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Dec52020 by adminNo Comments

NBA suspends random marijuana testing for 2020-21 season

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Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association have reached an agreement to suspend randomized drug tests for marijuana during the 2020-21 season. "Due to the unusual circumstances in conjunction with the pandemic, we have agreed with the NBPA to suspend random testing for marijuana for the 2020-21 season and focus our random testing program on performance-enhancing products and drugs of abuse," NBA spokesperson Mike Bass said in a statement Friday. Advertisement The NBA had a similar policy for the 22 teams competing inside the league's bubble at the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla., this past summer. It remains unclear whether the league will return to its normal testing practices next season. The NBA is the latest league to begin rolling back marijua...

Oct122020 by adminNo Comments

These 4 states are voting to legalize and tax marijuana sales

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Cavan Images | Cavan | Getty ImagesThings may go green in four states this fall, as voters will decide on legalizing and taxing marijuana.Arizona, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota all have measures up for a vote to legalize and levy recreational marijuana.Thus far, 11 states have legalized recreational pot: Alaska, California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state.Levying legal weed is looking attractive at a time when states are anxious to boost their coffers.Jurisdictions often slap an excise tax, along with a state general sales tax, on pot sales.Just don't count on legalized marijuana to singlehandedly save state budgets.More from Smart Tax Planning:12 million people asked the IRS for more time to fileGot a subsidy to...

Mar62020 by adminNo Comments

Study confirms teens with EVALI used illicit marijuana vapor cartridges

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March 5 (UPI) -- A study published Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention confirms that at least some people with a vaping-linked lung injury used illicit marijuana products. Researchers at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services report that teens who developed EVALI, or e-cigarette product use-associated lung injury, often obtain vaping cartridges through illicit or informal sources, according to a study published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Of the 3,000 or so EVALI cases since last year when the condition emerged across the country, more than 50 were reported in Wisconsin. EVALI is a severe respiratory illness linked with the use of vaping cartridges that contain vitamin E acetate. It can result in significant damage to the lungs, an...

Dec292019 by adminNo Comments

Legal marijuana sales may spark Midwest interstate tension

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CHICAGO -- Retailers legally selling marijuana for the past month in Michigan say they have drawn customers from surrounding Midwestern states where the drug remains illegal and, as Illinois prepares to joins the recreational market on Wednesday, officials are renewing warnings to consumers against carrying such products over state lines. The dynamic is familiar for states on the West and East coasts where the sale and use of marijuana has been broadly allowed since Colorado's market opened in 2014, despite a federal ban that created a patchwork of legal and cultural snares. Nebraska and Oklahoma went so far as to file an unsuccessful lawsuit against Colorado, arguing that its marijuana law would have ill effects for surrounding states. In the years since, the industry has wrestled with...

Dec52019 by adminNo Comments

Cowboys DT Antwaun Woods arrested on marijuana, evidence tampering charges

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Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Antwaun Woods was arrested this week and is facing charges for possession of marijuana and tampering with evidence. Woods, 26, was arrested during a traffic stop Tuesday in Frisco, Texas. He was booked into jail and later released. The Frisco Police Department told NFL Network, CBS Dallas Fort Worth and the Dallas Morning News that Woods was charged for possession of marijuana over 2 ounces but less than 4. He also was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia. An officer pulled Woods over after seeing him driving 77 mph in a 60 mph zone. Police said Woods attempted to hide a marijuana cigarette by putting it in a water bottle. Woods also had two glass jars full of marijuana and a small gold cylinder container full of marijuana, according ...