Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016
Washington Post: A casino magnate is spending millions to fight legal marijuana in three states
The Guardian: World on track to lose two-thirds of wild animals by 2020, major report warns
The Guardian: Over 120 arrested at protests, including journalists
Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016
Imgur: An armored truck just for the weed business
SF Examiner: State officials optimistic for Dungeness crab season
Leafly: Less is More: Why Low-Dose Cannabis is Important
UK Telegraph: British Sugar to cultivate cannabis plants in Norfolk for GW Pharmaceuticals
Press Democrat: Wine industry wants greater say in groundwater regulation
New York Times: A One-Woman Lifeline for Eureka’s Homeless
Del Norte Triplicate: Work underway to expedite Last Chance Grade solution
Monday, Oct. 24, 2016
LA Times: Op-Ed: Could micro-apartments solve the affordable housing crisis?
The Oregonian: Wood-fired electricity sparks ambitious plans, controversy in Oregon
Press Democrat: Second medicinal pot dispensary for Sebastopol?
Daily Mail: Your brain on cannabis: 3D image provides the clearest picture yet of the human marijuana receptor
The Guardian: Industrial scars: The environmental cost of consumption – in pictures
The Guardian: Want to 'train your brain'? Forget apps, learn a musical instrument
The Guardian: Murder of Brazil official marks new low in war on Amazon environmentalists
The Guardian: Tom Hayden, 1960s anti-war activist, dies at 76
Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016
Seattle Times: ‘Like an Easter egg hunt for adults’: Foraging for mushrooms on the forest floor
Yahoo Finance: Spot price of pot drops to YTD low of $1466
The Guardian: How the cult of quiet can change your life
LA Times: How three surfers in a garage turned California's grizzly into a fashion icon
Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016
Washington Post: The real reason Big Tobacco is getting even bigger
The Oregonian: Oregon issues first 'health alert' for tainted marijuana
The Guardian: Inside big pharma's fight to block recreational marijuana
Friday, Oct. 21, 2016
The Guardian: SkunkLock: Bike lock developed that makes thieves immediately vomit
Seattle Times: Grim video at Costco egg supplier reveals how ‘cage-free’ hens live, animal advocates say
The Guardian: Suboxone Reckitt Benckiser sued by 35 US states for 'profiteering' from opioid treatment 14
The Oregonian: Blast rocks legal marijuana business in Astoria, sends 2 to burn unit
Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016
The Guardian: Colorado poll workers trained to respond to mass shooting
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016
LA Times: Fourth law enforcement officer killed in CA in two weeks
UK Telegraph: Iceland becoming 'Disneyland' as US tourists outnumber locals
Washington Post: Report: More than half of mentally ill U.S. adults get no treatment
San Jose Mercury: San Jose City Council approves medical pot deliveries, multiple grow sites
Ukiah Daily Journal: Alleged buyers lock keys in car before stealing marijuana in Ukiah
Ukiah Daily Journal: Ukiah City Council to consider allowing cannabis dispensaries
Press Democrat: Second victim dies from dispute over pot sales
SF Chronicle: Instead of clearing homeless camps, Oakland is spiffing them up
The Guardian: Homeless vote: 11 tent city dwellers on Clinton, Trump and choosing a president
Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016
NY Times: Surfing 6,000 Miles North of Hawaii
SF Chronicle: Four students shot in San Francisco high school parking lot
The Guardian: Oregon Extremist militias recruiting in fear of Clinton winning election, activists say
Monday, Oct. 17, 2016
Press Democrat: Police identify man killed in rural Sebastopol shooting; pot related?
Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016
Recordnet: 'Cannabis County': Some see green, some see red as Calaveras pot industry explodes
MotherBoard: How drug and human traffickers rely on burner cellpones