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A recently published German study showed that cannabis could be a promising treatment for reducing pain and muscle cramps in Parkinson’s patients.

Hip-hop legend and Friday film franchise star Ice Cube personally developed and released a new cannabis line in four adult-use markets.

Maine companies with tens of thousands of employees will drop THC from drug testing protocols due to widespread cannabis use and lack of reliable testing procedures.

WallStreetBets, the Reddit-based forum behind the “GameStonk” phenomenon that rocked the stock market last month, set its sights this week on the cannabis space.

Altria Group, the Big Tobacco firm behind Marlboro cigarettes, has registered to lobby on cannabis policy.

Virginia’s House and Senate have each passed broad cannabis legalization bills that must be reconciled and combined into final legislation, which would have to then pass both chambers again.

Cannabis industry workers in California will be included in the state’s Phase 1a and Phase 1b coronavirus vaccine distribution tiers.

As an entrepreneur, Michael “Zappy” Zapolin is known as a pioneer in the domain name industry. As a filmmaker, he has emerged as a powerful advocate for the legalization and normalization of psychedelics.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is further impeding the will of voters after calling for delaying implementation of the state’s voter-approved medical cannabis law by one year.

The National Labor Relations Board ruled that, under federal restrictions, most cannabis industry workers cannot form unions because they are considered agricultural workers.

Despite the pandemic, Colorado set a new annual cannabis sales record in 2020 at $2.19 billion.

Lawmakers in South Dakota are still considering rules and regulations for a legal cannabis market in case the recent court decision blocking the state’s voter-backed legalization bid is successfully appealed.

Kathleen Sebelius, the former Health and Human Services secretary for the Obama Administration, has joined the National Cannabis Roundtable.

New Mexico officials may revoke the license of New Mexicann Natural Medicine after a fire from a botched extraction process seriously injured two workers last October.

Calvin Johnson, a former NFL star wide receiver and founder of Primitiv, a Michigan-based cannabis company, was just elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

A coalition of multi-state operators, tech firms, investor groups, and cannabis advocacy groups announced the formation of the U.S. Cannabis Council, an organization that will push for the federal descheduling and legalization of cannabis.

A Minnesota state Rep. has proposed reclassifying medical cannabis as a Schedule 2 substance so patients would be able to legally keep their firearms under federal law.

Cann Group Limited in Australia said last week it lost $3.6 million when payments meant for an overseas contractor were, “received by an unknown third party as a result of a complex and sophisticated cyber fraud.”

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) revealed his anticipation of cannabis legalization in the state after including revenue from legal cannabis taxes in his 2021-2022 budget proposal.

Former NFL running back and Super Bowl champion Marshawn Lynch has launched a new premium product line called Dodi Blunts, which features products infused with highly potent THCa diamonds.

Legal adult-use cannabis sales in Canada finally outpaced the unregulated market during the third quarter of 2020, over two years since the country passed legalization.

The Idaho Senate approved a measure to constitutionally ban any statewide legalization of non-pharmaceutical psychoactive drugs (including cannabis). The proposal still has to pass the House in a two-thirds vote and would then move to voters via a ballot initiative next year.

Black people in Montana are 9.6 times more likely to be arrested for cannabis possession than their white counterparts — it is the country’s biggest racial disparity for cannabis arrests. Colorado, at 1.5 times more likely, has the lowest racial disparity among cannabis arrests.

Springbig, a Florida-based cannabis loyalty marketing company, has acquired Canada’s BudTender, giving the company full access to cannabis retailers across the Great White North.