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Editorial Roundup: Mississippi

Greenwood Commonwealth. November 17, 2023. Editorial: State Is Conflicted On Medical Pot Mississippi has a history of being conflicted when it comes to vices, or what’s perceived as a vice.
Federal judge grants injunction banning 'Kansas Two-Step' Highway Patrol tactic

Federal judge grants injunction banning 'Kansas Two-Step' Highway Patrol tactic

The Kansas Highway Patrol must stop using a tactic known as the “Kansas Two-Step” to detain out-of-state drivers long enough to find a reason to search their vehicles for illegal drugs, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Kathryn H.
Texas attorney accused of smuggling drug-laced papers to inmates in county jail

Texas attorney accused of smuggling drug-laced papers to inmates in county jail

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas attorney has been accused of using work-related visits to a county jail to smuggle in legal paperwork laced with ecstasy and synthetic marijuana to inmates over the past several months, authorities announced Monday.

Raids on magic mushroom dispensaries are a knee-jerk reaction, but taking a blind-eye approach only allows the market to run

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Voters back abortion rights, but some foes won’t relent. Is the commitment to democracy in question?

Voters back abortion rights, but some foes won’t relent. Is the commitment to democracy in question?

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The statewide battles over abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a constitutional right to abortion have exposed another fault line: the commitment to democracy.
Oregon's first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law faces growing pushback amid fentanyl crisis

Oregon's first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law faces growing pushback amid fentanyl crisis

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Snoop Dogg says he's giving up 'smoke.' It caught some of his fans off guard

Snoop Dogg says he's giving up 'smoke.' It caught some of his fans off guard

NEW YORK (AP) — Asking for privacy, hip-hop legend and longtime marijuana enthusiast Snoop Dogg says he's going to stop smoking — though he didn't specify exactly what that might mean.
China's agreement expected to slow flow of fentanyl into US, but not solve overdose epidemic

China's agreement expected to slow flow of fentanyl into US, but not solve overdose epidemic

Experts say new steps China has agreed to will eventually reduce the flow of the deadly opioid fentanyl into the U.S., but that alone will not stem the overdose crisis killing Americans at a record rate.
A cannabis worker died on the job from an asthma attack. It’s the first reported case in US

A cannabis worker died on the job from an asthma attack. It’s the first reported case in US

The U.S. cannabis production industry’s first reported occupational asthma death took the life of a worker in Massachusetts, federal health and safety officials said.
Geddy Lee reflects on the big breaks and mistakes of 'My Effin' Life'

Geddy Lee reflects on the big breaks and mistakes of 'My Effin' Life'

TORONTO — When Geddy Lee goes big, he goes huge. It’s a personality trait that served him well as bassist and vocalist of prog-rock legends Rush, whose epic songs, among them “Tom Sawyer” and “Working Man,” are enshrined in Canadian music history.
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