The Hemp Beverage Alliance announced the formation of its inaugural board of directors. “The Hemp Beverage Alliance is honored to have the strongest leaders in the industry on our board. Each one of them is committed to creating a safe, transparent and thriving hemp beverage industry, and elevating the category into the mainstream,” said Christopher ..read more

Only in the UK methinks! A man who tried to smuggle cocaine worth around £4.2 million through Newhaven Port in a piano has been jailed. Border Force officers found 89 wrapped blocks of high purity cocaine inside a removals van being driven by Francesco Role on November 6th last year. The piano was found hidden ..read more

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, is leading bipartisan legislation to enhance global precursor chemical destruction efforts. The Destruction Initiative for Stored Precursors Overseas and Safe Enforcement (DISPOSE) Act would facilitate U.S. collaboration with partner countries, including Mexico, Colombia and Peru, to ensure seized precursor chemicals are destroyed. The ..read more

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PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The former chief of police for Greensburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to engaging in a drug conspiracy, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Shawn Denning, 43, of Delmont, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon to one count of conspiracy to distribute over 50 grams ..read more

Seven armed criminals allegedly robbed a cannabis growing facility and briefly kidnapped the facility’s security guard in Tumwater, Washington state on April 5, police said, multiple outlets reported. The Tumwater Police Department (TPD) alleged that the suspects released the guard a couple of miles away from the facility as they allegedly set about burglarizing the ..read more

Am I reading this correctly..?!! It seems to me to be the definition of vanity. Press release from his office April 17, 2024 Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), founder and co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, accepted the inaugural Earl Blumenauer Trailblazer award from NORML at the 2024 National Cannabis Festival Policy Summit. The award ..read more

Cannabiz report Cannasouth has announced the resignation of CEO Mark Lucas, effective from last Monday (April 8, 2024). Cannasouth went into voluntary administration last month after a dispute with secured convertible noteholders scuppered a crucial capital raise. Cannasouth told the NZX Lucas had “offered the administrators his full support as and when required throughout the course of ..read more

Cannabiz Aus write A number of events are set to take place across Australia this weekend as cannabis culture and the plant’s therapeutic benefits are celebrated on 4/20. Picnics, markets and live music will mark the annual occasion, with recreational users, patients and all those interested in learning about cannabis invited to participate. e But ..read more