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While hearing case, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan waxes nostalgic about weed at parties

Important to the case is whether the partiers knew or should have known they were trespassing on the property, a brick duplex in what attorneys said was a low-income neighborhood in northeast Washington. The partiers contend they thought they were [the host’s] guests. Justice Elena Kagan tapped her own experience in assessing the situation. “There…

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…Head of drug enforcement administration to leave

[In] July [of 2017, President Trump of the United States] told law enforcement officers “please don’t be too nice” when handling crime suspects. Mr. Rosenberg forcefully rejected [those] comments, sending an email to all D.E.A. employees at the time to tell them that they should not mistreat suspects. “We must earn and keep the public…

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Weed warriors: meet six women shaping the cannabis industry

“Being at the forefront of something like this,” she says, “as a woman, is unbelievable.” ​As a product, cannabis “crosses genders, ethnicities, economic backgrounds and political views,” says Sally Nichols, a leading pot investor. ​Original Article (Rolling Stone):Weed Warriors: Meet Six Women Shaping the Cannabis IndustryArtwork Fair Use: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin

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Why power women are micro-dosing LSD at work

“I wrote a whole book called Bad Mother [which was published in May 2009]. If I had been micro-dosing back then, I probably would have written Remarkably Calm, Compassionate Mother.” – Ayelet Waldman (author of A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life published in…

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Two parents’ fight to set up the largest ever magic mushroom trial for depression is nearly over

“It was interesting science but there was no pathway to patients,” Malievskaia said …”We got to the point when the signals were too strong to ignore. The need was too great. So we decided to put our skills together to accelerate patient access to psilocybin.” Many small studies have linked psilocybin to improvements in mental…

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Employee of Cheney marijuana shop remains missing after kidnapping Sunday afternoon

Immediately after the kidnapping, Schoefield and others who knew Smith took to social media, asking for help from anyone who knew the beloved barber-turned-budtender from Toledo, Ohio. ​ The three suspects have not been identified by police. The man and woman who entered the store were captured by the store’s surveillance cameras, which police have…

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