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Canada-based Columbia Care, a global cannabis company, is set to acquire Colorado-based The Green Solution in a mostly stock deal worth $140 million.

California law enforcement officials say they have eradicated 953,000 cannabis plants from the state’s unregulated marketplace as part of the state’s Campaign Against Marijuana Planting Program.

A recent study investigating social responses to the words “cannabis” and “marijuana” found that word choice does not influence the public’s perception of the plant.

Virginia’s first industrial hemp fiber processing center has been announced; the firm involved says it plans to purchase more than 6,000 tons of hemp over the next three years for processing.

A proposal in Florida would force public school officials to comply with a recent rule change allowing for students who are medical cannabis patients to have their medicine administered by a caregiver at school.

The Iowa Medical Cannabidiol Board has approved language recommending the removal of the state’s 3 percent cap on THC in medical cannabis products. Instead, the board suggests a purchase limit of 4.5 grams of THC products over 90 days.

A group of Massachusetts medical cannabis patients is challenging the Department of Public Health’s right to regulate cannabis vaping products after officials issued a four-month ban in September; patients argue that the regulations should come from the Cannabis Control Commission.

Wisconsin lawmakers are pushing to decriminalize up to an ounce of cannabis and expunge criminal cannabis possession records for up to 28 grams. Their proposal would also ban police from vehicle searches based only on the smell of cannabis.

A recent investigation based on research by Cowen and Co. found that binge drinking rates in states where adult-use cannabis has been legalized have fallen 9 percent below the national average.

Cannabis industry workers at Green Thumb Industries in Rock Island, Illinois have unionized amid accusations of unfair labor practices, harassment, retaliation, and unlawful intimidation.

In a recent randomized test of Denver cannabis products, about 80 percent of products tested by the city’s Department of Health and Environment failed tests for potential yeast and mold.

The cannabis industry lobby has reached a new high of $3.77 million in Capitol Hill spending this year, far surpassing the $2.76 million spent in 2018.

Officials in Quebec, Canada have raised the age for legal cannabis purchases from 18 to 21. 18-year-olds, meanwhile, can still purchase and consume alcohol in Quebec.

Purdue University in Indiana has received a $1 million grant from the USDA for researching organic hemp production.

Canada’s Freedom Cannabis is moving to emphasize environmental responsibility with the launch of its latest product line, which uses a recyclable steel container that bucks the national trend of plastic containers.

Tech firm Flowhub has landed $23 million as part of its Series A funding round. The round was led by Evolv Ventures, a venture fund backed by Kraft Heinz, which is partly owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway.

Massachusetts’ New England Treatment Access has settled a federal lawsuit filed by lumber firm Boise Cascade Company, who claimed NETA’s logo was “confusingly similar” to their own.

Michigan regulators will begin accepting business license applications starting this Friday, November 1st.

In an effort to boost regional cannabis policy collaboration among New England states, Maine has adopted the same cannabis product warning labels as Massachusetts.

UN officials have sent a letter warning Australia’s federal government that the cannabis legalization language recently adopted in the Australian Capital Territory breaches at least three international drug conventions signed by the nation.

Multiple U.S. students studying to become nurses or other medical professionals have filed lawsuits against schools that enacted punishments against them for their use of medical cannabis.

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has outlined his plan for federally legalizing adult-use cannabis within 100 days of next year’s election if he wins the presidency.

Heco Corp., a licensed cannabis producer in Canada, just laid off about 200 workers — including some executive positions — in order to adjust “to a changing market and regulatory environment.”

Gallup polling data suggests that 66 percent of American voters continue to support the nationwide legalization of cannabis; when Gallup first asked the question in 1969, just 12 percent of voters supported such reforms.