intoxicating

With Gov. Gavin Newsom pushing emergency regulations on hemp products that contain intoxicating levels of THC, some worry a zero-tolerance approach will imperil a burgeoning industry.

Intoxicating hemp sodas quickly became available in liquor stores, bars, and restaurants in some states, whereas Amsterdam-style cannabis cafés have faced protracted struggles in some of the same states.

Legal-cannabis states generally impose limits on potency, ban sales to minors, and ban kid-friendly advertising, like labels with cartoon characters, but these rules didn’t initially apply to intoxicating hemp products, and states had to catch up.

She becomes more visible as she develops this intoxicating taste for murder because what can be more visible, more permanent than taking a person’s life?

And then, like the darkly swirling whirlpool they are, the inevitable maelstrom of hatred brews, and the Scorpio delivers their most important lesson of all: that lust and obsession, however intoxicating and world-altering, are light-years away from love.