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📣 Quotable
"We want to make sure that potential bad actors who are looking to do similar things realize that there is a penalty to do so in New York," Empire Cannabis Manufacturers Alliance President Mack Hueber told Spectrum News.
"There hasn't been really a lot of enforcement up until now, or even threats of enforcement. So it's allowed the bad actors to continue to push the limit."
⏩ Quick hits
Michigan proposes stiffer penalties for illicit grows 🚔
Lawmakers in Michigan are proposing a new law that would levy stiffer penalties on illegal growers. Cracking down on scofflaw grows has been a challenge for authorities because the law that legalized cannabis in the state reduced possession of any amount of cannabis to a misdemeanor.
DOJ asks for Supreme Court delay on drugs and gun rights case 🔫
Trump's Department of Justice requested that the U.S. Supreme Court push back the government's deadline for submitting briefs from Dec. 4 to Jan. 20 in a case that could determine whether or not cannabis users in states that allow it, also have the right to possess firearms. Marijuana Moment has more about the legal wranglings involving guns and drugs.
📺 In case you missed it
On Friday, we launched This Week in Cannabis Live, a new, joint initiative of Cultivated Media, High Spirits, and Cannabis Musings. It’s a weekly look-back at the cannabis news. Friday was our first episode.
In case you missed it 👇
🧪 Science & research
Study finds flavored vapes are increasingly popular among adolescents 💨
A larger percentage of adolescents that consume cannabis are using flavored vapes over other formats, according to a University of Michigansurvey of students in eighth, 10th and 12th grade from 2021-2024. Among all adolescents, those who vaped flavored cannabis products rose to 4%, 6% and 9%, respectively, among the three age groups. Among those who regularly consume cannabis, a majority in each group now favors flavored vapes.
📰 What we’re reading
Where Have All The Mild Flowers Gone? | Rolling Stone
Texas man’s pot-and-gun case tests federal cannabis law | Houston Chronicle