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Armed Antifa Attack ‘Freedom Rally’ at Oregon’s Capitol …

Posted: April 11, 2021 at 5:56 am

Black-bloc-clad antifa protesters carrying guns, bats, skateboards attacked cars and trucks participating in a freedom rally caravan in front of the Oregon State Capitol building on Sunday afternoon. No one called the massing of weapons, personnel, offensive weapons, defensive gas masks, and ballistic vests an insurrection, however.

Except for military expert, retired US Army Reserve Lt. Colonel, Tony Shaffer, who wondered, perhaps tongue in cheek, where the National Guard was to put down the planned violence by antifa.

Vehicles bearing Gadsden and American flags were attacked, including a pickup truck bearing a window sticker reading Dont Portland My Oregon.

The truck was pelted with paint and beaten with bats. The driver got out and brandished a gun. As antifa called gun! gun! police, who had up to this point remained on the sidelines hoping for peace, moved into action, ordering the man to the ground.

That man was stopped but not arrested. Nor was he shot by the taser-wielding police officer, which upset at least one live-streamer who cried, if he were black hed be dead by now!

Antifa insurgents smashed the drivers side window of another truck flying the pro-police Thin Blue Line flag. Later, they used a large branch to impale the windshield.

Police say the antifa members planned the assaults in advance, urging people to come to create a fascist free 503, the 503 referring to Oregons legacy area code, to counter-protest the freedom rally. The latest clash was planned to stop the flag-wavers known by antifa as fascists proving again that antifa isnt anti-fascist as much as its anti-First Amendment.

Salem Police said in a news release that the fenced-off capitol building was becoming a draw for demonstrations and protestors.

The first event billed as the Freedom Rally appeared on social media streams in February. A second event appeared soon after, named Fascist Free 503, indicating a counter response to the Freedom Rally. Social media posts connected to the group indicated their intention to prevent the Freedom Rally caravan from meeting at the state capitol.

Shortly before noon, approximately 100 individuals wearing black clothing and ballistic vests and carrying firearms, bats, skateboards, umbrellas, shields and gas masks arrived on the capitol mall grounds. Some individuals from the group carried Youth Liberation Front flags, a group known to espouse leftwing ideologies. The group congregated along Court Street in front of the capitol building.

You can argue the wisdom of the man getting out of his truck to confront the people attacking attacking it, but this, as well as the case of Michael Strickland before it, points to a deeply troubling question revealing itself in America: what is happening to self-defense?

Media executive Tom Elliott said, self defense, a human right dating back more than 2,000 years, has been rescinded.

While I pointed out that the man had not been arrested yet the point should not be lost. Self-defense is on trial in America. Its on trial in Missouri with the McCloskey case. In the Michael Strickland case in Portland, Oregon, in which he pulled a gun (never firing) to stop an advancing antifa mob, the judge determined that what antifa did didnt matter, Strickland pulled a gun inappropriately and that made him guilty. Self-defense was essentially tossed from the courtroom.

The Oregon man who got out of his truck to brush back the mob by brandishing his gun may find out that self-defense is on tenuous grounds in Wokeville. But his Dont Portland My Oregon sticker shows he more than understands the stakes.

Victoria Taft is the host ofThe Adult in the Room Podcast With Victoria Taft where you can hear her series on Antifa Versus Mike Strickland.Find it here. Followher onFacebook, Twitter,Parler,MeWe,Minds@VictoriaTaft

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Veteran who was harassed by Antifa over flag: Portland cops in ‘mass exodus’ over lack of support – Fox News

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Retired Marine Corps officer Gabriel Johnson argued on "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday that many police officers in Portland, Ore., are leaving the department because "they are not supported."

In July, living only a block away from the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in downtownPortland, which has become an epicenter of violence in the city, Johnson marched into the chaos carrying his American flag.

He told Fox News at the time, "I was being called the N-word by Black people. People were chasing me around with baseball bats."

He said he also witnessed a 65-year-old Black veteran attempt to stop the burning of Johnsons flag, only to be beaten by alleged Black Lives Matter protesters.

On Tuesday he told host Ainsley Earhardt, "Iwas actually kind of surprisedbecause I was greeted with thishatred,hatred for the American flag andfor what it stands for and for me, it was really asymbol of justice and a unitingsymbol that people shouldremember to bring us backtogether."

He added that "people in the city really havelost a sense of community andthe community for everyone including theofficers that are out thereserving night in and night out."

ANTIFA ATTACKS PORTLAND POLICE UNION

Late last year, Portlands police department said it received an "unprecedented" number of officers leaving their jobs midcareer to take lower-paying jobs elsewhere and on Sundaythe citys main newspaper published an articleofferinga glimpse intothe reasons why manydecided toleave.

The Oregonian reported thata total of 115 officers have left the departmentsince July 1, 2020,representing"one of the biggest waves of departures in recent memory."

