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The latest medical cannabis law in California allows parents to administer medical cannabis treatments to their children on K-12 school campuses.

The Texas medical cannabis dispensary applications portal was shut down without warning after just one week on the Texas Department of Public Safety’s website.

Quebec’s government announced it will appeal a recent court decision that ruled the province’s ban on home cannabis cultivation is unconstitutional.

Post-legalization policies proposed by the American Trucking Associations would lift restrictions on cannabis research, allowing for studies into the impact of cannabis-impaired driving.

Oklahoma state officials have approved 200,000 medical cannabis applications since the application process launched last year — that’s an average of 3,500 new patients per week.

The Pennsylvania American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against Lebanon County after officials decided to stop allowing people who are on parole or probation from participating in the state medical cannabis program.

The acquisition deal between MedMen and PharmaCann has been called off; the companies announced the deal’s termination as “mutual.”

The East Coast’s first commercial outdoor cannabis crop has been harvested in Maryland; licensed producers in the area typically grow indoors and in greenhouses.

Australia’s federal government is investing AU$3 million into researching the potential pain and side effect management options for cancer patients.

A recent Brightfield Group report suggests that the hemp-derived CBD market could be worth $23 billion by 2023.

After years of delays, Maine is on track to launch its adult-use cannabis industry by next March; regulations were vetoed twice by former Gov. Paul LePage (R) until lawmakers overrode his second veto last year.

A class-action lawsuit against Sundial Growers Inc. in Canada claims the company’s U.S. stock prices were affected by an unreported incident where $1.9 million worth of cannabis was returned to the company due to poor quality.

California cannabis and hemp operator Kushy Punch was raided by state officials last week, who said the company was distributing cannabis on the unregulated marketplace. Kushy Punch’s CEO said the allegations are “completely false.”

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring said in a tweet last week that it is time for Virginia to “move toward legal, regulated adult use” cannabis. 61 percent of Virginians support legalization.

The USDA is awarding funds to research the transportation of hemp pollen in the wild; the study will use mathematical models and drone technology to monitor hemp’s pollen paths.

Jason Ambrosino is founder of the Veterans Hemp Market, a New York-based organization dedicated to providing hemp flower products for “military veterans, patriots, and the everyday warrior.”

The first cannabis tasting lounge in Nevada, where patrons will be able to smoke, vape, and consume edibles, is set to open on sovereign Paiute Tribal Land.

A study found that three out of four Canadians believe adult-use cannabis legalization has not had an impact on workplace health and safety incidents.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Nebraska says it has developed a test capable of differentiating hemp from cannabis plants; the field test was validated by the sheriff’s laboratory.

The National Industrial Hemp Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation are teaming up to lobby the EPA into approving 10 submitted pesticide applications for hemp production.

A new law in Delaware will let physicians certify patients for medical cannabis even if they don’t have one of the state program’s qualifying conditions — patients thusly approved, however, must have a severe and debilitating condition and all standard care practices must be exhausted.

A new experimental cannabis marketplace in The Netherlands will require all distributed cannabis products to utilize plain white, “unattractive” packaging that includes health warnings and only black Helvetica font.

A proposal in San Diego, California would ban cannabis billboards within 1,000 feet of schools, playgrounds, public parks, daycare centers, and youth centers.

Canada’s cannabis industry contributed $8.26 billion to the country’s national gross domestic product as of July; that rise corresponds with a decline in other traditional industries, like mining, construction, and manufacturing.