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Death of a Trimmer (Part 2): A shocking death reveals serious health hazards in the cannabis industry

Lorna McMurrey’s death raises questions about asthma and brown lung disease in the cannabis industry. Who’s looking out for workers on the factory floor?
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Smacked Village: New York’s second legal weed dispensary launches today

Smacked Village owner Roland Conner is New York’s first dispensary owner with a cannabis conviction. After his new pop-up store becomes permanent, Conner plans to pass the store down to his son.
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Death of a Trimmer: A cannabis worker’s death went unnoticed for months. Now it’s raising alarms in the industry.

When occupational asthma killed Lorna McMurrey, it should have set off alarms industrywide. But nobody spoke up, even as thousands of workers remain exposed to the same hazards.
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Thailand’s first Cookies cannabis dispensary opens to huge crowds [Photo gallery]

At the Cookies grand opening in Bangkok, Thailand over the weekend, Leafly hung out with locals, tourists, and operators to see how the country became a leader in Asia’s cannabis revolution.
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