Daniel Muessig, a former Pittsburgh attorney, is to be sentenced to five years in prison for selling marijuana. In this still from an ad for his former law firm, he insists that “laws are arbitrary.” (Grustle Merch on YouTube) Subscribe to something The nation Subscribe now for only $2 a month! Thank you for signing … Read more
A top Metropolitan Police officer who wrote the force’s current drug strategy has been accused of taking cannabis, LSD and magic mushrooms. Commander Julian Bennett, who also chaired misconduct hearings, took the three drugs while on holiday in France between February 2019 and July 2020, a gross misconduct hearing heard on Monday. Bennett is also … Read more
Aurora Cannabis Inc. shares gained in late trading Thursday, after the Canadian pot producer beat sales expectations for the first time in more than a year. AuroraACB,-1.08%ACB,-1.02%reported a fiscal second-quarter loss of C$75.1 million ($59 million), improving from a loss of more than C$300 million a year ago, on net revenue of C$60.6 million in … Read more
A family’s puppy was rushed to a vet after the pet ate cannabis thought to have been dumped at a beauty spot. Ten-month-old cockapoo, named Pepper, lost the use of her back legs and vomited after her urine tested positive for the illegal drug. It is thought she ate the substance when Stephen Davies took … Read more
Cannabis can impair a person’s ability to drive up to 4 hours after the drug is used, according to a recent study. “Although performance was improving at 3.5 hours, recovery was not fully seen until 4.5 hours post smoking’” researchers stated in the report published in the JAMA Psychiatry. A group of researchers from the … Read more