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Here’s what marijuana researchers have to say about 420 or ‘weed day’ 04/20/2024 05:30am • (CNN) — It’s 420 or “weed day,” and people around the world will be paying homage to their favorite guilty pleasure: marijuana.Currently, 24 states, two territories and the District of Columbia in the United States have legalized marijuana for recreational use, making it that much easier 'Why is nothing being done?': Concerns grow about drug use, fighting in Montgomery Co. school bathrooms 04/18/2024 08:25pm • For many students in Montgomery County public schools, the bathrooms remain a no-go zone due to drug use and fighting. That's according to testimony at the most recent Board of Education meeting on April 11. During the public comment segment of the meeting, David Gebler, an English teacher at UK lawmakers back landmark bill to gradually phase out smoking for good 04/17/2024 07:24am • LONDON (AP) — The British government's plan for a landmark smoking ban that aims to stop young people from ever smoking cleared its first hurdle in Parliament on Tuesday despite vocal opposition from within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party. The bill, a key policy announced by Sun On the final day of Maryland's session, here are some bills you need to know about 04/08/2024 10:16pm • Maryland's General Assembly session began on Jan. 10 with dire news over projected deficits. It will end Monday with a total eclipse of the sun. In between, there was a lockdown in the legislative complex due to fears over a possible shooter near the premises, the Francis Scott Key Bridge collaps Flavored vape products could be pulled from Virginia shelves 04/02/2024 11:10am • Flavored vape products lacking Food and Drug Administration approval could be pulled from Virginia shelves, as a pair of identical bills head to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s desk for his signature. Del. Rodney Willett, D-Henrico, and Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Charlottesville, say their bills would help Republican panel's selection to be Rep. Buck's likely replacement is a saving grace for Boebert 03/29/2024 02:47am • DENVER (AP) — A Colorado Republican panel made a surprising decision Thursday night, choosing a former mayor, Greg Lopez, to be U.S. Rep. Ken Buck's likely replacement until the November general election, a saving grace for Rep. Lauren Boebert's bid for another term in Congress. Lopez will now New Zealand will ban disposable e-cigarettes in a bid to prevent minors from taking up the habit 03/20/2024 02:29am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand said Wednesday it will ban disposable e-cigarettes, or vapes, and raise financial penalties for those who sell such products to minors. The move comes less than a month after the government repealed a unique law enacted by the previous left-leaning govern Michigan residents urged not to pick up debris from explosive vaping supplies fire that killed 1 03/08/2024 11:16pm • CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities investigating a fire and explosions that rocked a suburban Detroit building filled with vaping industry supplies, killing one man as gas canisters soared up to 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) away, urged residents Friday not to pick up any debris because they st Britain's Conservative government announces tax cuts it hopes can lift its ailing election fortunes 03/06/2024 08:50pm • LONDON (AP) — British Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt sought Wednesday to bolster spirits within his Conservative Party with another tax cut for 27 million working people, hoping it can turn the political tide ahead of a general election this year. But with the tax cut trailed in advance and no major s Gas chemicals investigated as cause of fire and explosions at suburban Detroit building 03/05/2024 07:35pm • CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A large fire followed by multiple explosions at a building in suburban Detroit killed one person and injured a firefighter. A look at what we know about the site, including investigators' questions surrounding the vaping supply distributor operating there. WHAT CAU Explosive fire at site housing vaping supplies kills 1 outside Detroit, sends debris a mile away 03/05/2024 05:50pm • CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A fire that destroyed a building housing supplies for the vaping industry caused multiple explosions, killing one person and injuring a firefighter as the blasts rocked suburban Detroit, sending gas canisters and debris into the air, authorities said. The debris fell College athletes will need school approval for NIL deals under bill passed by Utah Legislature 03/02/2024 12:32am • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — College athletes in Utah who are looking to profit off their name, image and likeness will have to seek written approval from their schools for any business deal exceeding $600 under a bill that received final legislative approval on Friday. The policy giving Utah universiti Zyn nicotine pouches are all over TikTok, sparking debate among politicians and health experts 03/01/2024 01:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s nothing complicated about the latest tobacco product trending online: Zyn is a tiny pouch filled with nicotine and flavoring. But it has stoked a debate among politicians, parents and pundits that reflects an increasingly complex landscape in which Big Tobacco companies Canine units to start searching Loudoun Co. high schools for illegal narcotics 02/27/2024 09:02pm • Canine teams will start randomly searching Loudoun County, Virginia, high schools next month, Superintendent Aaron Spence said, as part of a plan to deter students from bringing illegal substances onto school campuses. The scans, which will be conducted through a partnership with the Loudoun Coun 'Tornado of misinformation' spawns bill limiting Md. counties' authority over cannabis 02/26/2024 10:18am • An effort by some counties to use zoning to limit, if not prevent, the opening of cannabis dispensaries has drawn the ire of the powerful chair of a House committee in Annapolis. House and Senate panels are considering legislation that would make it tougher for local governments to restrict where