The paper saidit reviewed 31 exit interview statements from these officers that showed a certain level of disillusion with the job. A retiring detective reportedly wrote in one that the community showed officers "zero support."

"The city council are raging idiots, in addition to being stupid. Additionally, the mayor and council ignore actual facts on crime and policing in favor of radical leftist and anarchist fantasy. Whats worse is ppb command (lt. and above) is arrogantly incompetent and cowardly."

Johnson reiterated that sentiment saying he believes "the massive exodus" is due to the lack of support.

"We knewgoing into the new year that wewere going to have a massiveretirement, but now what wereseeing is a massive exodus andI think it's purely just fromthe way that they are notsupported," he said.

"This is one of the only citiesin America where you canactually throw Molotov cocktailsat police officers and expectthem not to do anything, but what weve seen in return fromthem is professionalism.These folks have stood there.They have taken it."

"Theyre human justlike us and believe me it doesaffect them," he continued.

Portland, Oregon, wasthe center of some of the countrys most destructive protests in 2020, which coincided with the citys largest jump in homicides in 26 years, according to the paper. KOIN reportedthat the homicide rate in the city continues to be high and detectives are having a challenging time keeping up with the workflow.

The city experienced 55 killings in 2020and the paper pointed out that the victims ranged from eightmonths to 71 years old.

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A spokesperson for the Portland Police Department and the city did not immediately respond to Fox News request for comment. However, Ted Wheeler, the citys mayor and therefore head of its police department, told the Oregonian in an email that the city has a "laser focus on building a better public safety system."

"And, as we pursue change to meet Portlanders needs and expectations, we must focus on support and care for our employees."

Fox News Edmund DeMarche, Teny Sahakian and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Reefer Madness Crowd Discovers CBD With Predictable Results – The Fresh Toast

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Disclaimer:The views expressed in this article solely belong to the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Fresh Toast.

Let me begin by acknowledging that I have conflicts of interest on this topic (explained below). But did you know that cannabis is a substance in marijuana?? Yep. There it is on the first line of a new report How Safe Is CBD? from the National Center for Health Research.

I am desperately trying to find out if cannabis is also present in ganja, weed, or grass. Pardon the sarcasm, but here we go again.

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There is a new group, Consumers for Safe CBD, which is a program of the National Consumers League. The National Consumers League (NCL) is Americas original consumer advocacy organization.

That means they have been around long enough to know better.

Here are their 4 Suggested Solutions to their perceived problems with CBD:

WARN THE PUBLIC OF THE DANGERS OF THE CBD MARKET

Untested, unapproved CBD products may pose a growing public health threat. This is a rapidly growing consumer market composed of CBD products that unlike prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, cosmetics, or food products has been operating outside the scope of federal law and regulation. Nearly all of these products:

The FDA should warn the public about the dangers of unapproved, untested, illegal CBD products. Like this from December of last year: FDA Warns Companies Illegally Selling CBD Products

ENFORCE EXISTING REGULATIONS REGARDING LABELING AND INGREDIENTS

Mislabeling is common with CBD products. In a 2020 report to Congress, FDA found more than half of the tested products were mislabeled. And consumers utilizing unapproved CBD products run the risk of encountering harmful contaminants. Independent testing of the 240 top-selling CBD products found that 70 percent were contaminated with substances including lead, arsenic, herbicides, pesticides, and toxic mold.

The FDA should curtail the proliferation of potentially dangerous, unapproved CBD products by using its existing legal authority.

(Do they mean the FDA should ban CBD until the FDA can get its act together???)

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DETERMINE SAFE CONCENTRATION LEVELS FOR CBD PRODUCTS

The idea that unapproved CBD products contain only the safe parts of the hemp plant is not always correct. The FDAs report to Congress found that nearly 20 CBD products tested contained THC.

(Obviously, all products should be accurately labeled, and that is already the law.)

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) recently highlighted a study showing that 18 of 84 CBD product samples tested contained THC levels sufficient to cause impairment. This heightens the risk, particularly for young children and pets. When the THC level is enough to produce intoxication or a positive result on a drug test, which has already led to some consumers unwittingly losing their jobs, its clear that we need greater testing and oversight.

(I have not been able to find any corroboration of this claim, but it would require consuming large quantities of CBD with high levels of THC to trigger a positive on a urine test. Dubious.)

SEE: Best CBD Brands To Try: Blue Ribbon Hemp A Real Tested CBD Feature

Additionally, clinical testing of the sole FDA-approved CBD medication provided scientific data showing that higher levels of CBD can potentially cause liver damage or liver toxicity from cumulative use over time. (I think this is dishonest. See: Worried About CBD Hurting Your Liver? Heres What the Experts Have to Say )

SEE: Almost 200,000 patients at risk from NSAID prescribing, NHS data show

According to Healthline: While experts point out patients need to be informed about what theyre getting and what the risks can be, the amount of CBD the animals were exposed to is far higher than what most humans would take.

