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Cannabis Social Equity Council relaunches $36M community grant program
Hartford Business Journal - Connecticut
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Connecticut’s Social Equity Council, the body charged with ensuring that revenues from legal cannabis sales benefit marginalized communities, has announced the relaunch of its community reinvestment program. The program, which makes grants to...
Government orders all TV and radio stations to stop live coverage of protests
TV47
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June 25, 2025
The Communications Authority of Kenya has directed all TV and radio stations to stop live coverage of the ongoing June 25th protests. In a statement released on Wednesday June 25, 2025, CA’s Director General, David Mugonyi, stated that covering...
Politics over pot: Thailand moves to recriminalise cannabis, rattling US$1b industry
Malay Mail
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June 25, 2025
BANGKOK, June 25 — Thailand’s government is moving to recriminalise cannabis, plunging into limbo an industry estimated to be worth over US$1 billion that has boomed since the substance was taken off the country’s narcotics list in 2022. The push...
Thai cannabis advocates plan mass rally on July 7
Bangkok Post
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June 25, 2025
Group says government’s move rooted in politics and could actually weaken safeguards PUBLISHED : 25 Jun 2025 at 20:02 Cannabis advocates in Thailand plan a mass rally at the headquarters of the Ministry of Public Health on July 7 to protest...
The Senate majority runs through moderate America
Daily Kos
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June 25, 2025
Many of you are going to hate this, but if Democrats have any shot at reclaiming the Senate next year, it’ll happen through the party’s moderate flank. I get it. I know some of you are still annoyed over my piece warning that we can’t afford to...
Thailand takes further tighten control on sales of cannabis
Hindustan Times
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June 25, 2025
Thai authorities said Wednesday the country is taking further steps to tighten control of cannabis sales after the health minister signed an order banning sales of the plant to those without prescriptions. The move came after officials last month...
Thailand moves to recriminalise cannabis, shaking $1 billion industry
Stabroek News
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June 25, 2025
BANGKOK, (Reuters) – Thailand’s government is moving to recriminalise cannabis, plunging into limbo an industry estimated to be worth over $1 billion that has boomed since the substance was taken off the country’s narcotics list in 2022. The push...
Governor Abbott vetoes hemp regulation bill over constitutional concerns
Austin News - Texas
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June 25, 2025
Governor Greg Abbott of Texas has vetoed Senate Bill 3, citing significant constitutional concerns and potential legal challenges. The bill aimed to regulate hemp products in the state but faced opposition due to fears it could criminalize...
Thailand moves to recriminalise cannabis, shaking US$1 billion industry
Channel News Asia
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June 25, 2025
Unregulated access to cannabis has created serious social problems, particularly for children and young people, said government spokesman Jirayu Houngsub. "The policy must return to its original goal of controlling cannabis for medical use only,"...
Texas THC Ban Vetoed: CBD House of Healing in Abilene Reacts to SB 3 Decision
92.5 The Ranch - Texas
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June 25, 2025
Texas lawmakers came dangerously close to shutting down a huge part of the hemp industry this session. Senate Bill 3, if signed into law, would have banned all hemp-derived THC products like Delta-8 and Delta-9, legal, widely used alternatives...
Black cannabis business owners aren’t seeing social equity
Wave Newspapers - California
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June 25, 2025
For many Black cannabis business owners in Los Angeles, the dream of economic empowerment has turned into a fight for survival. The legal cannabis industry in California was touted as a chance to rectify decades of injustice against communities of...
Protesters play football in Nairobi CBD as police disperse them with teargas
TV47
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June 25, 2025
A peaceful protest in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD) took an unexpected turn on Wednesday June 25, 2025 after police lobbed teargas canisters at a group of youths who had turned a section of the street into a football pitch. The...
Thailand Delays Plan to Legalize Casino After Political Turmoil
Mint
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June 25, 2025
(Bloomberg) -- Thailand’s ruling coalition will delay the introduction of a controversial bill to legalize casinos after its parliamentary majority was reduced with the exit of a key ally last week. The so-called “entertainment complex” bill was...
How much do you know about Pa.’s medical marijuana program? Take our quiz.
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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June 25, 2025
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Attorney General Griffin Successfully Defends Arkansas’s Ban on Dangerous Psychoactive Hemp Products
NEA Town Courier - Arkansas
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LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a lower court’s decision to enjoin Act 629 of 2023: “Today’s ruling isn’t just a win for Arkansas,...
Red Canna Named Official Flower In 1965
North Mississippi Herald
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June 25, 2025
Members of the softball team sponsored by Valley Auto Parts-NAPA were (front, from left) Amanda Lovelace, Kellie Magee, Steffi River, Anna Crow, Stephanie Hughes, Candi Walker, (back) Coach Jayne River, Jobie McCoy, Heather River, Jill Terry,...
Thailand moves to recriminalise cannabis, shaking US$1b industry
The Business Times Singapore
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June 25, 2025
[BANGKOK] Thailand’s government is moving to recriminalise cannabis, plunging into limbo an industry estimated to be worth over US$1 billion that has boomed since the substance was taken off the country’s narcotics list in 2022. The push to impose...
Councils Consult On The Wairarapa Consolidated Bylaw
Scoop
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The Masterton, Carterton and South Wairarapa District Councils (the Wairarapa District Councils) have opened consultation on the Wairarapa Consolidated Bylaw Ngā Ture ā-Rohe Tōpu o Wairarapa from Wednesday 25 June 2025. The proposed Bylaw spans 11...
Thailand takes further step to tighten control on sales of cannabis
Associated Press
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June 25, 2025
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities said Wednesday the country is taking further steps to tighten control of cannabis sales after the health minister signed an order banning sales of the plant to those without prescriptions. Thailand became the first...
Thailand moves to make recreational cannabis illegal again
Deutsche Welle
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June 25, 2025
Thailand is set to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic only three years after the country became one of Asia's first to decriminalize its recreational use. Coming in the wake of a government coalition split, the major policy reversal would renew...