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De Blasio tells Cuomo to ‘wake up’ on w**d legalization process Mayor Bill de Blasio urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo to pick up the pace on completing the process of legalizing w**d, telling him and state lawmakers to “wake up” and seal the deal.

"Following a year of acrimony and delays, state officials on Wednesday announced that 53 firms entered in the state’s first pot shop lottery had earned the rights to 55 lucrative licenses."

53 pot shop lottery winners announced, including some new players, some with deep ties to existing industry The winners include Ricky Hendon, the former state senator who had served as an advocate for jilted applicants last year. His company, Westside Visionaries LLC, scored a highly sought after license in a region that covers Chicago.

“In a warehouse outside Chicago, a crop of h**p grows to produce a controversial substance that some people call “w**d light.”

The plants fall under the same Cannabis sativa species that produce ma*****na. But like all legal h**p, they have been bred to contain less than .3% delta-9-THC, the main ingredient that gets users stoned. Instead, the h**p is used to produce the popular supplement CBD, and a derivative called delta-8-THC — said to give users a milder high without brain fog or anxiety.”

Wide availability of delta-8-THC — ‘w**d light’ — is prompting struggle over how to regulate it Lawmakers in Illinois are proposing a law that would require lab testing and labeling for any product containing delta-8-THC -- a h**p-based substance also know as "w**d light."

“ATLANTA — Georgia's Access to Medical Cannabis Commission announced on Saturday the six companies that have been chosen to receive licenses for the production of medical ma*****na.

According to "Notice of Intent to Award" documents posted to the commission's website, Botanical Sciences LLC and Trulieve GA Inc. were chosen for Class 1 production licenses, while FFD GA Holdings LLC, Theratrue Georgia LLC, Natures GA LLC and Treevana Remedy Inc were chosen for Class 2 production licenses. ”

Companies to receive medical ma*****na production licenses in Georgia announced Two were chosen for Class 1 production licenses while another four were chosen for Class 2 licenses.