In that same Healthline article, Dr. Diana Martins-Welch, attending physician in palliative medicine at Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, New York, explains that, Many people know that taking too much ibuprofen or Tylenol can have detrimental consequences. CBD is no different. Generally speaking, therapeutic CBD doses range from 0.5 mg/kg/day to 20 mg/kg per day,

ENCOURAGE ROBUST CLINICAL RESEARCH INTO CBDS POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND LIVES

It is important to encourage robust clinical research into the potential of CBD so that patients will have more treatment options. The potential health benefits of CBD need to be better understood and optimized, which can only be done through clinical testing with scientifically validated methodologies.The rush of untested products to the marketplace isnt good for public health and has discouraged legitimate companies from dedicating the time, effort, and resources needed to develop products that could be FDA-approved.

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Frankly, that is utter nonsense. First, keeping CBD off the market until it has been approved by the FDA would harm the millions of people who find it helpful. So in the land of the free, home of the brave, just shut up and suffer and die until your betters have decided they have the time to determine if you can use a plant that was used as medicine for thousands of years.

Moreover, the knowledge that cannabinoids could be helpful was not discovered by the FDA or the pharmaceutical industry. It was discovered in the unregulated, banned, criminalized black market. The booming unregulated market has not discouraged investment in cannabinoids. On the contrary. The pharmaceutical industries are pouring billions into cannabinoid research.

SEE: The Curious Case Of GW Pharmaceuticals And The Acquisition Of GW Pharmaceuticals Raises Many Interesting Questions

The FDA should incentivize CBD research, clinical trials, and the creation of new CBD treatments that are backed by science and approved by the FDA. Many people agree CBD has the potential to improve lives, but research and clinical data are needed to move the industry forward in the right direction.

Now for my conflict of interest. Yes, I am in the CBD business. But I am also in the CBD testing business. Over a year ago we set up a companywww.RealTestedCBD.com to meet the very real need for greater confidence in CBD products. We managed to do this, motivated by the nasty old profit motive, without being approved or funded by the federal government. See: 5 Important Things To Consider Before Buying CBD.

Richard Cowan is a former NORML National Director and author of Comparison Between CBD Isolate And Full-Spectrum CBD Oil.

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Leftist host tries to get Oregon governor to condemn ‘death squad-style assassination’ of Antifa thug who gunned down pro-cop activist in 2020. Nope….

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A host for far-left news show Democracy Now! did her darnedest to get Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, a staunch Democrat, to condemn the "death squad-style assassination by U.S. marshals" of Michael Reinoehl a self-proclaimed "100% Antifa" militant who gunned down a pro-cop activist last summer after a Portland rally in support of then-President Donald Trump.

But for some reason Brown didn't take Amy Goodman's bait.

As part of a larger interview Friday, Goodman asked Brown to talk about Portland's "hundred-day protest ... against ... racism and police brutality that culminated in a death squad-style assassination by U.S. marshals of the anti-fascist activist Michael Reinoehl."

Brown was happy to talk about a number of things: how much she despised the Trump administration's actions, her support of peaceful protests, her efforts to get rid of racism just not about what happened to Reinoehl.

"The actions of the Trump administration were abysmal and absolutely abhorrent in this state," the governor responded. "And we worked with our local law enforcement to eradicate these forces from our state. We want to make sure that Oregonians can continue to peacefully protest, to uphold those voices that ask for change. And we will continue to support those efforts to eradicate racism from our institutions, from our structures and from our systems."

Goodman perhaps expecting a direct, supportive reply from Brown pressed the governor.

"And do you condemn that death squad-style assassination of this man?" Goodman asked. "And have you called for an investigation?"

But Brown didn't give her what she wanted.

"Look, what happened last summer was abhorrent," the governor answered, again stopping short of addressing Reinoehl. "We are continuing to work to hold federal officials accountable. I expect you will see changes in leadership of local federal officials here in the state of Oregon. That is appropriate. And we are glad to be rid of Donald Trump's corruption, chaos, and, frankly, incompetent governance."

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Reinoehl a self-proclaimed "100% Antifa" militant fatally shot pro-police activist and Patriot Prayer supporter Aaron "Jay" Danielson in an apparent ambush Aug. 29 after a Portland pro-Trump rally that attracted a heavy Antifa presence.

While the likes of then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden floated the possibility that Danielson was killed because his fellow Trump supporters were "inciting responses," the Multnomah County district attorney's office released unsealed court documents suggesting Reinoehl targeted Danielson before shots were fired.

Reinoehl said he believed he killed Danielson in self-defense because he and his friend were about to be attacked.

Law enforcement agents fatally shot Reinoehl on Sept. 3 after they said he pulled a gun when they came to arrest him in Washington state.

