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Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) signed an executive order with stopgap protections for medical cannabis caregivers as some provisions of the state’s existing medical cannabis program expired on December 31, 2024.

Two Oklahoma proposals seek to impose new restrictions on the state’s medical cannabis industry: one bill would reduce purchase limits, and the other contains new industry advertising restrictions.

Agrify Corporation has announced the sale of its cultivation business for $7 million to CP Acquisitions, LLC, as Agrify plans to focus on its cannabis beverages business.

Texas State Rep. Jessica González (D) has introduced a broad adult-use cannabis legalization bill that would create a licensing system for cannabis businesses and impose a 10% excise tax on sales.

The price of cannabis flower in Ohio’s new adult-use market fell $50 in the last four months, from $261.50 in August to $211.00 in December.

Nearly 60% of German citizens support the broad legalization of adult-use cannabis, according to a recent poll. Cannabis is currently legal for adults to possess and consume but the country stopped short of establishing a regulated marketplace.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed a bill into law to include cannabis as an official crop under the state’s agricultural law. The change will afford cannabis farmers additional protections under state law.

The FDA has sent letters warning manufacturers of products containing amanita mushrooms that the products, which are often marketed as psychedelic and sold in gas stations or smoke shops, violate federal law.

Ohio cannabis officials recently proposed new rules for the state’s cannabis industry that would ban advertising methods including billboards, radio, television, and online ads.

Researchers at Rutgers Institute for Health have been awarded $686,376 in federal funds to study the therapeutic benefits of medical cannabis and any potential side effects or harms from using the plant.

Ohio lawmakers appear unlikely to put legislation regulating intoxicating hemp products on the governor’s desk by the end of the legislative session.

Wisconsin Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein says she will introduce legislation to legalize medical cannabis next session after the Democrats gained four seats in the chamber, ending a Republican supermajority.

The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a judge’s ruling that the state can prohibit a state-registered cannabis patient from participating in the medical cannabis program if they are on probation.

Canadian officials last month missed the legislated deadline to implement a program for the mass pardoning of citizen cannabis possession records.

Connecticut cannabis prices hit an all-time low this year at $10.86 per gram, according to data from the Department of Consumer Protection.

The Boston Beer Company has launched Emerald Hour, a line of non-alcoholic, rosin-infused cannabis beverages in Ontario, Canada. The cans contain regionally sourced ingredients and 10 milligrams of THC and regionally sourced ingredients.

The NFL has increased the THC threshold triggering a positive cannabis test for players from 150 nanograms per milliliter of blood to 350 ng/ml, and reduced the fines for a positive test result from 50% of the player’s game check to $15,000 for a first violation.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office recently unsealed documents against two former California officials who used their positions to solicit bribes from cannabis companies in exchange for licenses.

The University of Illinois Chicago Analytical Forensic Testing Laboratory is accused of providing law enforcement with flawed test results in potentially hundreds of DUI cases.

Pennsylvania lawmakers are planning to introduce adult-use cannabis legalization legislation again in the upcoming legislative session after a bipartisan proposal failed during the last session.

A federal appeals court has upheld Mississippi’s ban on advertising medical cannabis products, concluding that the restriction does not violate the First Amendment.

Eighteen New York organizations including civil rights groups, small business organizations, cannabis social equity leaders, and drug research advocates expressed concern in a letter to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul about the administration’s perceived pivot away from the state’s cannabis social equity commitments.

The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management recently denied petitions to add cannabinoid-infused powders, infused flowers, or concentrated cannabis products as new delivery methods for the state’s medical cannabis program.