Rare twin donkeys born at local farm

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Too High: Family lost son to suicide, cannabis

As fun, and fun loving, as Randy Bacchus could be, his parents tried to teach him there were consequences to everything. Including the marijuana he began smoking at 15.

After high school Randy Jr. moved from Minnesota to Colorado where his parents believe his use of recreational, high-potency marijuana, led him to develop what’s known as cannabis-induced psychosis.

Randy Michael Bacchus III took his own life on July 17, 2021, in Denver, Colorado. He was 21.

As the Minnesota legislature looks likely to legalize some form of recreational cannabis this session, his family shared their son’s experience as a cautionary story on the risks of high-potency cannabis on adolescents who may be struggling with their mental health.

A survey in Lancet Psychiatry last year analyzed 20 studies with 119,581 participants, examining the impact of high potency cannabis, which the survey defined as more than 20% THC in flower and edibles and concentrated extracts above 60%.

Over the last decade the concentration of THC has increased in commercial products, and concentrations exceeding 30% are not uncommon in states that have legalized recreational use.

The survey found regular users of the strong stuff were three times more likely to experience psychosis. Daily users of high-potency marijuana were five times more likely to experience psychosis, according to the research.

Catch Up Quick 

🏛️ On Tuesday, lawmakers unveiled a plan to tackle homelessness among children along with racial disparities in homeownership in Minnesota. The $3 billion proposal was unveiled by DFL lawmakers on Wednesday.

👮 Two men have been charged after police say they were involved with the violent assault of a trans woman at a Minneapolis light rail train station on Monday. Twenty-three-year-old Kevin York Jr. and 19-year-old Keaten Morris are charged with aggravated robbery and assault for the bloody attack Monday morning at the Lake Street light rail train station.

🚨 The Uvalde Foundation for Kids, a nonprofit formed after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, will be investigating three St. Paul schools in the wake of recent violence. 

💉 A Woodbury beauty spa owner is facing criminal charges for allegedly injecting medication even more powerful than Botox or dermal fillers without a license.

Rare twin donkeys born at Minnesota farm

There were exciting moments this past week at a Webster, Minnesota farm as a rare set of twin donkeys were born. But that amazing moment is one of many at the Rolling Acres Ranch that is just the beginning of a dream come true for owners Darick and Madi Kvam. 

On the farm, busy starts at daybreak and no day is the same. Last Thursday was delivery day for a very pregnant mammoth donkey named “Tania”.

Only 1.7% of donkeys have twins, and of that only 14% survive. And so with the joy of twins, came the sorrow of losing one, hours after it was born.

With their first baby in the barn, there are more to come as the chickens and ducks lay eggs, and a couple of the dairy goats are due in the spring. For the Kvams, it’s new life to help the lives of those around them.

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