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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!"
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# [Your Top 5 News Stories - August 30, 2021](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/in-sight-daily-8-30-21)

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| <https://thefreshtoast.com/marijuana-legislation/what-is-preventing-cannabis-legalization-in-the-us/>   | **[What Is Preventing Cannabis Legalization in the U.S.?](https://thefreshtoast.com/marijuana-legislation/what-is-preventing-cannabis-legalization-in-the-us/)** Though 91% of Americans support some form of cannabis legalization, any fewer than 60 bipartisan Senate votes will block its going forward.  |
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| <https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report/federal-taxation-of-cannabis-under-proposed-legislation>   | [**Federal Taxation of Cannabis Under Proposed Legislation**](https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report/federal-taxation-of-cannabis-under-proposed-legislation) The draft CAOA’s proposed tax regime raises important practical and policy questions begging to be reconsidered by the act’s sponsors.  |
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| <https://www.labroots.com/trending/cannabis-sciences/21176/eye-tracking-data-detect-thc-levels>   | [**Could Eye-tracking Data Detect THC 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.  |
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| <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.  |
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| <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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