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Showing posts with label cannabis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cannabis. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 04, 2023

As in-home pot edibles increase, they sicken more children; more than half of those in a study were 2 or 3 years old

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Marijuana edibles are displayed at a dispensary. (Photo by Steve Marcus, Las Vegas Sun) As more states have legalized marijuana, the presen...
Thursday, November 17, 2022

Western Mass. town is getting its 7th cannabis dispensary, so a Boston Globe reporter smokes through 'em all

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Great Barrington, Massachusetts, population 7,000, is about to open its seventh marijuana dispensary. Why? Boston Globe reporter Billy Bake...
Wednesday, November 09, 2022

Voters expand Medicaid in S.D., reject abortion restriction in Ky., approve recreational marijuana in Mo. and Md.

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Among the many referenda on Tuesday's ballots, Kentucky voters rejected a proposal that would have kept state courts from finding a righ...
Friday, September 23, 2022

Legal weed in Calif. hasn't been economic boon expected, and has corrupted some local officials, L.A. Times finds

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A dispensary advertisement in California. (Photo by Mel Melcon, Los Angeles Times)   Hoping for increases in tax revenue and an economic kic...

Quick hits: Earmarks return; flooded post offices may not; pipelines leak carcinogens; a monk unites a community . . .

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The return of congressional earmarks, with more transparency, is a boon to the selected local governments and their citizens, Route Fifty r...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Quintennial Census of Agriculture will have new questions on hemp, precision agriculture, internet access, and more

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Some changes are coming to the Census of Agriculture , a survey of U.S. farmers and ranchers conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Friday, August 26, 2022

Drug roundup: Law enforcement warns about 'rainbow fentanyl'; young adults using pot and hallucinogens at record rates; needle exchange project in rural Nevada

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Rainbow fentanyl ( U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Protection photo) Law enforcement officials across the U.S. are reporting a spike in seiz...
Friday, February 25, 2022

Quick hits: Rural hospital guide updated; we keep sorting ourselves into places we find more politically sympathetic

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Here's a roundup of stories with rural resonance; if you do or see similar work that should be shared on The Rural Blog, email us at hea...
Thursday, February 10, 2022

Growers see Okla. medical marijuana industry as a model for other states, but detractors warn against lax regulations

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Medical marijuana is booming in Oklahoma, and growers say other states considering legalization should consider its example. But critics say...
Thursday, November 04, 2021

Referendum roundup: New York state rejects looser voting rules; Maine adopts vague 'right to food' amendment

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Off-year elections are usually pretty quiet, but voters are often asked to decide questions large and small. This week there were 24 statewi...
Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Medical marijuana boom strains rural Oklahoma utilities

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Medical marijuana has exploded in popularity since it became legal in Oklahoma in 2018. Nearly 10 percent of Oklahomans have a medical marij...
Friday, August 20, 2021

Quick hits: A look back at the "Field of Dreams' game; $19M for rural telehealth expansion; Indian may head Park Service

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Here's a roundup of stories with rural resonance; if you do or see similar work that should be shared on The Rural Blog, email heather.c...
Friday, July 16, 2021

Quick hits: rural migrant health; covering critical race theory; Biden rejects free-trade doctrine of Dem. predecessors . . .

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A former pet goldfish pulled from a lake near Minneapolis. (City of Burnsville photo) Here's a roundup of stories with rural resonance; ...
Friday, March 19, 2021

USDA hemp rules finalized after much push and pull

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has finished its review of a final rule  for industrial hemp production, with an effective date of March ...
Thursday, January 21, 2021

USDA eases hemp rules on 'hot' crops, sampling and testing

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The Agriculture Department  released a final rule last Friday to address some of the widespread complaints from growers and state officials ...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Two years after nationwide legalization, hemp industry slumping because of patchwork regulations, oversupply

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"It’s been nearly two years since the 2018 Farm Bill was signed into law, legalizing industrial hemp production nationwide and fueling...
Thursday, October 15, 2020

Cannabis farmers are stuck without disaster aid or useful crop insurance because federal law disqualifies them

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Farmers have had a rough two years, partly because of wild weather: derechos in the Midwest, wildfires in the South and West, and hurricanes...
Tuesday, September 01, 2020

First year of nationwide legal industrial hemp cultivation has been a bumpy ride; USDA reopens comment period on rules

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UPDATE, Sept. 5 : The Department of Agriculture "is reopening the comment period to the interim final rule (IFR) that was published on...
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Hemp industry, once booming, now on a downward trend as federal government drags feet on regulations

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The hemp boom could go bust, despite the early efforts of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to champion it, Mona Zhang and Paul Demko ...
Monday, February 24, 2020

New federal hemp regulations would make it harder for farmers to prove their plants aren't marijuana

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"New federal regulations would make it harder for hemp growers to prove their plants are not marijuana, in what could be a major setba...