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Mexican priest’s violent murder sparks demand for transparent investigation

A Christian advocacy group has joined calls for a transparent investigation into the killing of a Catholic priest in southern Mexico. The priest was found dead earlier this month in a region plagued by cartel violence and targeted attacks on clergy.

The body of Rev. Bertoldo Pantaleón Estrada, 59, was discovered on October 6 in Guerrero state, days after he was reported missing by the Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa. Pantaleón was last seen on October 5 while returning from Atzcala to his parish in Mezcala, a short drive of about 30 minutes. However, his body was found roughly 56 miles south of Atzcala with gunshot wounds to the neck, according to the United Kingdom-based watchdog group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW).

Pantaleón had served as pastor of the San Cristóbal Church in Mezcala. Jesuit leaders in Mexico released a statement mourning his death and demanding clarity in the ongoing investigation.

Authorities announced the arrest of a suspect, identified as Miguel Ángel N., on October 10. Officials said the suspect was an acquaintance of the priest and had given inconsistent accounts of their last meeting. They initially claimed the priest had been killed by his chauffeur, but church leaders denied Estrada had a chauffeur.

The priest’s vehicle was located far from the area he was expected to be traveling, in a zone controlled by rival criminal organizations. The region is known for violent turf wars between gangs, including Los Ardillos and Los Tacos, both allegedly involved in drug trafficking and armed conflict.

CSW Director of Advocacy Anna Lee Stangl stated that the murder was part of a longstanding pattern of violence against church leaders across Mexico.

> “The violent killing of Father Bertoldo Pantaleón Estrada is yet another in a chain of murders of church leaders in Guerrero and across the country over the past two decades, making Mexico one of the deadliest countries in the world for priests and other religious leaders,” she said. “We join in the calls for a full and transparent investigation into this horrific murder and call on the Mexican authorities at both the state and federal levels to ensure that all of those responsible for Father Pantaleón Estrada’s death are held to account and the motive behind this murder firmly established.”

On October 11, at least 400 clergy members and churchgoers reportedly marched in a “caravan of peace and justice” in the Guerrero capital, Chilpancingo, to demand accountability in the case.

Pantaleón’s death comes over a year after a retired bishop known for mediating cartel disputes, Salvador Rangel, was kidnapped in the same region. He was later found and taken to a hospital. In 2018, parish priest Germain Muñiz Garcia and another clergyman, Iván Añorve Jaimes, were killed in a highway ambush in the same area.

Over the past year, Guerrero has also seen a series of political assassinations, including the October 2024 beheading of Chilpancingo Mayor Alejandro Arcos Catalán, less than a week after taking office.

On the television program *Sacro y Profano*, Guillermo Ganzanini of the Catholic Multimedia Center raised concerns about the reliability of investigations into clergy killings.

> “Unfortunately, we have a paper with eight columns of news, but continuity [of the coverage] on the case fades,” Ganzanini said. “We don’t know what has happened with the families, we don’t know what happened in the interrogations, there is no official answer from the institutions about the result of the investigations.”

The Catholic Multimedia Center has tracked 80 murders of Catholic priests in Mexico over the past 30 years. Its December 2024 report lists the recent deaths of several priests across the country, including:

– Father Ícmar Arturo Orta Llamas in Tijuana (2018)
– Father José Martín Guzmán Vega in Tamaulipas (2019)
– Franciscans Juan Antonio Orozco Alvarado, Gumersindo Cortés González in Guanajuato, and José Guadalupe Popoca Soto in Morelos (2021)
– Father José Guadalupe Rivas in Tijuana, and Jesuits Javier Campos Morales and Joaquín César Mora Salazar in Chihuahua (2022)

Between 2019 and 2024, the Catholic Multimedia Center documented 10 priest killings and 900 cases of extortion, death threats, or violence against Catholic clergy across Mexico, according to the Catholic News Agency.

Religious freedom watchdog Open Doors ranked Mexico 31st in its 2025 World Watch List of the most dangerous countries for Christians. The group cited cartel-related violence, corruption, clan oppression, and secular hostility as factors driving attacks on clergy.

