--- title: Your Top 5 News Stories - August 30, 2021 description: "Half Baked: How a Would-Be Cannabis Empire Went Up in Smoke, Could Eye-tracking Data Detect THC Levels?, and more!" image: https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Canabis-Insight-Daily4.jpg --- [![](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-ondark.png?width=431&height=233&name=logo-ondark.png "logo-ondark.png")](https://newfrontierdata.com/) # Your Top 5 News Stories - August 30, 2021 August 30, 2021 [In Sight Daily](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/topic/in-sight-daily) [![MicrosoftTeams-image (18)-Aug-10-2021-02-42-34-78-PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MicrosoftTeams-image%20(18)-Aug-10-2021-02-42-34-78-PM.png?width=720&name=MicrosoftTeams-image%20(18)-Aug-10-2021-02-42-34-78-PM.png)](http://newfrontierdata.com) 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Levels?**](https://www.labroots.com/trending/cannabis-sciences/21176/eye-tracking-data-detect-thc-levels) Canadian researchers suggest that preliminary data may detect the presence of THC toward assessing driving-related effects of cannabis.  | | --- | --- | --- [![NXTecK-DMP-782x90](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/NXTecK-DMP-782x90.gif?width=720&name=NXTecK-DMP-782x90.gif)](https://newfrontierdata.com/nxteck/) --- ![wild card](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/wild%20card.jpg?width=720&name=wild%20card.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-08-30 at 2.14.30 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-08-30%20at%202.14.30%20PM.png)](https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisroberts/2021/08/27/he-didnt-like-cannabis-but-andrew-cuomo-was-big-marijuanas-best-friend/amp/#aoh=16303281820633&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s)   | [**He Didn’t Like Cannabis, But Andrew Cuomo Was Big Marijuana’s Best Friend**](https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisroberts/2021/08/27/he-didnt-like-cannabis-but-andrew-cuomo-was-big-marijuanas-best-friend/amp/#aoh=16303281820633&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s) New York’s new governor may pivot from Cuomo’s granting major first-mover advantages to established, Big Cannabis businesses and investors.  | | --- | --- | --- ![social cultural](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/social%20cultural.jpg?width=720&name=social%20cultural.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-08-30 at 2.15.26 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-08-30%20at%202.15.26%20PM.png)](https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/longform/half-baked)   | [**Half Baked: How a Would-Be Cannabis Empire Went Up in Smoke**](https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/longform/half-baked) Even as the pandemic offered a boon for a delivery start-up in Indiana, stakeholders realized having pinned their hopes on faulty premises.  | | --- | --- | ---   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