High Tide’s 3 cannabis dispensaries targeted by Canadian arsonists in Ontario in a coordinated attack. If you get texts from your favorite dispensary and they use Twilio to deliver the messages to you, they will have to find another tool. Alabama is still waiting to launch their already passed medicinal cannabis program after 2 years! Could a Washington State naturalized citizen serve as a test case for citizenship or deportation because of an ownership of a cannabis dispensary, and it might get to the Supreme Court.
Weed Talk News with Alaina Pinto includes cannabis reports from coast to coast.

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#LetsBeBlunt #MontelWilliams #SethFerranti

What happens when you’ve served your sentence—but technology never stops watching?

In this episode of Let’s Be Blunt with Montel, Montel Williams sits down with Seth Ferranti—author, documentary filmmaker, founder of Gorilla Convict, and one of the most recognizable voices in criminal justice reform.

Seth spent 21 years in federal prison for nonviolent drug offenses during the height of America’s War on Drugs. While incarcerated, he reinvented himself as a writer, eventually becoming an acclaimed journalist and filmmaker dedicated to telling the stories of people impacted by mass incarceration.

Today, Seth is once again making headlines following a Nebraska traffic stop that has sparked a national conversation about AI-powered surveillance, automated license plate readers, digital privacy, and whether emerging technologies are quietly reshaping the relationship between citizens and law enforcement.

Together, Montel and Seth discuss:

Seth’s journey from federal prison to award-winning filmmaker
The lasting consequences of the War on Drugs
Why cannabis prohibition changed millions of lives
Life after incarceration and rebuilding from nothing
AI surveillance and automated license plate readers
Civil liberties, privacy, and constitutional rights
Government overreach in the digital age
What true redemption should look like
This isn’t just a conversation about cannabis. It’s a discussion about freedom, second chances, technology, and what happens when our justice system intersects with artificial intelligence.

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Getting To Normalization: Changing the Stigma of Cannabis Through Public Relations

Designed as an add-on credential for those in public relations or the cannabis industry. In this six-week online course, Jimmy Young will guide you through the history, myths, and stereotypes to give you an insider’s view of the industry, politics, and laws that now dictate its future as a billion-dollar international business. You will then be able to leverage this information to promote the industry effectively within the realm of public relations.

Dates: September 19 – October 24, 2023 (Tuesdays)
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https://www.stockton.edu/continuing-studies/cannabis-cert.html

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