Immediately after Danielson was killed, a group of Antifa militants celebrated his death in the street. (Content warning: Language):

"And tonight I just got word, the person who died was a Patriot Prayer person," one woman said to the black-clad crowd. "He was a f***ing Nazi. Our community held its own and took out the trash. I'm not going to shed any tears over a Nazi."

She added, "If ya'll are not angry, you're not paying attention. If ya'll are not angry, you're not with me! Everybody needs to realize what's going on in the community. Our community can hold its own without the police. We can take out the trash on our own. I am not sad that a f***ing fascist died tonight!"

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Bill Maher calls Portland a ‘cautionary tale’: ‘In a world without police,’ it’s ‘The Purge’ every night – Fox News

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"Real Time" host Bill Maher called Portland, Oregon, a "cautionary tale" asriots and violence continue to plague the Oregon city.

During the panel discussion on Friday night, Maher took a moment to celebrate how there's a "crack" in the "blue wall of silence" as Minneapolis police ChiefMedaria Arradondo testified against ex-Officer Derek Chauvin in his murder trial overGeorge Floyd's death.

"This has finally happened," Maher said. "Until five years ago, you couldn't win a trial against a cop. ... That was their thing. Like, 'Look at the tape again. You don't know what we see,' and now thishas gone away. It's like, 'No, we do see.'"

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He continued, "And now they're now testifying against their own.And we celebrate for a moment that this a big f---in' deal? It's a big f---in' deal."

One of his guests,Manhattan Institute president Reihan Salam, sounded the alarm about the surge in crime rates in recent years and thewave of retiring police officers.

"Poor Portland has an exodus," Maher chimed in. "I mean, if you're one of those people that wants Antifa to get results, you win. They may not be the one you want, but 115 police officers have left the Portland -- That's a lot for a city that size."

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Maher quoted a retired Portland detective who said, "The community shows zero support. The mayor and the counsel ignore actual facts on crime."

"I'm just saying on Portland, it's a cautionary tale," Maher said. "Cause we do not want to live in a world without police. Then it's 'The Purge' every night. So if you think that's a great idea ..."

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CBD of Denver Inc. Reports First Quarter 2021 Revenue of USD $7.3 Million – Yahoo Finance

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Denver, Colorado--(Newsfile Corp. - April 8, 2021) - CBD of Denver, Inc. (OTC Pink: CBDD), a full-line CBD and hemp oil company and a producer and distributor of cannabis and CBD products in Switzerland, Europe, and the US, reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021.

CBDD generated revenue of USD $7.31 million in the first quarter, nearly 50% of its full year 2020 revenue of $16 million, demonstrating continued strong quarterly growth despite the fact there is still a full or at least partial lockdown for Switzerland and most of the European countries.

"This is a tremendous job done by our Managing Director of Sales, Pascal Siegenthaler, together with his sales team, achieving great results in such a difficult time," said CEO Marcel Gamma. "We continued to generate substantial top-line and bottom-line growth in the first quarter while making the necessary capital investments to further develop our retail and direct-to-consumer businesses, expand our client base, and increase distribution of our products."

Rockflowr Exchange added two new account managers to its sales team in the first quarter that are exclusively focused on expanding the Company's client base in Europe.

Siegenthaler added, "One of our key targets in 2021 is to further strengthen the market penetration of Rockflowr, and we are continuing to take clear actions to achieve our targets as we execute on our B2B strategy. Based on our first quarter successes, we are well on the way."

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CBD of Denver, Inc., Rockflowr GmbH and Swiss Industry Ventures AG are now also on LinkedIn.

About CBD of Denver, Inc.

CBD of Denver, Inc. (OTC Pink: CBDD) a full-line CBD and Hemp oil company ("CBDD") and a producer and distributor of Cannabis and CBD products in Switzerland, Europe and the US. CBDD is focused on using equity to acquire profitable Swiss assets at attractive valuations to create value for all our shareholders driven by a passion to improve lives and strengthen communities by unleashing the full potential of cannabis.

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Through our brand Rockflowr and BlackPearlCBD we reach our consumers and have built up a strong customer base by focusing on top quality products and meaningful customer relationships.

Black Pearl CBD has 0% THC, but is not an Isolate where the THC is stripped from the product rendering it ineffective. We use a proprietary technique adding terpenes as the activation ingredient, resulting in a product that is the finest in the industry and only available at http://www.cbdofdenver.com.

Information contained herein includes forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or future financial performance, involving known and unknown risks and you should not place undue reliance on these statements. Any forward-looking statement reflects our current views with respect to future events. We assume no obligation publicly about update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason.

