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Month: October 2021

With export restrictions eased, Colombia’s medical cannabis business is poised for liftoff

By Stefano Pozzebon When Beatriz Porras was studying agronomy at university in Tunja, Colombia, she thought her career would lead to growing coffee, like her parents, or flowers, the traditional agricultural staples for the country’s export market. Back then, growing marijuana was illegal, and security forces targeted plantations with forced eradication campaigns aimed at stemming

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Inflation to fall to acceptable levels in second half of 2022, Treasury secretary says

By Chandelis Duster, CNN US inflation levels are not expected to decrease to acceptable levels until the latter part of 2022, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday. The prediction comes as rising prices strain Americans’ wallets at grocery stores and fuel pumps amid high energy demand, already exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc on

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Ribbon-cutting ceremony for multi-million dollar remodeling of LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert

The LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert has nearly completed its multi-million dollar remodeling and it is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony to welcome back the community. People lined up to tour the renovations which included an expanded behavior health clinic, more group therapy and counseling rooms, a family room, and new technology. Among the guests

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