Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Friday, Sept. 30, 2016
Forbes: DEA Delays Kratom Ban, More Senators Object To Process And 'Unintended Consequences'
LA Times: A Republican lawmaker's hat at a marijuana conference says it all: 'Make Cannabis Great Again'
The Guardian: Drought in Brazil causing price of coffee, sugar and orange juice to rise 20%
The Guardian: Prison food politics: the economics of an industry feeding 2.2 million
The Guardian: Bees added to US endangered species list for the first time
Washington Post: Cobalt Mining: This is where your smartphone battery begins
Take Part: The tiny threat killing California Condors
The Guardian: High times: why TV is getting blazed on cannabis comedies
Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016
LA Times: Man gets prison and must pay $61 million for starting huge fire in the Sequoia National Forest
Forbes: The End Of Secrecy In Nursing Home Wrongdoing
Leafly: Alaska’s First Legal Cannabis Harvest Just Began. It’s Already Stalled
Fortune: Regulators Are Making Sure Herbal Supplements Actually Contain Herbs
The Guardian: Yosemite chief resigns as national parks embroiled in sexual harassment scandal
Boing Boing: Hilarious and Realistic Trump 3-D T-Shirt
NY Times: Testing Can Show The 4 Traits That Put Kids at Risk for Addiction
Press Democrat: Suspected honey oil lab discovered in Windsor; victims burned
Humboldt Last Week : 9-24-16 Episode
Washington Post: Reservoirs seen as source of greenhouse gases
The Guardian: Furniture that destroys forests: crack down on 'rampant' trade in rosewood
The Guardian: How the marijuana tax could help Portland's minority-owned businesses
Press Democrat: Lost Coast adventure starts right here
Press Democrat: Tossed cigarette suspected in major Petaluma fire
Del Norte Triplicate: FAA grants $11.3 million for terminal
SF Chronicle: Central Coast Dungeness crab get qualified thumbs-up in tests for domoic acid
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016
San Jose Mercury: California eases restrictions on ‘granny units’
Washington Post: U.S. owes black people reparations for a history of ‘racial terrorism,’ says U.N. panel
Press Democrat: What do you do if you suspect your child was molested?
The Guardian: Symbiosis: last vestige of authentic festival culture or hippie theme park?
The Guardian: The world passes 400ppm carbon dioxide threshold. Permanently
The Guardian: Reporter who quit on air to fight for pot legalization could face decades in prison
Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016
Medford MailTribune: Marijuana farms could join pear orchards and vineyards as Rogue Valley mainstays
Willits News: Willits mayor challenges council on cannabis policy
Trinity Journal: Weaverville woman first female, seventh overall in Tahoe 200-mile Endurance Run
The Oregonian: Razor clamming, mussel harvesting on Oregon coast closed during toxic algae bloom
The Oregonian: Oct. 1 deadlines for marijuana testing, packaging could face delay
LA Times: Texas prisons ban books by Langston Hughes and Bob Dole - but 'Mein Kampf' is OK
The Atlantic: Video: The Pros and Cons of Living in an Income-Sharing Commune
Press Democrat: They're Everywhere: Police remove homeless encampments from two Petaluma locations
LA Times: Exploring Colorado's cannabis tourism scene in Denver
Huffington Post: A company just had another successful test of a cannabis drug for epilepsy
Alaska Dispatch: Alaska’s first commercial cannabis harvest begins
Daily Beast: Refugees Say Right-Wing Siskiyou Sheriff Intimidated Them at Gunpoint
SF Chronicle: Fast-moving fire threatening homes in Santa Cruz Mountains
Press Democrat: Officials raise alarm over 2.4 million gallons of flammable gas parked in rail cars south of Sonoma
Monday, Sept. 26, 2016
LA Times: The problems with rushing to legalize marijuana for stoner use in California
Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016
Ukiah Daily Journal: Mendocino Board of Supervisors takes stand against Measure AF
SF Chronicle: Evacuations ordered as Sawmill Fire in Sonoma County grows
Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016
The Guardian: Canadian town steams over Nestlé bid to control local spring water well
Friday, Sept. 23, 2016
US News: Flavorings Boost Toxicity of E-Cigarettes in Lab Study