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Kenya’s Ruto government bloodbath against Gen Z protests
World Socialist Web Site
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June 25, 2025
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets across Kenya Wednesday, with protests erupting in at least 27 of the country’s 47 counties, marking one year since the Gen Z uprising that culminated in the storming of Parliament on June 25, 2024....
Feds Say Tourist Who Admitted To Prior Marijuana Use In Legal Places Was Denied Entry To US Over Drugs—Not Bald JD Vance Meme
Marijuana Moment
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June 25, 2025
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is clarifying that the reason its agents denied entry to the U.S. for a Norwegian man wasn’t over a meme of a bald Vice President J.D. Vance that they found on his phone, despite reports to the contrary....
IYKYK: How a Few Words in the Next Farm Bill May Change the Future of Alcohol and Cannabis
National Law Review
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June 25, 2025
These are remarkable times in what has been a remarkable, albeit relative to other industries, remarkably short life cycle for the cannabis industry. In such times, I am reminded of Rudyard Kipling’s words about how to face trying times: If you...
Marquette poll takeaways on marijuana, tax cuts, education and more
Fond du Lac Reporter - Wisconsin
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A majority of Wisconsin voters support expanding Medicaid coverage for new mothers, allowing voters to bring forward ballot initiatives and boosting funding for special education. Those are some of the takeaways from a new Marquette University Law...
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...
Federal Appeals Court Issues Ruling in Delta-9, Hemp Products Case
TFPP Wire
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June 25, 2025
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for Arkansas to begin enforcing its 2023 ban on delta-8 and similar hemp-derived intoxicants. State officials say the products are too dangerous and too easy for kids to access. Key Facts: The U.S. Court...
Police seize cannabis plants after tip-off from public
Warwickshire World
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June 25, 2025
Police seized a quantity of cannabis plants from a home in Hillmorton after a tip-off from a member of the public. The cannabis grow was well isolated and contained in a bedroom in an attempt to conceal the smell. A spokesman for Rugby Police...
Govt sued over Nairobi CBD lockdown during Gen Z protest anniversary
Capital FM Kenya
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June 25, 2025
NAIROBI, Kenya Jun 25 – The Katiba Institute has filed an urgent constitutional petition at the High Court challenging the government’s decision to barricade roads into and within Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD), terming the move...
Mau Mau veteran spotted demonstrating alongside Gen Z protesters in Nairobi CBD
TUKO
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June 25, 2025
An elderly Mau Mau veteran stole the show during Nairobi’s Gen Z protests after he was lifted shoulder-high by demonstrators near the Tom Mboya statue Dressed in traditional African attire, he raised his walking stick in solidarity, drawing...
How Much Do You Know About Pa.’s Medical Marijuana Program? Take This Quiz
State College - Pennsylvania
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June 25, 2025
Test your knowledge of PA’s booming medical marijuana program. Leise Hook | For Spotlight PA Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and...
Thailand delays plan to legalise casino after political turmoil
The Straits Times
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June 25, 2025
The delay will provide more time for the government to communicate with the public and address their concerns, the government said. PHOTO: UNSPLASH BANGKOK – Thailand’s ruling coalition will delay the introduction of a controversial Bill to...
Shifts In Utah's Public Opinion On Marijuana Legalization
KDXU - Utah
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June 25, 2025
Back in the 20's William Randolph Hearst basically said: "weed is for people who want to binge three seasons of Battlestar Galactica in two nights." And Hearst was against weed (according to stoners) because he was afraid his paper industry which...
Thailand moves to recriminalize cannabis, shaking $1 billion industry
Korea JoungAng Daily
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June 25, 2025
Published: 25 Jun. 2025, 19:48 A Happy Bud's staff member prepares cannabis for customers at the Happy Bud, a cannabis truck at Khaosan Road, one of the favourite tourist spots in Bangkok, Thailand, after cannabis was removed from the narcotics...
Deltona snuffs out ban on Rx cannabis
The West Volusia Beacon - Florida
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June 25, 2025
Just weeks after calling for a prohibition of medical-marijuana shops within its bounds, the Deltona City Commission has dropped the idea. The defeat of the move to ban dispensaries came June 16 amid passionate debate over the power of the drug to...
Camden Town Council votes to prohibit marijuana businesses
Delaware Public Media - Delaware
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June 25, 2025
Camden Town Council gives a thumbs-down to marijuana-related businesses in the town limits. The ordinance passed by council members prohibits marijuana cultivation, processing, sales, and other businesses from operating in the town. Council...
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...
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...
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...
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...