The growing violence against religious leaders in Mexico underscores the urgent need for justice and protection for those serving vulnerable communities amid ongoing cartel conflicts.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/mexican-priests-violent-murder-sparks-demand-for-transparency.html

Abbott spooks academia after declaring Texas will go after professors for ‘ideological differences’

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has rattled academia and legal experts with his open declaration that his state is “targeting professors” over their personal beliefs.

While Republican governors have increasingly viewed classrooms as ideological battlegrounds, Abbott’s explicit position is raising greater concern. He stated that a Texas educator should have lost his job over “ideological differences,” a stance that has alarmed many in the education and legal communities.

This approach highlights the growing tensions surrounding academic freedom and the role of personal beliefs in education, prompting widespread debate about the limits of ideological expression for educators in Texas.
https://www.kxan.com/top-stories/abbott-spooks-academia-after-declaring-texas-will-go-after-professors-for-ideological-differences/

City of Miami unveils mural honoring children of the Pedro Pan Program and hero Cuban general

MIAMI (WSVN) — A new mural has been unveiled in the City of Miami to honor a significant chapter in South Florida’s history.

The artwork pays tribute to more than 14,000 children who participated in the Pedro Pan Program. During the 1960s, these children were sent from Cuba to the United States by their families in an effort to escape the Castro regime.

In addition to honoring the Pedro Pan children, the mural also celebrates General Antonio Maceo, known as “The Bronze Titan.” Maceo was a hero who fought for Cuba’s independence against Spain in the 1800s.

This meaningful display is located at the intersection of Southwest 13th Avenue and 10th Street, where visitors can view and reflect on this important piece of history.
https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/city-of-miami-unveils-mural-honoring-children-of-the-pedro-pan-program-and-hero-cuban-general/

2026 Rock + Metal Festival + Cruise Guide

What will end up being your standout 2026 rock and metal festival or cruise experiences? There’s typically no better bang for your buck than catching a lot of great acts in one place. While we’re coming to the end of one festival and cruise season, another exciting one is just around the corner.

The rock and metal festivals, along with a number of significant rock and metal cruises, have started rolling out the details for their 2026 adventures. It’s the perfect time to start making plans for the year ahead.

Are you planning to rock out in the spring at Sonic Temple or Welcome to Rockville? Or is something like the more diverse Coachella more your style? Maybe you have a desire to hit the high seas with your favorite bands. Cruises such as ShipRocked, the Monsters of Rock Cruise, and 70,000 Tons of Metal will satisfy your cruise ship cravings early in 2026.

Throughout the year, be sure to check in with this guide regularly, as we’ll be continually updating all the latest rock and metal festival and cruise announcements.

So start dreaming of sunshine, great tunes, and good-time vibes—the 2026 festival and cruise season will be here before you know it.

**READ MORE:** [The 15 Most Disastrous Music Festivals in History]
https://loudwire.com/2026-rock-metal-festival-cruise-guide/

Trial of 3 Guards Tests New York’s Culture of Incarceration

A rare instance of a prison guard being found guilty of murder has drawn mixed reactions from the public.

Advocates of prison reform welcomed the verdict, seeing it as a step toward greater accountability within the correctional system.

However, many expressed disappointment over the acquittal of two other guards involved in the case, feeling that justice was only partially served.

The case highlights ongoing challenges in addressing misconduct and violence in prisons.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/nyregion/trial-of-3-guards-tests-new-yorks-culture-of-incarceration.html

Rick Steves’ Europe: Europe by the book

Getting close to some of the big icons of Western civilization—the Acropolis, the Palace of Versailles, the Colosseum—can be the spine-tingling high points of a European trip. But don’t overlook Europe’s “smaller” achievements. Many of Europe’s lasting cultural contributions are captured on dusty sheets of vellum or parchment, and paging through the Continent’s literary treasures can raise a few goosebumps of their own.

Here are some of Europe’s best cities and sights for bookworm travelers.

