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Cannabis Use Harms Sperm and Raises Miscarriage Risk, Expert States
News Ghana
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June 22, 2025
Clinical embryologist Dr. John-Brown Mensah states tobacco and cannabis consumption directly reduces male sperm counts and increases miscarriage rates. His declaration coincides with declining global fertility rates and rising cannabis use among...
20 Bangkok cannabis shops inspected to ensure legal compliance
The Nation Thailand
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June 22, 2025
Thanakrit emphasised that although all three shops inspected in Sukhumvit Soi 33 had valid licences, two failed to comply with reporting requirements mandated by the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine. These shops had not...
Missouri Marijuana Officials Are Reviewing Rules On Purchase Limits For Medical Patients
Marijuana Moment
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June 22, 2025
“Restricting patient purchasing power is not a neutral act. It disrupts care, deepens mistrust, and locks out those who moved first with the most at stake.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent Cannabis advocacy organizations are sounding the...
Simultaneous Use of Alcohol and Cannabis Has a Greater Risk of More Severe Hangovers
Newswise
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June 22, 2025
Newswise — Nobody likes experiencing the room-spinning nausea or bone-weary fatigue of a hangover, often the next-day consequence of heavy drinking. While some young adults have reported using cannabis to try to avoid alcohol hangovers, new...
Young Women Experience Less Craving for Cannabis Following Alcohol Consumption
Newswise
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June 22, 2025
Newswise — Alcohol and cannabis are commonly used together by young adults and rates of their co-use are increasing. Recent research has found that following any amount of alcohol use, young women experienced less craving for cannabis, whereas...
Nigerian Make-Up Artist On Fake Medical Trip To India Nabbed At Lagos Airport With 2.2kg Cocaine
Sahara Reporters
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A 43-year-old make-up artist, Adekoya Adebukonla Mary, who claimed she was travelling to India for fibroid surgery, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport...
Experts Warn of Potential Health Risks from Tear Gas Exposure
Kenyans.co.ke
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June 22, 2025
As protests continue to unfold across Kenya, there is a worrying routine response from security forces, who typically resort to the use of tear gas canisters to disperse crowds. What is usually intended to be a temporary method of crowd control...
Impact of high-potency cannabis rippling through courts, health-care system
CBC/Radio-Canada
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June 22, 2025
Matthew Fox says he has two words for customers wanting to try Marvin's Premium Candy Co. Cherry edibles. "Good luck." Fox works behind the counter at the Realeaf Cannabis trailer on Highway 11, just north of Saskatoon. The business is owned by...
Balancing freedom and responsibility: Evolving Malta’s cannabis laws
The Malta Independent
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Malta's 2021 cannabis reform marked a progressive shift in national drug policy. For the first time, the law recognised that responsible adult cannabis use should not be criminalised, while introducing a regulated model based on harm reduction....
Florida's pot companies get into hemp business
Your Sun
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TALLAHASSEE — For years, medical-marijuana companies in Florida have fiercely campaigned for stricter regulation of euphoria-inducing hemp products, which can be purchased at gas stations, retail stores and — now — liquor stores. The state has one...
Fake News Drops Aurora Cannabis (ACB) Stock 13% On Friday
myMotherLode - California
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Sunday, June 22, 2025 12:45 AM EDT Aurora Cannabis (ACB), a constituent in the MunAiMarkets Canadian Cannabis LP Stocks Portfolio, issued a strong denial yesterday of two reports published June 18th on Investing.com - allegedly created with the...
Cannabis Stock Canopy Growth (CGC) Declined 16% W/e June 20th - Here's Why
myMotherLode - California
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Saturday, June 21, 2025 9:31 PM EDT Introduction Canopy Growth Corporation (CGC), a constituent in the MunAiMarkets Canadian Cannabis LP Stocks Portfolio, extended its slide into the week ending June 20th (down 6% MTD), dropping another 16% and...
The Zap: latest health and aged care news, and a helpful list of consultations now open
Croakey Health Media
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June 22, 2025
Recommendations for improving Australians’ access to specialist care, implementation of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, tackling elder abuse, and addressing healthcare inequities in rural and remote areas are compiled in The Zap this...
Calvert Health Officials Push For Action On Youth Cannabis Use, Mental Health
The Bay Net - Maryland
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June 21, 2025
Photo Credit: Envato PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. — In past meetings, the Calvert Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has flagged cannabis use and youth mental health as concerns within the community. Citing the importance of evidence-based...
Texas Governor Signs Bill To Significantly Expand State’s Medical Marijuana Program
Marijuana Moment
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June 21, 2025
The governor of Texas has approved a bill to to significantly expand the state’s medical marijuana program. As advocates and stakeholders await the fate of a separate measure banning consumable hemp products, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Saturday...
New industrial hemp hub to drive green innovation
Nation.Cymru
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June 21, 2025
Industrial hemp crop at Aberystwyth University A new hub dedicated to unlocking the potential of industrial hemp has been launched at Aberystwyth University’s AberInnovation Campus. The Industrial Hemp Innovations Hub will span key sectors — from...
No cannabis sign-off by the banks
The Nation Barbados
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June 21, 2025
Despite the historic opening of Barbados’ first medicinal cannabis dispensary, the banking sector remains unable to fully support the fledgling industry because of persistent constraints tied to international banking regulations. President of the...
Is Your Cannabis Real or Synthetic?
Northern Express - Michigan
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June 21, 2025
How largely unregulated, lab-made substances are sneaking into Michigan products At Torch Cannabis Co. in Central Lake, the motto is: “Life is too short to feel anything less than your personal best.” For CEO and Founder, Kelly “Green Girl” Young,...
Norfolk board denies employment appeal from firefighter fired for medical cannabis use
The Virginian-Pilot
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June 21, 2025
A city grievance panel has denied an appeal from a former Norfolk firefighter seeking to get his job back after being fired for medical marijuana use. A three-member panel upheld the termination of firefighter Brandon Beltaine in a June 9 decision...
NFL Legend Partners with Cannabis Company
Heavy.com
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June 21, 2025
Getty When the Washington Football Team invades Empower Field at Mile High Stadium to face the Denver Broncos, October 31, 2021, it may spark great memories for Broncos Country. Former Denver Broncos Champ Bailey will always be remembered as one...