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The Independent
6 days ago
- Business
- The Independent
North Carolina governor forms council to recommend cannabis regulations
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein says a panel he's tasked with recommending cannabis sale regulations — including potential legalization of adult use of marijuana — should aim to provide a structure in a state where products now from otherwise lawful hemp are unregulated and leave young people unprotected. The Democratic governor signed an executive order this week creating a State Advisory Council on Cannabis. North Carolina is among a small number of states whose laws prohibit marijuana for both medicinal use or adult recreational use. The General Assembly would have to enact any law legalizing marijuana. The council's findings could add pressure upon lawmakers to place regulations on products, many of which can be obtained at vape and convenience stores. The order directs the 24-member council also named this week to offer preliminary recommendations for a 'comprehensive cannabis policy' and any proposed legislation by next March 15, with final recommendations by the end of 2026. Council members include representatives of state agencies, law enforcement, legislators and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, whose dispensary on tribal land has sold since last year marijuana and cannabis products to any adult over 21. 'Let's work together on a thoughtful, comprehensive solution that allows sales to adults and that is grounded in public safety and health.' Stein said Wednesday in a news release. 'We can work together and get this right.' Hemp is actually a lawful form of cannabis in the state based on its low levels of THC, the chemical that in larger amounts makes people high. Consumable products made from hemp promote CBD, the non-psychoactive chemical within it. But Stein, the former attorney general, says some in the hemp product industry have found ways to extract enough THC from hemp so that their offerings also provide the high of marijuana. He said this has led to an unregulated "Wild West" cannabis market in which anyone, including children, can purchase products with 'intoxicating THC.' In an interview with WRAL-TV on Tuesday, Stein said that he personally supports legalizing adult recreational use of marijuana and other intoxicating THC products, and believes a structure can be put in place that simultaneously keeps them away from children. 'I believe adults should be able to choose what they want to do, but they need to have information,' Stein said. 'They need to be protected.' Legislation that would authorize medical marijuana have cleared the Senate in the recent past occasions but have failed to pass the House. Council members include Republican state Sen. Bill Rabon and GOP Rep. John Bell. Rabon has championed medical marijuana legalization at the General Assembly, while Bell is an executive at a manufacturer of CBD and hemp-based products and who has called for stricter industry regulation. Stein said Wednesday the council should propose developing a regulatory system that "allows adult sales, ensures public safety, promotes public health, supports North Carolina agriculture, expunges past convictions of simple THC possession, and invests the revenues in resources for addiction, mental health, and drugged driving detection.' The order says recommendations also should consider taxation. For now, Stein said, the General Assembly should pass laws prohibiting sales of products with intoxicating THC to anyone under 2021 and set packaging standards. Thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia allow the medical use of cannabis products, while about half of the states and D.C. have legalized small amounts of cannabis for adult recreational use, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Associated Press
6 days ago
- Business
- Associated Press
North Carolina governor forms council to recommend cannabis regulations
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein says a panel he's tasked with recommending cannabis sale regulations — including potential legalization of adult use of marijuana — should aim to provide a structure in a state where products now from otherwise lawful hemp are unregulated and leave young people unprotected. The Democratic governor signed an executive order this week creating a State Advisory Council on Cannabis. North Carolina is among a small number of states whose laws prohibit marijuana for both medicinal use or adult recreational use. The General Assembly would have to enact any law legalizing marijuana. The council's findings could add pressure upon lawmakers to place regulations on products, many of which can be obtained at vape and convenience stores. The order directs the 24-member council also named this week to offer preliminary recommendations for a 'comprehensive cannabis policy' and any proposed legislation by next March 15, with final recommendations by the end of 2026. Council members include representatives of state agencies, law enforcement, legislators and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, whose dispensary on tribal land has sold since last year marijuana and cannabis products to any adult over 21. 'Let's work together on a thoughtful, comprehensive solution that allows sales to adults and that is grounded in public safety and health.' Stein said Wednesday in a news release. 'We can work together and get this right.' Hemp is actually a lawful form of cannabis in the state based on its low levels of THC, the chemical that in larger amounts makes people high. Consumable products made from hemp promote CBD, the non-psychoactive chemical within it. But Stein, the former attorney general, says some in the hemp product industry have found ways to extract enough THC from hemp so that their offerings also provide the high of marijuana. He said this has led to an unregulated 'Wild West' cannabis market in which anyone, including children, can purchase products with 'intoxicating THC.' In an interview with WRAL-TV on Tuesday, Stein said that he personally supports legalizing adult recreational use of marijuana and other intoxicating THC products, and believes a structure can be put in place that simultaneously keeps them away from children. 