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David Seymour eyes wine-style export boom in medicinal cannabis industry

A Cabinet paper shows more than a tonne of cannabis flower was exported in 2024. The ministry defines a medicinal cannabis product as either dried cannabis flower, or a pharmaceutical dosage containing ingredients extracted from

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Cresco Labs Delivers Q4 2025 Revenue of $162 Million and Sequential

CHICAGO — Cresco Labs Inc. (CSE: CL) (OTCQX: CRLBF) (FSE: 6CQ) (“Cresco Labs” or the “Company”), the industry leader in branded cannabis products with a portfolio of America’s most popular brands and the operator of

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American basketball player Jarred Shaw hoping for ‘miracle’ in Indonesian prison as health crisis worsens

American basketball player Jarred Shaw faces a health crisis while in an Indonesian prison after his May 2025 cannabis arrest, with the former star battling Crohn’s disease. Jarred Shaw, a

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What’s the Point of the Iran War?

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the possible political outcomes of the war in Iran given the complexities of Iranian society with guest Karim Sadjadpour, whether

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More than 700 cannabis plants seized in £600,000 drug raid

Officers recovered the plants during a raid on a property in Crown Terrace on Thursday. No-one was inside the premises at the time, but officers estimated the value of the

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Former taxi driver caught storing €18,000 worth of cannabis in extractor fan in home

A former taxi driver who developed a serious cocaine addiction was caught storing 18,000 worth of cannabis herb in an extractor fan in his home. Francis Macken (57) told gardaí

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Woman jailed for smuggling heroin and ‘terrifying’ arsenal of guns into UK

Under questioning, Kasha Sanderson claimed she thought she was smuggling cannabis, not heroin, after 5kg of the drug was found in her car, along with sub machine guns and various

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Girl Scouts highly unimpressed after New Jersey troop teams up with local cannabis dispensary to

Girl Scout cookie season runs from January through April Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on

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