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Full Spectrum Cannabis Products Industry Expected To Remain Robust Through 2027 – PRNewswire

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PALM BEACH, Fla., April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Cannabis extracts have gained wide recognition in recent years and are expected to provide impetus to cannabis market growth. Based on product type, cannabis extracts are classified into oils and tinctures. Growing legalization of cannabis in various countries, preference for cannabis oil and tinctures, and adoption of medical marijuana for treating chronic diseases like arthritis, anxiety, and Alzheimer's are the major factors propelling the growth. According to a report from Grand View, the oils segment is expected to dominate the market and is anticipated to witness the fastest CAGR of 17.5%, through 2027. The report added that the global cannabis extract marketsize is expected to be valued at US $28.5 billion by 2027, and it is projected to expand at a CAGR of 16.6% through 2027 also. Other key findings of the report are that: "In 2019, oils held the largest revenue share of 66.5% owing to ease of availability and low price of the product; The full spectrum segment was valued at USD 4.3 billion in 2019, owing to its entourage effect-a synergistic relationship between cannabinoids and terpenes that exhibits an increase in the healing properties of each cannabinoid." Active companies in news today include: Pure Extracts Technologies Corp. (OTCPK: PRXTF) (CSE: PULL), Sundial Growers Inc.(NASDAQ: SNDL), Organigram Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: OGI) (TSX: OGI), Planet 13 Holdings Inc. (OTCQX:PLNHF) (CSE:PLTH), 4Front Ventures Corp.(OTCQX: FFNTF) (CSE: FFNT).

Grand View continued: "Marijuana isolates is anticipated to emerge as the second largest type segment over the forecast period, owing to several advantages that have increased its adoption. For instance, the purest form of isolates, such as CBD oil, have no psychoactive effects as they have no THC content. In 2019, North America accounted for the largest share in the global cannabis concentrates market. This can be attributed to high utilization owing to government approvals. Based on extract type, the market is segmented into full spectrum cannabis extracts and cannabis isolates. The full spectrum cannabis extracts dominated the market in 2019, with a revenue of USD 4.3 billion, owing to the added advantage of the entourage effect. Various manufacturers prefer full spectrum cannabis products owing to their advantages over the isolates. Thus, the segment is expected to remain dominant over the forecast period (2027)."

Pure Extracts Technologies Corp. (OTC: PRXTF) (CSE: PULL) (PULL.CNX) BREAKING NEWS- Pure Extracts to Enter US Market through JV in Michigan - Pure Extracts Technologies Corp. ("Pure Extracts" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the signing of a Letter of Intent ("LOI") with the affiliate of a publicly traded multi-state operator (MSO) to form a Joint Venture (the "JV") to install a cannabis and hemp extraction system in an existing Michigan facility.

This MSO has a long history of success in Oregon offering a family of products including sun-grown and indoor premium flower, along with patented nitro sealed indoor and sun-grown pre-rolls and jars. These products are also grown and packaged in Michigan for retail sale in over 100+ dispensaries throughout the state.

Pure Extracts is a plant-based extraction company focused on cannabis, hemp, functional mushrooms and the rapidly emerging psychedelic sector, from a state-of-the-art processing facility located just north of Whistler, British Columbia.

In Michigan, the companies plan to join forces by combining the MSO affiliate's local permitting, licensing and marketing expertise with Pure Extracts' extraction, vape, live resin and edibles manufacturing skills. The venture partners plan to build-out 2,600 sq. ft. of existing, under utilized, space in the MSO's current facility, which is strategically located in central Michigan within a 2-hour drive of several major markets.

Pure Extracts expects to contribute a mix of equipment and cash to the venture, which will allow the partners to rapidly scale-up to meet the rising demand for recreation cannabis concentrates and edibles throughout the state.

Michigan is anticipated to follow similar consumer trend patterns experienced in other states such as California and Colorado where sales of extracts and concentrates eventually overtake sales of dry-flower. Bruce Linton, co-founder and former CEO of cannabis giant Canopy Growth and executive chairman of Michigan-based and newly public Gage Growth Corp. (CSE: GAGE), recently commented in Forbes that, "Michigan is one of the fastest growing cannabis markets in the U.S." According to the Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA), during February 2021, Michigan cannabis sales increased 160% from a year ago to US $106.2 million, with medical sales improving 48% to US $38.1 million and adult use sales soaring 353% to US $68.1 million.

In addition to manufacturing Pure Extracts' proprietary brands of vapes and edibles, the JV partners anticipate an initial white-label order for live-resin concentrates from the MSO affiliate as that company continues to build on the outstanding reputation its dry-flower products have already garnered within the Michigan marketplace.

Pure Extracts CEO, Ben Nikolaevsky, remarked, "We are really excited about launching our first US initiative into the dynamic Michigan market, especially with experienced and entrenched partners. There is strong demand throughout the state for the products we know best: full spectrum oil (FSO) vapes, live resin concentrates, and edibles. With immediate access to the MSO affiliate's 100+ dispensary customers out of Michigan's nearly 400 licensed dispensaries, we expect our products to be distributed and on-shelves in Q4 of this year."

