Goings on:
- With the legislative session almost over, New Mexico lawmakers are deadlocked on REC legalization.
AP - NPR has data on how legalization affects crime, traffic safety, jobs and more.
- Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts(R) has become one of the most vocal legalization opponents, warning parents that pot will “kill your kids.”
Rolling Stone - Some in hemp worry that the intoxicating cannabinoid Delta-8 THC could undermine the CBD industry, by alarming politicians.
MJBiz - Between Latin America and and Europe, cannabis is rapidly going global, Bloomberg reports.
- U.S. companies are eager to tap into Mexico’s new cannabis industry.
Border Report - Alcohol industry attorney Ryan Malkin explains why big booze is betting big on cannabis.
SevenFifty - Discover looks into whether pot smoking causes cancer.
- PAX and Vanity Fair released documentary The Human Toll, on how cannabis prohibition targeted Black America.
Forbes - The Today Show looked into the medicinal plant/superfood known as moringa.
- Seth Rogen discussed his cannabis line and “the satisfaction of ceramics” with Vogue.