**London, England**
The vast British Library has managed to cram everything that really matters into a two-room exhibition called “The Treasures.” Early Bibles, a First Folio of Shakespeare’s works, Lewis Carroll’s *Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland*, the Magna Carta, and multiple early Jane Austen manuscripts vie for your attention. Surrounded by this bounty, it’s clear that the British Empire built some of its greatest monuments out of paper.

Fans can also pay their respects to Britain’s literary masters in the Poets’ Corner at Westminster Abbey. Geoffrey Chaucer was the first literary great to be buried here (in 1400), and those interred nearby include Charles Dickens, Robert Browning, Thomas Hardy, Alfred Tennyson, and Edmund Spenser.

**Prague, Czech Republic**
Given their imaginative, sometimes fanciful culture, it’s no surprise that the Czechs have produced some famously clever writers. Prague native Franz Kafka wrote his renowned *Metamorphosis* (elevator pitch: man wakes up as cockroach) in an Old Town apartment overlooking the Vltava River. That building was destroyed in 1945, but fans today can visit the Franz Kafka Museum and the Franz Kafka Society Center.

Ironically, until recently, many Czechs weren’t too familiar with Kafka, a Jew who wrote in German. During World War II, his writings were banned when Germans occupied the city and, after the war, his work was caught up in a wave of anti-German feeling. The ensuing Communist regime had little use for him either. Locals began to take him more seriously after the Velvet Revolution of 1989, when tourists from around the world started showing up wearing Kafka T-shirts.

**Edinburgh, Scotland**
The lives and literature of Scotland’s holy trinity—Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, and Robert Louis Stevenson—are the focus of Edinburgh’s inviting Writers Museum. Burns was Scotland’s bard, extolling his native land in poetry. Stevenson stirred the Scottish soul with evocative classics like *Kidnapped* and *Treasure Island*. Scott wrote the historical novels *Ivanhoe* and *Rob Roy*, reviving his countrymen’s pride in Highland culture and the Gaelic language.

With exhibits mingling first editions with personal artifacts like Scott’s pipe and Burns’ writing desk, the museum gives an intimate view of these masters. To enliven all the history, follow up a museum visit with Edinburgh’s popular literary pub tour, where actors wittily debate whether Scotland’s great literature was high art or creative recreation fueled by a love of whisky.

**Paris, France**
The European love affair with books is charmingly demonstrated in the green metal bookstalls that line the Left Bank of the Seine River. Second-hand booksellers, called “bouquinistes,” have been a Parisian fixture since the mid-1500s, when such shops and stalls lined most of the bridges in Paris. Business boomed after the Revolution when entire libraries were “liberated” from rich nobles.

Another literary landmark is the Shakespeare and Company bookstore. Ernest Hemingway regularly borrowed books from the store. When James Joyce struggled to find a publisher for his now-classic *Ulysses*, the book was published here. Although the Nazis shut the shop down in 1941, its post-war incarnation near the banks of the Seine carries on the tradition by supporting struggling writers.

**Dublin, Ireland**
Of all the places I’ve traveled in Europe, Ireland excels in literary passion. Around the turn of the 20th century, Dublin produced some of the world’s great writers. Oscar Wilde wowed Britain with his quick wit and clever satires of upper-class Victorian society. William Butler Yeats won a Nobel Prize for his Irish-themed poems and plays. Most inventive of all was James Joyce, who captured literary lightning in a bottle with his stream-of-consciousness *Ulysses*, profiling Dublin’s seedier side.

The Museum of Literature Ireland is the place to view authorial bric-a-brac. But to experience the Irish gift of gab in its highest form, treat yourself to a night out at the Abbey Theatre. Founded by Yeats to bring to the stage the “deeper emotions of Ireland,” the theater has been promoting Irish writers and artists for more than a hundred years.