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In other industry news of note:

Planet 13 Holdings Inc. (OTCQX:PLNHF) (CSE:PLTH), a leading vertically-integrated Nevada cannabis company, recently announced its financial results for the three-month and twelve-month period ended December 31, 2020. Planet 13's financial statements are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS").

"Based on our performance in March 2021, it is clear that Las Vegas is back." Said Larry Scheffler, Co-CEO of Planet 13. "We dwarfed our single month record with $9.7 million in revenue in March, and we believe that as more people get vaccinated and Las Vegas continues to open, revenue will continue to increase. Looking back on 2020, we weathered the perfect storm of COVID-19 and the resulting 55% decrease in tourism and still increased revenue year over year, generating over $70 million while maintaining our share of the Nevada market."

4Front Ventures Corp.(OTCQX: FFNTF) (CSE: FFNT) recently announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2020. All financial information is presented in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.

"4Front's strong fiscal 2020 performance is validation that our core strategy of replicating low-cost production methods, developed and refined within ourWashingtonfacilities, combined with our steadfast focus on execution is working," saidLeo Gontmakher, Chief Executive Officer of 4Front. "We ended 2020 with tremendous business momentum that we have carried into the new year, as we scaled and replicated our operations across the growing adult-use markets ofMassachusetts,IllinoisandCalifornia."

Sundial Growers Inc. (NASDAQ: SNDL) recently reported its financial and operational results for the full year and fourth quarter endedDecember 31, 2020. All financial information in this press release is reported in millions of Canadian dollars and represents results from continuing operations, unless otherwise indicated.

"We entered our second year of commercial operations facing a number of internal and external challenges, including operational difficulties, excessive leverage, inadequate cost control, a lack of focus on our core value proposition, and rapidly evolving industry conditions," saidZach George, Chief Executive Officer of Sundial. "In response, we redefined our strategy and made material changes to position Sundial for improved performance. We successfully restructured the entire organization by repaying all outstanding debt, improving our operating practices, targeting a sustainable cost structure and a simplified business model. Sundial also curtailed production and reduced the size of our workforce in response to market demand. We have raised significant capital, made a number of profitable investments, and continue to evaluate a robust pipeline of strategic opportunities. Capital preservation and corporate stewardship are key priorities for our Board and management team. While our financial strength has improved materially, we still have significant work to do in our core operations to achieve the goals we have established for Sundial and our shareholders. Sundial's last two quarters have been negatively impacted by the complete repositioning of our cultivation operations as we focused on data-driven best practices to drive quality and potency results that meet evolving consumer preferences. While we are currently seeing many of our Canadian peers move away from cultivation, partially or entirely, due to their inability to deliver consistent cultivation outcomes, Sundial has renewed its commitment to cultivation in our modular indoor facility and views this core competency as an opportunity for differentiation going forward. We are confident that the adjustments made to our cultivation and processing activities better enable us to delight our consumers and customers in the coming year."

Organigram Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: OGI) (TSX: OGI), the parent company of Organigram Inc. (together with OGI, "Organigram" or the "Company"), a leading producer of cannabis, recently announced it has acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of The Edibles & Infusions Corporation ("EIC") (the "EIC Acquisition") for consideration of $22.0 million, plus up to an additional $13.0 million in shares (the "Milestone Consideration") payable upon the EIC business achieving certain earnout milestones (the "Milestones"). The EIC Acquisition further broadens Organigram's continuum of product offerings and provides an operational footprint in Western Canada.

EIC was co-founded by AgraFlora Organics International Inc. (CSE: AGRA) and James Fletcher, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Cavalier Candies ("Cavalier") one of Canada's oldest confectionery companies. EIC constructed a purpose-built, highly-automated, 51,000-square-foot manufacturing facility located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The facility employs state-of-the-art equipment designed to produce highly customizable, precise, and scalable cannabis-infused products, including edibles. EIC currently holds a Research License and a Standard Processing License issued under theCannabis Actand regulations; it is in the process in of completing its application to add the activity of sale of Cannabis 2.0 products to its Standard Processing License. Until EIC receives its Sales License, it is capable of manufacturing products in bulk for further processing, review and sale by Organigram or third-party licensed producers, for which it may provide white-label services.

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It was not Islam that had initiated polygamy rather polygamy was the widespread customary practice in pre-Islamic Arabia which continued in the later ages by distorting the actual revelation of the Quran. The traditional practice of polygamy is one of the patriarchal practices that create discrimination against women by indicating the fact that equality between men and women has not been realised in society. While interpreting the Quranic verses relating to polygamy, jurists belonging to different schools of thoughts, presented diverse observations regarding the wholesale permission and restrictive approval of polygamy. Verse IV: 3 of the Quran which is also known as 'verse of polygamy' says:

'If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, marry women of your choice, two, or three, or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right hands possess. That will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice'.

