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Cannabis boom and bust on Native American land

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  When you drive through here the air is fresh before the hustle and bustle its very mind-settling it puts your soul at ease out of all the whole united states these non-natives came here they picked the Navajo nation to set up their shop you wake up the next morning boom there's hoop houses i’s not talking about one two hoops houses i’s talking about 25 hoop houses that were put up overnight from a distance.   You don't know what it is you just see plants until you actually zoom in and you realize this is marijuana the suspects were found staying in a Farmington motel where they occupied 19 rooms police found around 2 000 pounds of marijuana plants and substances in multiple rooms last summer hundreds of Chinese workers flocked to Shiprock new Mexico for what they believed were well-paying jobs on legal hemp farms this time kovan 19.   We cannot open the restaurant we cannot open the driver agency most business are dead and the cannabis is only one but in less than six...

What Impact Could Rising Cases Have On The Ending Of Covid Restrictions?

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  A slow but steady fall taking us to a moment that not so long ago appeared beyond our  wildest dreams recorded covered death down to zero across the UK. Yesterday a first since last July allowing a time for reflection on loved ones. We lost a time for some relief but not yet a time for celebration as covert shows. It's not finished with us yet in the five months since the January lockdown Covid has slowly and then dramatically been on the wane in recent weeks a small but unmistakable rise in cases a full sense of security in the eyes of some the kent or now renamed alpha variant the cause of the spike late last year is falling away but the Indian now known as delta variant is on the rise put them together and the rise looks modest just focus on the variant discovered in India and the rising cases is more stark and that mixed picture is playing out on the ground in Scotland a delay in the easing of restrictions as large parts of the central belt will remain in level two but G...

Malaysia enters strict nationwide lockdown as Covid cases rise

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Malaysia has gone into a strict nationwide lockdown as coronavirus infections rise it's the latest country in southeast Asia to strengthen restrictions as more transmissible variants of the virus sweep the region and vaccination rates remain low while only essential businesses are open most schools have been closed and people can only go out for necessities Malaysia has reported more than 7 000 new infections in just the past 24 hours and deaths that occurred in just the last month make up almost half of the country's official death toll. we'll hear some reaction from Malaysians to the restrictions imposed. I think even with the new restrictions the airports are still open so there's still a potential that covet can spread while people are struggling under the lockdown the lockdown has been imposed too late for me it should have been imposed during Ramadan when there were fewer cases and people didn't move around as much well our southeast Asia cor...