sentenced for role in cultivating $30 million cannabis crop

Header Image: Nam Hai Pham (left), Huu Lam Luong and Henry Pham (right) outside court with solicitor Mai Pham. (ABC North Coast: Hannah Ross) In short: Four Vietnamese-born men have been sentenced for being involved in a criminal gang and for cultivating a commercial quantity of cannabis. The men were arrested when police raided a […]

Sep 13
Australia – Webinar: The Cannabis Growing Policy Landscape: Lessons from ACT

The Cannabis Growing Policy Landscape: Lessons from ACT Venue: Online event Australia Start Date: Wed 2 Oct 2024 Start Time: 1500 End Date: Wed 2 Oct 2024 End Time: 1600   About this webinar Governments internationally are looking to change cannabis regulation in what some have termed a “legal green rush”. Following the removal of criminal penalties for cannabis use, possession and cultivation […]

Sep 13
Media Report: Japan’s revised laws criminalizing cannabis use take effect Dec. 12

Sept 12 2024 Japan will criminalize cannabis use and legalize medical products using substances derived from the plant under revised relevant laws, both effective on Dec. 12, the health ministry said Thursday. While the possession and cultivation of marijuana are already banned in Japan, the country will prohibit its use as well, setting a prison […]