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After 50 Years, the DEA Is Still Losing the War on Drugs

For five decades, the agency has destroyed countless lives while targeting Americans for personal choices and peaceful transactions.

Reason

New state laws target contentious topics of gender, guns and abortion

New state laws are tackling some of the most divisive issues in the U.S., including abortion, gender and guns

The Independent UK

As Florida’s permitless carry gun law takes effect, what it means for you — and the person behind you in the store line

The Florida law allowing people to carry concealed weapons without a state permit goes into effect Saturday, prompting excitement among some gun owners — and alarm among people who fear a rise in gun violence.

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SAFE Banking Act Heads Back to Capitol Hill: This Week in Cannabis Investing

The Senate is expected to review the SAFE Banking Act when it returns from the Fourth of July recess.

Kiplinger

Jersey Shore towns say state's marijuana law handcuffs police and emboldens rowdy teens

Officials and residents of several New Jersey shore towns say the state’s law decriminalizing marijuana use is having an unintended effect: emboldening large groups of teenagers to run amok on beaches and boardwalks, knowing there is little chance of them getting in trouble for it

The Independent UK

House Republican ‘appalled’ by North Carolina Senate’s attempt to force a vote on medical marijuana

RALEIGH, N.C. — Senate Republicans, trying to revive medical marijuana legalization in the final weeks of session, appeared to send a message to their counterparts in the House this week: take up our bill, if you want us to take up yours.

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Spain battles ganja gangs

BARCELONA: Heavily armed police officers arrived in a well-to-do Barcelona suburb before dawn to raid a two-storey house that turned out to be packed with 800 marijuana plants growing under powerful lamps.

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Brute murdered female postie in rage after package wasn't delivered

Trevor Raekwon Seward, 25, shot Irene Pressley, 64, after she failed to deliver large package of marijuana to his home.

Daily Record

Man killed postwoman, 64, in despicable rage after package wasn't delivered

Trevor Raekwon Seward, 25, has been convicted of killing a mail carrier who instead of delivering a large package of marijuana to his home left a note in the mailbox asking him to pick it up

Daily Mirror

Man gets life sentence for killing mail carrier who refused to deliver marijuana package

A man who killed a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier has been sentenced to life in prison

The Independent UK

Philadelphia Considers Zoning Restrictions on Still-Illegal Recreational Pot Shops

Proposed zoning amendments would bar some existing medical dispensaries from participating in recreational sales, should the state ever decide to legalize them.

Reason

Legalise Cannabis makes united push for personal marijuana use in three Australian states

The party’s bill allowing adults to possess and grow small quantities of the drug at home will be introduced across Victoria, NSW and WA

The Guardian - AU

The NCAA looks to weed out marijuana from its banned drug list

An NCAA panel asked the association to treat marijuana like alcohol. The NCAA is expected to make a final decision on the matter in the fall.

WEKU

Immigrants Can't Naturalize if They Own a Marijuana Dispensary, Court Says

Maria Elena Reimers has been caught in legal limbo for years.

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Minnesota moves closer to recreational marijuana market with new agency

Minnesota regulators have begun the work of setting up a new state cannabis office from scratch — a key first step toward establishing the recreational marijuana market.

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Cannabis Companies Get Some State Tax Relief: This Week in Cannabis Investing

Illinois joined Connecticut in signing legislation that will reduce tax burdens for cannabis companies.

Tribune News Service

Black people make up most arrests for small amounts of marijuana in Dallas, report says

DALLAS — A new report by Dallas’ top police watchdog and activists shows Black people are overrepresented in low-level marijuana arrests, spurring calls for an expansion of the de-enforcement policy in the city.

The Independent UK

Experts question prosecutors' strategy against weapons expert in Alec Baldwin case

Prosecutors have yet to offer any evidence that would solve the biggest mystery in the deadly shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on a film set in 2021: How did live rounds get on the set

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The Independent UK

New York father-of-two deported to Panama for cannabis - despite state’s legalisation

Hundreds of New Yorkers have been deported for cannabis charges that could be expunged under new state law

The Independent UK

Rust weapons expert in Alec Baldwin case accused of drinking and smoking, prosecutors say

Prosecutors are accusing the weapons supervisor on the film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer of drinking and smoking marijuana in the evenings during the filming of “Rust.”

The Independent UK

Prosecutors accuse weapons expert in Baldwin case of drinking, smoking

The Independent UK

Mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher expected to admit to marijuana use, gun possession

The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia is expected to plead guilty in federal court to using marijuana while possessing a firearm

The Hindu

Odisha Police destroys massive 2.2 lakh kg of marijuana, 78 kg of brown sugar

Law enforcement agencies put in strenuous efforts to destroy seized narcotics

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ICYMI: Top stories of the week

Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of June 5-June 9.

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Oregon to crack down on illegal pot growers by holding landowners responsible

Oregon has long been known as a mecca for high-quality marijuana, but that reputation has come with a downside

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