Thursday July 30 2020
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California state government is putting up resistance to federal requests subpoena for information on cannabis businesses in California
Justice Department Investigations Are ‘Protecting Consumers’ Access’ To Marijuana, Top Official Says
California Asks Federal Court To Block DEA Subpoena For Marijuana Business Info
Bureau of Cannabis Control for the unredacted records, officials said in a court filing signed by the state attorney general on Wednesday that it did not comply with the request because the federal agency failed to adequately explain the relevance to an investigation and because state privacy laws prevent them from sharing the documents.
The state of California is asking a federal court to reject a Justice Department lawsuit seeking to force regulators to hand over documents about several marijuana businesses.
Link from Marijuana moment
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Justice Department Investigations Are ‘Protecting Consumers’ Access’ To Marijuana, Top Official Says
Justice Department whistleblower told Congress that resources were improperly expended investigating marijuana industry mergers due to the attorney general’s bias against legalization, a top department official says that those actions are better understood as helping to ensure consumers have affordable access to products in a competitive cannabis market
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Magic Johnson joins toni Braxton and Jane Fonda At Uncle Bucks CBD company
https://www.businessinsider.com/magic-johnson-interview-cbd-venture-nba-bubble-2020-7
NBA Legend Magic Johnson Has Officially Jumped Into the CBD Game
Basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson is now in the CBD business, joining the ranks of famous athletes like Mike Tyson, Al Herrington, and Paul Pierce who have recently become weed business moguls.
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Magic Johnson on his new partnership with a CBD retailer and the start of the NBA bubble
https://www.businessinsider.com/magic-johnson-interview-cbd-venture-nba-bubble-2020-7
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The company has already received celebrity endorsements from Jane Fonda and Toni Braxton, but the new partnership will help Uncle Bud’s expand its focus to athletes.
Magic Johnson Enterprises just announced a partnership with Uncle Bud's Hemp & CBD, a US-based medical cannabis firm. Uncle Bud's sells over 70 different hemp and CBD products, including oils, topical creams, face masks, and even hand sanitizer. The company has experienced consistent growth since it was founded in 2018, and its products are now sold in chain stores like the Vitamin Shoppe and Urban Outfitters.
White House spiritual advisor Paula white recently came out against Bidens support for harsh heavy handed sentencing like 30 years for 3 ounces ... this would be a better story if only the federal government wasn’t currently so anti-cannabis
White House Spiritual Advisor Blasts Biden’s Marijuana Policy Record
Everyone forgets [President Bill Clinton’s] bill that Joe Biden went along with and signed people to prison for 30 years for three ounces of marijuana,” she said at an Evangelicals for Trump event last week, referring to the 1994 Crime Bill.
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