It’s no exaggeration to say that Europe’s literary documents changed the course of history. From pubs to museums to libraries, if you decide to explore the literary culture of Europe, the entire continent can be one very good read.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/rick-steves-europe-europe-by-the-book/

Joe Minter, Renowned Birmingham Sculptor, to be Honored at City’s Classic Week ‘AWAKEN’ Event

The City of Birmingham will present its annual AWAKEN event in celebration of local changemakers who use creativity, advocacy, and service to advance social justice and community progress. This year’s program theme is **“Art as Resistance: Awakening Justice Through Creativity”** and will honor Joe Minter, a world-renowned sculptor, community historian, and founder of African Village in America. His visionary art chronicles the Black experience and the struggle for freedom, justice, and unity.

The event, orchestrated by the Division of Social Justice and Racial Equity, will take place on **Friday, Oct. 24, at 9 a.m.** at the Birmingham Museum of Art.

> “Art has always been a language of liberation,” said Mayor Randall L. Woodfin. “Through AWAKEN, we celebrate artists and advocates like Joe Minter who remind us that creativity is not only an act of expression, but also an act of resistance—a tool to awaken justice in all of us.”

Held annually during Magic City Classic Week, AWAKEN was created to spark meaningful dialogue, reflection, and education around Birmingham’s enduring legacy of activism and leadership. Each year, the event serves as a bridge between Birmingham’s historic civil rights struggle and the city’s modern movement for equity. It brings together artists, activists, and community leaders who continue to push for justice through creative expression.

As part of the program, Mayor Woodfin will present the **Putting People First Award** to Joe Minter, recognizing his vision that embodies Birmingham’s ongoing pursuit of equity and justice.

### About Joe Minter

Joe Minter is an artist and cultural historian living in the Titusville neighborhood, surrounded by his magnum opus — a sprawling didactic artwork he has dubbed the **African Village in America**. He recently exhibited at prestigious venues including the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Mana Contemporary, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Alabama Contemporary, Atlanta Contemporary, James Fuentes Gallery, and Tops Gallery. In 2019, he was featured in the Whitney Biennial, curated by Rujeko Hockley and Jane Panetta.

Minter’s artwork is included in the permanent collections of several major institutions, including:

– The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
– The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
– The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
– The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

### Event Highlights

The program will also feature:

– A musical performance by trumpeter **Nathaniel Bagley**
– Poetry by Birmingham Poet Laureate **Salaam Green**
– Spoken word by **Quang Do**, president & CEO of Create Birmingham

Additionally, there will be a panel discussion on **“Art as Resistance”** featuring:

– Storyteller and craftivist **Wilhelmina Thomas**
– Visual artist **Willie E. Williams, Jr.**
– Arts administrator **John Fields**, senior director of UAB Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts

The conversation will be moderated by Gina Mallisham, executive director of the Jefferson County Memorial Project.

### Past Themes & Honorees

Since its inception, AWAKEN has honored Birmingham’s trailblazers who continue to shape the city’s story of resilience and reform. Past themes and honorees include:

– **2024:** Staying Woke in Voting Rights — Honoring Judge U. W. Clemon
– **2023:** Lifting Voices: Changing History — Honoring The Carlton Reese Memorial Unity Choir
– **2022:** Family Reunion: Stories Never Told — Honoring Dr. Shelley Stewart
– **2021:** Building the Beloved Community — Honoring Odessa Woolfolk
– **2019:** Hope for the World — Honoring Mayor Richard Arrington

The event is free to attend, but **registration is required**.

For more information and to register, please visit the City of Birmingham’s official website.
https://www.birminghamtimes.com/2025/10/the-city-of-birmingham-presents-awaken-art-as-resistance-awakening-justice-through-creativity/

Work and funding underway to repair and program John Coltrane’s Strawberry Mansion house

Val Gay, Philadelphia’s arts and culture leader, introduces Ravi Coltrane during a celebration of his father, John Coltrane, at The Yard, a public space behind the John Coltrane House on North 33rd Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Tonnetta Graham, executive director of the Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation, welcomes visitors to The Yard on John Coltrane Street, a public space behind the John Coltrane House on North 33rd Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Lovett Hines introduces some of his students in the Philadelphia Clef Club music education program, who performed during a celebration of John Coltrane. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Students in the Lovett Hines Creative Arts Initiative Legacy Ensemble perform during a celebration of John Coltrane held in the backyard of the home where he lived in Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Audience members applaud during a musical performance behind the John Coltrane House. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

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The house where jazz legend John Coltrane lived in Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood is on its way to becoming a public cultural space. It has been the subject of tangled legal ownership for years and is in dire structural disrepair. But its future now seems more secure due to a recent legal settlement and the support of a national preservation fund.

