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A recent FOX News poll found that 66% of Florida voters said they would vote yes on the upcoming constitutional amendment to legalize cannabis for adults; the amendment will require at least 60% support to pass.

The Tribal Council for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina last week voted to allow adult-use cannabis sales to anyone aged 21 or older.

The New Hampshire House and Senate have reportedly reached a compromise on a cannabis legalization bill; lawmakers have until Thursday, the end of the legislative session, to finalize a deal.

With the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission still embroiled in lawsuits, the launch of the state’s medical cannabis program is still months away, if not a year or more.

Canadian cannabis company Canopy Growth this week agreed to an acquisition setting up the full takeover of Acreage Holdings, a U.S.-based multistate cannabis operator.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy recently visited the Bloomfield cannabis company Prolific GrowHouse after the company unveiled a new cannabis strain named after the governor, ‘Murphy’s Sourz.’

South Africa became the first country in Africa to legalize cannabis for personal use last week under a bill signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa just days before the president’s party lost its majority in Congress.

Despite the federal government estimating some 10,000 citizens would be eligible for conviction relief when Canada legalized cannabis, just 845 pardons for cannabis crimes have been issued since 2019.

A Vermont man who was fired for using medical cannabis is appealing the decision to deny a portion of his state unemployment benefits to the state Supreme Court.

A recent study found that terpenes could be an effective and side-effect-free treatment for chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain.

Missouri cannabis taxes have generated over $19 million to support veterans, expand the state’s substance use treatment programs, and fund the Public Defenders System.

Between 30-40% of Minnesota adults could qualify as applicants to the state’s cannabis social equity program under rules approved by state lawmakers earlier this year.

The Drug Enforcement Administration and Department of Justice on Tuesday published the rule proposal for moving cannabis to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The publication kicks off a 61-day public comment period, a CSA requirement.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) has signed a bill imposing THC caps on cannabinoid-infused hemp products, limiting THC content to 4 milligrams per serving and 10 milligrams per container.

A dispensary in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts has filed a lawsuit against the state Cannabis Control Commission over rules that prohibit the transport of cannabis products by boat across the Vineyard Sound to the island.

The New Hampshire Senate has passed an adult-use cannabis legalization proposal containing a state-run dispensary system favored by Republican Gov. Chris Sununu.

A provision in the draft text of the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would block the military from requiring potential recruits to pass a drug test for cannabis.

A New Jersey appeals court ruling found that the state’s cannabis legalization law is not preempted by federal law but warned that “residents and marijuana businesses … act at the risk that their activities might be prosecuted by federal authorities.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced this week that the state’s cannabis enforcement task force has seized more than $61 million worth of illegal cannabis products since the start of the year.

Cannabis-related pediatric visits to the emergency room have declined in Virginia under restrictions on intoxicating hemp products adopted last year.

While Texas lawmakers consider banning certain hemp-derived cannabinoids, Hometown Hero — an Austin-based company retailing hemp THC and CBD products — has announced the launch of the Texas Hemp Business Council (THBC), a new nonprofit hemp industry trade group.

Despite state laws legalizing cannabis commerce, federal Customs and Border Patrol agents in New Mexico have for months been seizing legal cannabis shipments as they are shipped between the state’s southern and northern regions.

Four people who grow cannabis in Minnesota are suing state cannabis regulators, arguing that a section of the state constitution should allow them to sell the cannabis produced under the state’s cannabis home grow provisions.