Himalaya launched in the US in 2019 and said it had $100 million in funding. But The Verge’s reporting finds that funding was allegedly exaggerated while the company also faces a lawsuit from ex-HiStudios employees over alleged wrongful termination.
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(CN) Drug reform is seeing some wins after an otherwise conservative Texas legislative session. The Republican-controlled statehouse this year passed a range of modest reform measures, proving that even in right-wing states, some politicians are moving beyond the war on drugs.
Unless Republican Governor Greg Abbott vetoes the bills and observers don’t expect he will Texas will soon expand its medical cannabis program, allowing for new conditions and raising the caps on THC, the main active component in marijuana. Lawmakers also agreed to study several federally controlled drugs including psilocybin, ketamine and MDMA and their effects on veterans with post-traumatic stress.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Following pushback from the cannabis industry, Mayor Tim Keller has reconsidered a zoning proposal that would have heavily restricted where the legalized recreational weed market could grow in Albuquerque. Keller s…