The classical or traditional jurists interpreted this verse as allowing a man to marry up to four wives, while the modernists as well as contextualists observed that this verse legislates monogamy and allows polygamy only under exceptional circumstances. It will be prudent to note that contextualists emphasise the context and background of the verse. This verse actually urges to ensure proper treatment towards the orphan girls, it does not mean to allow blanket permission of polygamy to the men. During the period of revelation, some male guardians, responsible to manage the wealth of orphaned female children, often engaged in unjust management/misappropriation of the wealth of those children. In order to prevent such mismanagement, the Quran allowed them to marry those female orphans. While permitting marriage, Quran, on one hand limited the number of marriages up to four and on the other hand, envisaged that 'the economic responsibility for maintenance of wife would counterbalance access to the wealth of the orphaned female through the responsibility of management'. The quranic injunction aimed to improve the conditions of weaker segments of the society like orphans and the poor in general.

The historical context of Sharia indicated that in order to ensure security and well-being, women were dependent on men. While there were a smaller number of men because of ravage of war in the seventh century, polygamy was allowed to share one husband with the cowives so that women did not become destitute and helpless. This historical justification suggested that the idea behind the permission of polygamy was to provide human care to the orphaned children and to protect the rights of widows and destitute women.

The key argument of modernists is that while the Quran apparently, allowed polygamy, it added a moral rider to the effect that if a man cannot do justice among co-wives, then he must have only one wife. The meaning of justice does not only imply equality in terms of providing food, shelter, and clothing, it also signifies equality in love, affection, and esteem which is impossible to be rendered by a human being. In support of their argument, modernists relied on the quranic verse IV: 129:

'Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women, even if it is your ardent desire'.

The interpretation of this verse along with the previous verse of polygamy indicated that quranic injunction is functional on two levels: (i) a legal level where limited polygamy was permitted under exceptional circumstances (ii) a moral level where Quran had apparently expected that society would transform with the change of time.

The classical jurists, however, did not consider the 'justice' requirement as a condition precedent to a polygamous marriage rather they left the issue to be decided by the private judgment of every individual husband. Their understanding of quranic verse by giving supremacy to the decisions of individual husbands reflected the notion that men are superior to women. They also relied on the quranic verse II:228:

'And women shall have rights equivalent to the rights against them, according to equitable prevailing practice (al-ma'aruf), but men have a degree [of advantage] over them [them]'.

In interpreting this verse, traditionists preferred to emphasise the later portion of the verse that gives superiority of men over women disregarding the parity of men and women. Contextualists while negating the interpretation of traditionists construed the provision to imply that 'men have a degree of advantage over women' was reflected in the legal status of men and women in the previous context which should have no legal implications in the modern context. Ignoring the significance of context in interpreting quranic verses, conservative jurists hold that polygamy as a response to multifarious situations of necessity is a better option than monogamy practiced in the west where positive laws leave loopholes giving tacit approval to extra marital sexual liaisons. Here, it can be argued that the demerits of positive laws cannot be used as a shield to justify polygamy because wholesale permission of polygamy does not reflect the true essence of the quranic injunction.

Though there exists difference of opinions regarding polygamy, contextual interpretation of the above mentioned quranic verses suggests that an unrestricted licence for polygamy is contrary to the spirit of the Quran. While adopting contextual interpretations of quranic injunctions, Islamic communities have imposed restrictions on polygamous marriages in various countries, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Syria, Iraq, and Morocco and even there is an example of complete abolition of polygamy as in the case of Tunisia, by virtue of the practice of ijtihad. The Tunisian reformers, by virtue of the practice of ijtihad, highlighted that in addition to a husband's financial ability to maintain a couple of wives, the quranic injunction also requires complete impartial treatment among co-wives. This injunction of the Quran should not be taken as a moral instruction but as a legal condition precedent which requires proving impartiality among co-wives through adequate evidence. The reformers maintained that under modern social and economic conditions, the stipulation of impartial treatment was impossible to fulfil and accordingly they declared to prohibit the practice of polygamy under Tunisian Law of Personal Status 1957.

In Bangladesh under the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance (MFLO) 1961, the practice of polygamous marriages has been restricted by imposing few conditions that include the requirement of taking consent from the existing wife and obtaining permission from the Arbitration Council. In addition to legislative restriction and prohibition, judges interpreted the quranic verse of polygamy progressively either by restricting, prohibiting or condemning the practice of polygamy in a large number of judicial decisions (Cases among others include Jesmin Sultana v. Muhamamd Elias 17 BLD 1997 4, Amena Khatun v. Serajuddin Sardar 17 DLR, (1965) 687). Judges also emphasised the condition of equal and impartial treatment that required to be fulfilled by the husband desirous to have more than one wife.

