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Israel may be on the verge of another war in Gaza. And American Jews are watching. Israel and Hamas, the militant group that governs the Gaza Strip, have already traded hundreds of airstrikes and missiles since Monday. Dozens of Palestinians and two Israelis have lost their lives — a number that is likely to rise. As the eyes of the world turn again to violence in Israel, Jews in the United States will be paying attention and speaking out. During past conflicts, American Jewish groups from across the political spectrum have claimed to represent American Jewry as a whole, or a broad swath of...

Dabbing is a way to smoke a potent form of highly concentrated THC. Colorado already limits the amount of THC in marijuana edibles and some advocates would like to see that policy extended to all products. Dawn Reinfeld is the co-founder of Blue Rising Together, a group that’s been pushing for lawmakers to introduce a bill this session to cap THC at 15 percent. “As we look nationally to legalize marijuana, we feel like we have to tell the truth in Colorado about what has worked and what is not working.” There were short-lived discussions around the start of the legislative session about...

Hart Van Denburg/CPR News The Rollup Dispensary on Washington Street in Denver on Friday, April 9, 2021. The retailer sells lotions, creams, and transdermal patches in CBD, CBN, THC form, as well as edibles, concentrates and flowers, and manufactures shatter, wax and Co2 hash.  Cynthia Arangua said by the time she called the police to escort her 16 year-old-son to the emergency room against his will, he’d already kicked 20 holes in the walls of their home.  “There was nothing we could do. Like, it was completely game over,” she said.  Arangua said her son had always had a temper, but...

A group of education advocates are working to put a measure on this year’s ballot designed to enhance out-of-school learning opportunities to help youth do better in school. The idea, which would be funded by a 5% increase in the state’s taxes on recreational marijuana, would provide free funding for such things as tutors, special technical training or learning English or some other foreign language. The measure would create the Colorado Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress Program, which also would provide for a replacement to curricula that some school districts have stopped ...

For 'Essential' Cannabis Businesses, Pandemic Year A Boom By Diana Novak Jones & Sam Reisman Law360 is providing free access to its coronavirus coverage to make sure all members of the legal community have accurate information in this time of uncertainty and change. Use the form below to sign up for any of our weekly newsletters. Signing up for any of our section newsletters will opt you in to the weekly Coronavirus briefing. Sign up for our Cannabis newsletter You must correct or enter the following before you can sign up: Email (NOTE: Free email domains not supported) Primary ...