The Daily Populous

Monday June 10th, 2024 evening edition

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(AP) — An 81-year-old woman on Martha’s Vineyard drove up to the Island Time dispensary last week seeking her usual order of pot.

That’s despite a counterargument that there are routes to Martha’s Vineyard that remain entirely within state territorial waters.

The conundrum led Rose to file a lawsuit last month against the commission, which now says that finding a solution to the island’s pot problem has become a top priority.

Three of the five commissioners visited Martha’s Vineyard on Thursday to hear directly from affected residents.

The tension between conflicting state and federal regulations has played out across the country as states have legalized pot.

Martha’s Vineyard Pot Shortage AP correspondent Julie Walker reports on the marijuana shortage on Martha’s Vineyard and the lawsuit.

For several years, sellers on Martha’s Vineyard and the nearby island of Nantucket thought they had a solution. »

Chinese military harassed Dutch warship enforcing UN sanctions on North Korea, Netherlands says

Authored by news.yahoo.com
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A Dutch warship was harassed by Chinese military aircraft in the East China Sea on Friday, the Netherlands said, becoming the latest country to accuse Beijing’s forces of initiating potentially unsafe encounters in international waters.

The UN Security Council has passed multiple resolutions since 2006 imposing sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear weapons program.

This handout picture shows the Dutch frigate Tromp approached in the East China Sea by a Chinese fighter jet. »

World leaders neglected this crisis. Now genocide looms.

Authored by vox.com
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If the city falls, experts warn there will be dire human rights consequences, ranging from ethnic cleansing to outright genocide for millions of people.

Very few aid convoys carrying food and health supplies have reached the estimated 2 million civilians in the city.

As it was in 2003, the crisis teeters on the brink of famine and genocide. »