It’s a brutal time for marijuana startups. I’m hearing some are raising at 1/5th of their 2019 valuation amidst rampant competition, tall taxes, and slow legalization. The struggles for marijuana’s best-known startup, delivery service Eaze, continue as today it’s losing one of its top partners. $75 million-funded weed brand empire Caliva has dropped Eaze in […]
(CNN)In a third of US states, businesses and services are now divided into two factions: essential and non-essential. The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) gave states an outline of suggested “essential businesses” to follow. But because it’s up to the states, there are bound to be differences among them — […]
Hundreds of test tubes containing adult human stem cells have made their way to the International Space Station (ISS) as researchers aim to test their ability to grow into organ-like structures known as organoids in microgravity environments. If successful, scientists say that the experiment could lead to new methods for someday growing bones, cartilage, and […]
San Francisco (CNN Business)Cannabis is an emerging industry with stratospheric growth expectations. Like the California Gold Rush, the dot-com boom and every other new market with boundless potential, the cannabis industry also has the tendency to attract some sketchy characters with dubious motives. Experts are cautioning companies to shore up their security practices and for […]
Mr Newman had been due to appear before Gloucester Crown Court in September accused of failing to comply with the terms of a sentence he received for having indecent images of children. He is subject to a sexual harm prevention order, which bars him from having contact with children, and had allegedly failed to keep […]
Murder of Gerald Corrigan shocked Anglesey and initially mystified police – but killers motive remains unclear Gerald Corrigan and Marie Bailey were creatures of habit. As usual, on the night of Thursday 18 April 2019, Bailey went to bed early while her partner, Corrigan, a retired photography lecturer, stayed up late surfing the internet and […]
Prosecutors working with not-for-profit tech group to use algorithms to find eligible cases in decades-old court documents Los Angeles moved this week to dismiss nearly 66,000 marijuana convictions, years after the state voted to legalize the drug. The county is working with a not-for-profit technology organization, Code for America, to use algorithms to identify eligible […]
Former government advisor David Nutt says alcohol is more damaging than harder drugs Alcohol is the leading cause of drug harm, outstripping even heroin and crack cocaine, according to former government adviser David Nutt. Prof Nutt, who was A graphic showing the ‘harm score’ of alcohol compared to other drugs Alcohol doesnt protect you, he […]
San Francisco (CNN Business)Cannabis dispensary operator MedMen Enterprises (MMNFF) had aspirations to be the biggest, most premium player in the emerging industry. It opened locations in Beverly Hills and on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue and grew its name to the extent that it was even parodied on “South Park.” “We absolutely paused on making [accounts payable] […]
Angry protests from residents in popular areas force city hall officials to take action Across Europe, historic cities are buckling. Mass tourism, encouraged by cash-hungry councils after the 2008 crash and fuelled by the explosion of cheap flights and online room rentals, has become a monster. The backlash, however, has begun. In the past decade, […]