Posts by Shelby Pierce

07 Jun

Featured, Marijuana News

Detroit Metro to eliminate poisonous weed, leafy spurge, found on airport land

• June 7, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

ROMULUS, Mich. — Officials at Detroit Metropolitan Airport are working to wipe out a poisonous weed known as leafy spurge that turned u...

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07 Jun

Featured, Weed, weed news

Stonington addresses concerns about use of weed killer

• June 7, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Stonington — The increased spraying of weed killer along town roads, after a 15-year-old flail mower the highway department uses to cut...

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07 Jun

Featured, Weed

Why Pro-Pot Advocates Are Happy Michigan Didn’t Just Legalize Weed

• June 7, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

On Tuesday, the Michigan state legislature briefly considered a law that would have fully legalized recreational marijuana for adults i...

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07 Jun

Featured, Weed

Valencia turns to “biological lawnmowers” for weed control

• June 7, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

The Spanish city of Valencia will resort to sheep to contain the growth of weeds and brush in ravines, dry riverbeds and developed area...

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07 Jun

Featured, Weed

How do you market weed when you can’t market weed?

• June 7, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

As Canadian companies rush to cash in on the impending cannabis legalization, they’re running into a major hurdle: they can’t advertise...

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06 Jun

Featured, Marijuana News

Weed Control Peanut Notes No. 50 2018

• June 6, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

I generally recommend that farmers apply paraquat plus Basagran plus a group 15 residual herbicide (Metolachlor products, Outlook, Warr...

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06 Jun

Featured, Marijuana News

Try togetherness: Study promotes cooperative weed management to curb herbicide resistance

• June 6, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

URBANA, Ill. – In the fight against herbicide resistance, farmers are working with a shrinking toolkit. Waterhemp, a weedy nemesis of c...

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06 Jun

Featured, Marijuana News

MAHWAH JOINS RANKS OF NJ TOWNS THAT WOULD BAN LEGAL WEED

• June 6, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

MAHWAH — This township became the fourth municipality in Bergen County to pass an ordinance prohibiting recreational facilities from op...

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06 Jun

Featured, weed news

EXCLUSIVE: Undocumented Jamaican man’s citizenship dreams thwarted by 1993 weed conviction

• June 6, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

A hard-working, undocumented Jamaican man’s hopes of becoming a U.S. citizen have gone up in smoke due to a marijuana conviction fr...

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06 Jun

Featured, Weed

Here’s what Myrtle Beach police say was found after following the smell of weed

• June 6, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Myrtle Beach police say it all started with a strong odor of marijuana that led officers to nearly 800 grams of weed. Officers on pa...

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