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A U.S. District Court judge in Oregon will let a racketeering lawsuit brought by a vineyard against a neighboring cannabis cultivator move forward after the vineyard showed evidence of a financial loss since its neighbor began operations.

Nearly one full year after cannabis was legalized federally in Canada, only 77 people have applied to have cannabis charges expunged from their background and just 44 have been successfully pardoned.

A member of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission has publicly denounced the term “medical cannabis,” saying the state should not refer to cannabis as medicinal because “it hasn’t been validated as medicine.”

Multiple interstate hemp shipments have been seized by Idaho police — at least one shipment has been returned but, in another incident, a trucker still faces a potential five-year prison sentence for drug trafficking.

New survey data suggests that 47 percent of people living in Scotland currently support legalizing cannabis for adult use.

Bob Bridges, the only patient advocate who was serving on Ohio’s Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee, says he has been removed likely because of his outspoken beliefs.

The first annual cannabis cruise from Windsor River Cruises and Border City Entertainment sold out in just two days; attendees must be aged 19 years or older and must bring their own cannabis for the three-hour cruise.

Cannabis vape products tested by the New York State Health Department contained high levels of vitamin E acetate, a compound that has been linked to vape-related pulmonary illnesses; the agency did not say if the compound was found in products available via state-licensed dispensaries.

The University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada has added an online cannabis production course to the university’s existing horticulture certificate program.

A string of at least 10 robberies has struck dispensaries in Sacramento, California; it’s not clear yet whether or not the break-ins are linked.

Cannabis-derived revenues continue to climb in Nevada, where officials have raked in more than $100 million from cannabis taxes and fees over the last fiscal year.

More than 2,100 medical cannabis industry applications have been turned in to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

Morris Beegle is a hemp industry enthusiast and entrepreneur who has established a host of pro-hemp brands, including one of the largest industrial hemp networking events in the world.

A recent projection by Prohibition Partners suggests that North America’s legal cannabis industry may be worth an annual $47.3 billion by 2024.

Law enforcement in Sonoma County have shut down an illegal cannabis grow op containing more than 63,000 plants — it is the county’s largest cannabis bust, ever.

A judge in Quebec’s Superior Court has ruled that the current provincial ban on homegrown cannabis is unconstitutional; experts say, however, that a similar ban could be carried out lawfully.

Oklahoma’s new medical cannabis regulations include seed-to-sale tracking requirements and clarifications for gun-owning patients.

California’s Santa Rosa Junior College is revising its Environmental Horticulture program to include a focus on hemp agriculture and will offer hemp cultivation certificate degree programs starting next year.

A medical cannabis product shipment by Industrial Globus Uganda Ltd. has been approved by European Union inspectors; the shipment contains THC- and CBD-rich cannabis meant for Sativex drug production.

Legislation that would have made California the first state to legalize medical cannabis for pets has been tabled until 2020, at the earliest.

Federal health officials are launching a public awareness campaign about the dangers of cannabis use; the effort is funded by President Trump, who reportedly donated his full second-quarter salary of $100,000 to the effort.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has come out against the legalization of hemp, citing primarily law enforcement concerns that legal hemp complicates cannabis enforcement.

Jonathan Menkes is a California-based trademark attorney with Knobbe Martens.

Hemp farmers can file for federal crop insurance under a new directive from the United States Department of Agriculture.