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Fresh from the headlines: short, noteworthy developments in the cannabis world with an Ohio point of view. All sources are linked:

The Feds

·       Full Legalization. As a follow-up to the MORE Act – passed in the U.S. House, stalled in the U.S.  Senate and expired at the end of last year – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has signaled his intent to introduce legislation that would remove marijuana from federal scheduling, expunge records and focus on small businesses in communities hit hard by the drug war. (March 2020)

Six years ago, on March 26, 2015, the US green-lighted and provided logistical support for the Saudi bombing of Yemen that continues on a daily basis. The US/Saudi war, which includes as allies the several members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, is an undeclared war, illegal under international law, and an endless crime against humanity. The US and the Saudis have dropped cluster bombs on Yemen since 2009. Yemen has no air force and no significant air defenses. Two years ago, even the US Congress voted to end US involvement in the war, but President Trump vetoed the resolution.

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Budgets are moral documents that establish Ohio’s priorities for the next two years. Come and learn about what is in the budget to address poverty, inequality, and hunger in our communities. The Ohio Council of Churches and our statewide partners will work with legislative offices so that you will have an opportunity to share your thoughts and opinions with your State Representatives on how we can promote the common good in Ohio.

Join the Ohio Council of Churches and the Hunger Network of Ohio for a day of public witness regarding the State Biennial Budget. Budgets are moral documents that establish Ohio’s priorities for the next two years.

We are thrilled to announce that there will be comments from Bishop Michael Curry, the 27th Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church and a homily from Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, as part of this spirited event.

Come in be inspired as we prepare for meetings with members of the Ohio General Assembly to speak against hunger, homelessness, and inequity.

BANGKOK, Thailand -- When Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen received
his AstraZeneca vaccination shot, he suddenly felt invulnerable and
vowed to rule indefinitely.

Hun Sen is already one of the world's longest ruling prime ministers,
confident his successor will be his son Hun Manet who is a West Point
graduate, or Finance Minister Aun Pornmoniroth.

A vaccination shot against COVID-19 on March 4 may delay those plans.

"I will not die anytime soon. And now that my body is vaccinated, I
will not easily die," Hun Sen, 68, announced after receiving an
AstraZeneca injection at Calmette Hospital in the capital Phnom Penh.

"I will rule until a point that I feel I no longer want to rule."

The U.S. perceives Hun Sen as dangerously pro-China because he allows
major Chinese investment and infrastructure projects, enabling Beijing
to extend its reach into Southeast Asia.

Cambodia is simultaneously embroiled in a harsh crackdown against Hun
Sen's political opponents, enforced by prison sentences and fueled by

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BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. Homeland Security helped Thailand confiscate
"numerous infants," including Caucasian and Chinese, and arrest an
American woman and others who allegedly paid Thai females to be
artificially inseminated for customers in foreign countries.

At least one baby, born premature in Thailand four months ago, was
suffering a brain hemorrhage requiring hospitalization in Bangkok,
officials said.

"An investigative lead on an American citizen, with numerous infants
in her care, turned into a large-scale transnational organized crime
investigation," the U.S. Embassy in Thailand's Homeland Security
Investigations Country Attache Leonard Mancuso said on February 26,
responding to a request for details.

"In a coordinated effort between Homeland Security Investigations
(HSI), the Thailand Department of Special Investigation (DSI), the
Royal Thai Police (RTP), and other government and non-governmental
organizations, Thai authorities arrested an American citizen and her

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