'I believe adults should be able to choose what they want to do, but they need to have information,' Stein said. 'They need to be protected.' Legislation that would authorize medical marijuana have cleared the Senate in the recent past occasions but have failed to pass the House. Council members include Republican state Sen. Bill Rabon and GOP Rep. John Bell. Rabon has championed medical marijuana legalization at the General Assembly, while Bell is an executive at a manufacturer of CBD and hemp-based products and who has called for stricter industry regulation. Stein said Wednesday the council should propose developing a regulatory system that 'allows adult sales, ensures public safety, promotes public health, supports North Carolina agriculture, expunges past convictions of simple THC possession, and invests the revenues in resources for addiction, mental health, and drugged driving detection.' The order says recommendations also should consider taxation. For now, Stein said, the General Assembly should pass laws prohibiting sales of products with intoxicating THC to anyone under 2021 and set packaging standards. Thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia allow the medical use of cannabis products, while about half of the states and D.C. have legalized small amounts of cannabis for adult recreational use, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Yahoo
01-03-2025
- Yahoo
The day Cherokee warriors attacked settlers in the fledgling frontier community of Lexington
Editor's Note: As Lexington celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, the Herald-Leader and each day throughout 2025 will share interesting facts about our hometown. Compiled by Liz Carey, all are notable moments in the city's history - some funny, some sad, others heartbreaking or celebratory, and some just downright strange. March 1, 1781: Lexington was little more than a blockhouse fort during its early days, and its residents risked their lives to settle it. One man, a German immigrant, lost his life after coming here to be a part of the frontier. This story comes from Brad Canon, a retired University of Kentucky political science professor and a member of the Lexington Historical Society. He said one of his ancestors is the only member of the original settlement to die at the hands of the Cherokee. In 1779, Johan Wimmer immigrated to the Lexington township from Germany by way of South Carolina. Wimmer and his family lived in one of the original 26 cabins located inside the blockhouse that made up the Lexington township at the time. On March 1, 1781, Wimmer and another settler left the blockhouse to gather wood. The blockhouse at that time was located where the Radisson Hotel is now, and the trees and bushes around it had been cleared for about 100 yards on all sides. The two men were tasked with chopping down trees to shore up the fence, as well as to build more cabins. As they were setting about their task, Wimmer's companion saw some Cherokee Indians, Canon said. The two men started running, but Wimmer, who was 50 at the time, was slower than his companion and captured by the Indians. The Cherokee killed Wimmer about where the old courthouse stands now, Canon said, and started to remove his scalp. Wimmer's companion had reached the blockhouse gate and turned around. Seeing what was happening, he shot the Indian, killing him and scaring off the rest of the band that had set upon Wimmer. In turn, the settlers dragged Wimmer and the dead Cherokee into the blockhouse and hung him from the blockhouse tower to ward off future attacks. Canon said his ancestor was the only settler killed by the Cherokees in Lexington. Other who had started farms outside of the blockhouse area were killed by Indians during the 1780s, but Wimmer was the only one from inside the blockhouse area. Wimmer's son, Martin, was seven when his father died, anglicized his surname to Wymore and lived in Fayette County until his death in 1857. His children moved to Wisconsin, and it is there at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison that Martin's memories as an early settler to Kentucky became part of the Draper manuscripts. Canon said Martin was buried in the Wymore-Downing cemetery on his farm on the east side of Nicholasville Road. In 1972, a shopping center was built there, and the cemetery's remains were reburied in the Lexington Cemetery, Canon said. Have a question or story idea related to Lexington's 250-year history? Let us know at 250LexKy@
Yahoo
17-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Elon Musk is proving that sunlight is fatal to bureaucracy
So the empire strikes back. Donald Trump's tsunami of executive orders threatens to wash away the entire 'DEI' establishment of the deep state even as Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency conducts a thorough financial proctological examination on the books and payment systems of the deep state. The revelations have been embarrassing, almost stupefying. The sums featured abundant use of that great Babylonian invention: the zero. Millions, even billions, apparently misplaced, misallocated, wasted. I almost expect to see milk cartons with ads for missing appropriations alongside the portraits of missing persons. But then came the cavalry of the opposition. Democratic attorneys general filed lawsuits. Democrat-appointed district judges issued restraining orders with immediate and 'nationwide' effect. Do they have the authority to do that? Never mind. Like a diminutive animal that puffs itself up and snarls when threatened by a predator, the histrionics are impressive. The message? How dare Musk expose waste, fraud, and abuse on this massive scale. Senate ranking member Chuck Schumer spoke for this group when he admitted that there was governmental abuse but complained that Musk was taking a 'meat axe' to the problem. The problem for Schumer and his ilk was articulated with amusing exactitude on social media: 'that's what we axed for'. The bottom line is that the acrid aroma you can sniff in the air is the scent of panic. According to one observer, more than 'three times more people in DC are googling 'Criminal Defense Lawyer' than anywhere else in the US!' Uh oh. Which is to say 'tick tock'. At a recent meeting with Trump in the Oval Office, Musk raised a question many people have asked over the years. How do public servants who pull down salaries of, say $180,000 per annum, manage to amass fortunes in the tens of millions or more? Perhaps, Musk suggested, such people are whizzes at investment and we should be seeking their advice. Asked whether he would defy the court orders, Trump said 'No'. 