“This is a house that I assumed would always be there,” said Ravi Coltrane, John’s son who used to visit the house as a child to see his father’s cousin, Mary Alexander. “My kids could come, my grandkids could come, and they could see this home,” he said. “But as we all know, without the proper care and the proper people supporting a historic home like that, these homes can vanish.”

The Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation has begun repairing the façade of the John Coltrane House and its immediate neighbors. Repair to the roof and rear wall of the home will begin soon with help from a National Trust for Historic Preservation grant.

“This definitely is a long time coming,” said Ravi.

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### The Home’s Ownership History

In March 2024, the deed to the house at 1511 N. 33rd St. was transferred to the descendants of John Coltrane from Norman Gadson, now deceased. Sons Ravi and Oran Coltrane won a settlement that claimed Gadson did not have legal ownership of the house.

Gadson bought the home in 2004 from Mary Alexander, also known as “Cousin Mary,” with the intention of turning it into a jazz museum. But the Coltrane family said Alexander did not have the right to sell the property, and that Gadson had actually bought an illegal deed from a third party.

With the title now secured, Ravi and Oran Coltrane formed a new nonprofit, Coltrane House Philadelphia. They are in the process of transferring ownership of the house to the organization.

With a nonprofit in place and title to the house on the way, money can finally be released from the National Trust for Historic Preservation toward stabilizing the building.

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### National Trust Grant and Preservation Efforts

In 2024, the trust’s program called the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund launched a special focus on historic Black sites stewarded by direct descendants of prominent Black figures, known as the Descendants and Family Stewardship Initiative.

The first grant of that initiative was directed to the Coltrane house in Philadelphia, amounting to $200,000.

“It’s an important investment, but it’s a modest investment. What we really get from them is their expertise,” said Kathleen Hennessy, Ravi’s wife and vice president of Friends of the Coltrane House, a support organization for the John and Alice Coltrane Home in Deer Park, New York.

“They lend expertise around restoration at which they are pretty much the gold standard,” she said. “They lend support around capacity building, too, which can be a huge obstacle for groups when they’re trying to do this kind of work.”

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### Looking Ahead

Kathleen and Ravi recently attended a celebratory rally in an empty lot behind the Coltrane house that has been transformed into a small public park. Called The Yard, it was opened a year ago by the Strawberry Mansion CDC as part of an effort to support the preservation and programming of the Coltrane house.

“Hardly weeks go by when I don’t hear: What’s going on with the John Coltrane House?” said Tonnetta Graham, Strawberry Mansion CDC president. “In Strawberry Mansion, to have had so much taken away from us and so much disinvestment, to see this revitalization here — and not only to see it but to be part of it and have ownership in it — that’s what I celebrate.”

The 100th anniversary of John Coltrane’s birth is Sept. 23, 2026. Hennessy doubts that building renovations will be completed in time to invite the public in for Coltrane’s birthday, so she’s setting her sights on 2027.

The timeline does not cool enthusiasm for the prospects of a Coltrane historic site in Philadelphia.

Lovett Hines, former artistic director of the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts who now leads the Lovett Hines Global Creative Arts Initiative, told the crowd at The Yard he has already assumed bragging rights.

“When I go to New York and I see the Louis Armstrong museum and his house, and somebody asks me, ‘What’s happening in Philadelphia? What about John Coltrane’s house?’” Hines said. “Now I can hold up real hip, wear my dark glasses and say, ‘We have it. Right now. Come to Philadelphia. The house is here. It’s inspiring. It’s functioning. It’s here.’”

