Month: July 2022

A GROUP OF doctors which warned against the liberalisation of Ireland’s drug laws at an Oireachtas committee last week privately met the junior minister responsible for the country’s drug strategy last year, The Journal can reveal. The Cannabis Risk Alliance told junior health minister Frank Feighan that there should be “full transparency” around lobbyists and advocates who engage…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted over 91 jumbo bags of cannabis, weighing 1,029.5kg concealed in a truck-mounted natural gas tank on Doma Road, around 500 Housing Estate, Lafia in Nasarawa. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said…

Topline Lawyers representing WNBA star Brittney Griner presented proof Griner received medical clearance in the U.S. for cannabis use during her Russian trial on drug charges Friday, adding credibility to Griner’s claims she didn’t intend to break the law, though it may not help her actual case considering Russia’s strict drug laws. Brittney Griner speaks…

Posted July 15, 2022 at 12:21pmThe House on Thursday passed for the seventh time provisions that would allow cannabis businesses to use banking services, although the amendment to the fiscal 2023 defense authorization bill faces an uphill battle to become law.Past efforts to pass cannabis banking provisions, both as stand-alone legislation and as amendments attached…

While the song says that New York is the place where if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere, the reality is that Las Vegas can claim that moniker as well. If you can manage to succeed as a restaurant operator, a retailer, a casino/hotel company, or an entertainment venue in Sin…

The drug possession trial for WNBA star Brittney Griner resumed on Friday with her lawyer presenting evidence from a physician who suggested she use the cannabis oil that landed her behind bars in Russia. According to AP, Griner’s attorney shared with the Russian court a U.S. doctor’s letter recommending the athlete use medical cannabis to…

An out-of-work chef who fell into dealing drugs after running up a cocaine debt was found in a Banbury cannabis factory. But Recorder John Bate-Williams allowed 30-year-old Mateo Dedej to walk from court on a suspended sentence, noting how much pressure the drug farmer had come under from the gangsters who had forced him to…

Brittney Griner Holds Up Pic of WNBA All-Stars in Russian Court Lawyer Says Cannabis Was Medical 7/15/2022 7:17 AM PT UPDATE 11:09 AM PT -- A new photo shows Griner holding up a photo of the WNBA All-Stars wearing Brittney's #42 jersey at last weekend's All-Star Game. Brittney Griner, wearing a Nirvana T-shirt, was back…

MONCTON, N.B. - Organigram Holdings Inc. reported a loss of $2.8 million in its latest quarter as its gross revenue rose 90 per cent compared with a year ago. Organigram Holdings Inc. reported a loss of $2.8 million in its latest quarter as its gross revenue rose 90 per cent compared with a year ago.…