'I always abide by the courts,' Trump said, but 'then I'll have to appeal it'. He then pointed out the obvious. Restraining orders and injunctions do not only slow down the process of reform, they also give 'crooked people more time to cover up the books'. Depending on which side of the legal pas-de-deux you occupy, that opportunity may appear as either a feature or a bug. My own feeling is that Trump should consider taking a page from the playbook of president Andrew Jackson. In the 1830s, he wanted Northern Georgia for the United States. Chief Justice John Marshall led the Supreme Court to determine Cherokee Indians owned the area. Jackson nevertheless evicted the Indians, reputedly observing that Marshall 'has made his decision; now let him enforce it'. Trump wouldn't have to openly defy the court orders. He could just ignore them. But Trump seems committed to playing the long game. He says that he 'can't imagine' a court would uphold a ruling that prohibited 'the president or his representatives – like secretary of the Treasury, secretary of State, whatever … the right to go over their books and make sure everything's honest'. That's exactly where we are now with the desperate order issued by district judge Paul Engelmayer, an Obama appointee. Engelmayer's order effectively prohibits Scott Bessent, the newly-seated Secretary of the Treasury, from looking into his department's books or payment system. Will the ruling stand? Probably not. But the fact that it was promulgated at all shows what desperate straits denizens of the deep state now occupy. Elsewhere, I cited TS Eliot's observation in 'Burnt Norton' that 'humankind cannot bear very much reality'. Similarly, bureaucracy cannot bear very much transparency. It is like a vampire: sunlight is fatal. Roger Kimball is editor and publisher of The New Criterion and president and publisher of Encounter Books Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Telegraph
17-02-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
Elon Musk is proving that sunlight is fatal to bureaucracy
So the empire strikes back. Donald Trump's tsunami of executive orders threatens to wash away the entire 'DEI' establishment of the deep state even as Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency conducts a thorough financial proctological examination on the books and payment systems of the deep state. The revelations have been embarrassing, almost stupefying. The sums featured abundant use of that great Babylonian invention: the zero. Millions, even billions, apparently misplaced, misallocated, wasted. I almost expect to see milk cartons with ads for missing appropriations alongside the portraits of missing persons. But then came the cavalry of the opposition. Democratic attorneys general filed lawsuits. Democrat-appointed district judges issued restraining orders with immediate and 'nationwide' effect. Do they have the authority to do that? Never mind. Like a diminutive animal that puffs itself up and snarls when threatened by a predator, the histrionics are impressive. The message? How dare Musk expose waste, fraud, and abuse on this massive scale. Senate ranking member Chuck Schumer spoke for this group when he admitted that there was governmental abuse but complained that Musk was taking a 'meat axe' to the problem. The problem for Schumer and his ilk was articulated with amusing exactitude on social media: 'that's what we axed for'. The bottom line is that the acrid aroma you can sniff in the air is the scent of panic. According to one observer, more than 'three times more people in DC are googling 'Criminal Defense Lawyer' than anywhere else in the US!' Uh oh. Which is to say 'tick tock'. At a recent meeting with Trump in the Oval Office, Musk raised a question many people have asked over the years. How do public servants who pull down salaries of, say $180,000 per annum, manage to amass fortunes in the tens of millions or more? Perhaps, Musk suggested, such people are whizzes at investment and we should be seeking their advice. Asked whether he would defy the court orders, Trump said 'No'. 'I always abide by the courts,' Trump said, but 'then I'll have to appeal it'. He then pointed out the obvious. Restraining orders and injunctions do not only slow down the process of reform, they also give 'crooked people more time to cover up the books'. Depending on which side of the legal pas-de-deux you occupy, that opportunity may appear as either a feature or a bug. My own feeling is that Trump should consider taking a page from the playbook of president Andrew Jackson. In the 1830s, he wanted Northern Georgia for the United States. Chief Justice John Marshall led the Supreme Court to determine Cherokee Indians owned the area. Jackson nevertheless evicted the Indians, reputedly observing that Marshall 'has made his decision; now let him enforce it'. Trump wouldn't have to openly defy the court orders. He could just ignore them. But Trump seems committed to playing the long game. He says that he 'can't imagine' a court would uphold a ruling that prohibited 'the president or his representatives – like secretary of the Treasury, secretary of State, whatever … the right to go over their books and make sure everything's honest'. That's exactly where we are now with the desperate order issued by district judge Paul Engelmayer, an Obama appointee. Engelmayer's order effectively prohibits Scott Bessent, the newly-seated Secretary of the Treasury, from looking into his department's books or payment system. Will the ruling stand? Probably not. But the fact that it was promulgated at all shows what desperate straits denizens of the deep state now occupy. Elsewhere, I cited TS Eliot's observation in 'Burnt Norton' that 'humankind cannot bear very much reality'. Similarly, bureaucracy cannot bear very much transparency. It is like a vampire: sunlight is fatal.