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Dialing down dope: Trump White House moves toward easing restrictions on marijuana

Pot was hardly difficult to find on campuses—and elsewhere—back when it was not just illegal but actively targeted by politicians as a menace to society. In fact, it often found you if you stopped in at parties or even small gatherings. When I was in college, there was a real fear of being busted by police, getting kicked out of school, or fired from your job. It made otherwise law-abiding kids see the cops as their enemy. But that was light-years ago.

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### Changing Attitudes Toward Marijuana

Now, the Trump administration is strongly considering loosening the restrictions on weed. It still amazes me to drive up Connecticut Avenue here in Washington and see cannabis shops—like MrGreen and Blunt-and Taste Budz—just a few blocks from the Capitol, openly peddling the stuff. The products are branded under highly marketable names, such as Violet Sky and Hash Burger.

A well-reported story by the Free Press says President Trump is considering reclassifying marijuana from a Schedule I drug to Schedule III. That would put it in the same category as anabolic steroids, ketamine, and Tylenol with codeine. The move “would ease restrictions on it but stop short of making pot entirely legal.”

Of course, medical marijuana is already legal in 40 states and the District of Columbia, and allowed for recreational use in D.C. and 24 states—from New York to Colorado.

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### Minimal Opposition and Political Support

So where is the opposition? Uh, there really isn’t that much. And the White House is being open about this. Marijuana advocate Alex Bruesewitz tells the Free Press that the shift to Schedule III “keeps cannabis as a controlled substance but allows for more testing for medicinal purposes,” calling it a “politically savvy move” with strong public support.

It’s perhaps no surprise. Generations have at least tried weed since the 1960s and ’70s, dismissing the dark warnings about its dangers and the claim that it would lead to harder drugs. They scoffed at the infamous 1936 film *Reefer Madness*.

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### A History of Political Opposition

Richard Nixon, in his war on drugs half a century ago, tried to associate hippies with pot and Black Americans with heroin. As his top aide John Ehrlichman—who later went to prison for Watergate—said in a 1994 interview: “Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.”

Ronald Reagan, who as a candidate called pot “probably the most dangerous drug in the United States,” admitted in his diary that he got mad watching Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton toking up in the movie *9 to 5*. His wife Nancy Reagan later launched her famous “Just Say No” campaign.

By the time Bill Clinton ran for office, his brief experimentation with pot—he famously said he had tried it but “didn’t inhale”—had become a political punchline.

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### Emerging Criticism

Some critics have definitely emerged. Pete Sessions, a GOP congressman from Texas, recently wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi along with eight other lawmakers, warning that rescheduling marijuana “would send a message to kids that marijuana is not harmful.”

Donald Trump himself doesn’t smoke, drink, or take drugs, partly in reaction to his brother’s death from alcoholism. But the White House seems largely on board with the idea of rescheduling. Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio conducted a survey in March that found 66 percent of respondents backed legalized marijuana, and 70 percent supported rescheduling the drug.

A senior White House official is quoted as saying: “For a lot of the base, it’s an issue like gay marriage that people have gotten comfortable with. It’s good politics.” A decision is expected by the end of the year.

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### The Role of Lobbyists and the Cannabis Industry

As with virtually every Beltway issue, well-heeled lobbyists are part of the process. Pot smoking, once an underground pastime, is now a big business.

Bruesewitz’s consulting firm, X Strategies, is reportedly being paid $300,000 by American Rights and Reform, a pro-cannabis group, for “media” services. Another large PR firm, Mercury Public Affairs, represents the U.S. Cannabis Council.

The size of this burgeoning industry was estimated at $38 billion last year—real money, even by jaded Washington standards.

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### Mixed Feelings About Today’s Cannabis

I confess to some mixed feelings. For one thing, today’s cannabis is many times more powerful than the nickel-and-dime bags that used to circulate. I always felt pot’s milder effects were preferable to alcohol, especially when it comes to driving. It does give you the munchies, though. And as a parent, I wonder—what about homework?
https://www.foxnews.com/media/dialing-down-dope-trump-white-house-moves-toward-easing-restrictions-marijuana

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