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Pennsylvania has awarded a $2 million grant to Pure Penn, a cannabis brand owned by Florida’s Trulieve, to expand its facility in McKeesport.

Adult-use cannabis sales could commence in Arizona by March with existing medical cannabis dispensaries getting the first licenses, followed by 26 social equity licenses.

Will County in Illinois this week approved the expungement of 1,653 cannabis possession misdemeanors. There are likely about 7,000 similar cases remaining in the state.

Montana’s commissioner of political practices is ordering the North Fund, a group who donated millions to the state’s cannabis legalization efforts, to reveal the source of their funding.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) is delaying his signature on the state’s pending legalization and decriminalization bills due to a technical issue that shields minors from cannabis-related penalties.

The cannabis-focused real estate investment trust AFC Gamma in West Palm Beach, Florida has submitted a filing for going public on the Nasdaq.

A new Marijuana Diversion Program in Linn County, Iowa aims to prevent criminal records for first-time offenders caught with “a user quantity amount” of cannabis.

The FTC and FDA have launched “Operation CBDeceit,” sending fines and warning letters to CBD companies who allegedly made false or misleading health claims about their products.

A condo association in Aspen, Colorado is asking their landlord to evict a cannabis dispensary from one of its commercial units.

The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe in New York has agreed to lease about 20 acres of tribal land to MMJ BioPharma Cultivation Inc. to grow cannabis that will be sold to researchers.

A recent study funded by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment found that patients suffering from PTSD who used medical cannabis reported a greater decrease in symptoms than a control group.

U.S. cannabis sales increased 67 percent in 2020 to $17.9 billion, which is $7.2 billion more than last year’s total.

Kenny Wright is the co-owner of High Peaks Glassworks, an independently owned smoke shop in Saranac Lake, New York.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has commuted the sentence of Michael Thompson, who was sentenced to 60 years in prison after selling cannabis to an undercover police officer in 1996.

A recent Glass House Group survey found that a majority of respondents plan on replacing their alcohol consumption with cannabis this holiday season.

A recent study shows that cannabis can improve treatment outcomes for people in care for opioid addiction.

Casa Verde Capital, the cannabis investment firm co-founded by Snoop Dogg, has closed on $94.7 million during its second round of investment funding.

The Australian biotech company Neurotech International Ltd. announced it has completed studies using human brain cells to investigate the anti-inflammatory and neuro-modulatory properties of two proprietary cannabis strains.

Starting next year — after the final transition period of Brexit — medical cannabis patients in the UK will no longer be able to source their medicine from The Netherlands or other EU countries.

Experts predict that cannabis legalization in Virginia could generate up to $1.2 billion in annual economic activity for the state.

New Jersey lawmakers have approved legislation for the legalization and regulation of adult-use cannabis, sending the bill to the governor’s desk where it is expected to be signed into law.

The DEA published a new rule on Thursday that will allow researchers to apply to cultivate cannabis for research purposes.

A Pennsylvania-based cannabis investor is suing Missouri over residency requirements for the state’s medical cannabis business licenses.

The U.S. Senate has approved a bill that would expedite the process of getting DEA approval to possess cannabis for research purposes. The House passed similar legislation last week.