In the Jesmin Sultana case, the High Court Division (HCD) recommended that Section 6 of the MFLO should be repealed and replaced by a section prohibiting polygamy altogether. While coming to this pragmatic decision the court stated that Muslim jurists and scholars are nearly unanimous on the view that it is practically impossible to deal with co-wives justly, and so the quranic injunction that a second wife may be taken under a specific condition is virtually a prohibition. It is noted that though the Appellate Division did not agree with the decision of the HCD, the observation of the HCD regarding polygamy carries significance and may work as a significant guideline in terms of the interpretation of the cases of polygamy.

The above discussion leads to the proposition that the underlying message of the Holy Quran regarding the injunction of polygamy disregards any discriminatory practices against women by virtue of the practice of polygamy. This Quranic proposition corresponds with the equality and non-discrimination principle of the international human rights law. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1979, considered as a bill of women's rights, categorically condemns discrimination against women in all forms and urges to ensure equal opportunity and treatment for women. In addition, international human rights instruments including UDHR, ICCPR, and ICESCR also contain provisions against discrimination on the basis of sex. Here, if we consider the contextual interpretation of polygamy through the lens of equality and non-discrimination principle, it would be clear that the Quranic injunction of polygamy complements the norms of international human rights law. In addition, the imposition of justice requirement in case of taking second wife implies that Quranic message not only conforms with the equality principle but also is significant to ensure a dignified life for women.

The writer is an Assistant Professor of Law, University of Dhaka.

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We’re just maltreating women in the name of polygamy Sheikh Tawfik to Muslim men – Pulse Nigeria

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Marriage is money and will power. If you dont have money, you dont marry.

If you dont have what to eat, it is not a must to bring a woman into your home especially when you havent eaten. How will you feed the person?

It is about time we told men this bitter truth, Sheikh Anas Tawfik said in a sermon which was posted by influencer Kuburah Diamonds on her Facebook page.

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We are just cheating / maltreating women by the act of polygamy i.e just adding on wives. Which is not right.

But there is the right one or the right way. And that is when the wife and child/children have been well taken care of and live a conducive environment, he advised.

You live in a single room and you want to add another wife. Single room with 5 children and you want to add another wife, wallahi Harammu ni meaning it is a sin.

Single room and chamber and hall and you want to add Amaria (new bride)? Come on!

If you get money, you must take them out of the single room first so they get them a befitting place of abode first and foremost so that when there is another money, then you can bring in a new bride.

But to live in a single room with 5 children and decide to bring an additional wife where you will probably rent another single room for her, Allah wont forgive you! It is about time we told each other the truth.

Some are of the view that if you dont have money, add another wife. Who said that? They claim it is a Hadith? That Hadith will be looked at if it is appropriate or not.

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Sister Wives Christine Brown Reveals Shes Had a Rough Relationship With Kody for a Couple of Years – Us Weekly

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Every relationship has its ups and downs. Following the Sunday, April 4, episode of Sister Wives which centered around Kody Browns struggles with first wife Meri Brown a new promo revealed another one of his wives is unhappy.

Weve had a rough relationship for a couple of years, Christine Brown said in the sneak peek. Kody, 52, added, Plural marriage is a challenge that she doesnt enjoy. Ill be frank, plural marriage is not a challenge that I enjoy.

Christine, 48, and Kody, 52, tied the knot in 1994 and share six children. However, all the relationships have been tested amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the families unable to spend time with one another.

During Sundays episode, Kody opened up to Meri, 50, about how he felt about polygamy overall and hinted at problems happening in one of his other marriages.

I feel immense pressure all the time for satisfying the emotional needs of a wife that I have sometimes no interest in satisfying, the Wyoming native said at the time and confirmed he wasnt talking about Meri. I have a wife who, I think, will never be happy. Basically, in all the years that I thought we were happy, she wasnt.

He also admitted that hes questioning if anyone in the family Kody is also married to Robyn Brown and Janelle Brown really benefits from their situation anymore.

It makes me wonder if people wouldnt just who have been happy for so many years couldnt just leave and find something that made them happy instead of sitting and badgering me about how Im not doing it right anymore, he said. This is not what I want. This isnt what I signed up for.

Although Kody stated he doesnt want to have to have a big breakup, he is looking for a change.

What Id like instead is a big commitment that everybody will actually do their part and not have it just be me or not have it be blamed on me all the time, he said. Love really isnt unconditional. Nobody is stuck with me and they can all leave.

Last month, the Utah native shared exclusively with Us Weekly that shes never been a monogamous person.

I felt, like, it would cramp my style a lot because Ive never had that as soon as Kody and I married, she told Us. I was the third wife, and so, I really liked the independence that I have and I love the freedom that I have.

On the negative side, Christine admitted that sometimes she feels as though she doesnt have a say or isnt as important as others.

Anytime weve had major decisions, I go through a time where Im like, Does my opinion really even matter here? she told Us. Thats when we struggle the most is when I feel like I dont really have a say or I dont really have an opinion.

Sister Wives airs on TLC Sundays at 10 p.m. ET.

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