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California cannabis regulators are increasing eligibility for the state’s Local Jurisdiction Retail Access Grant in an effort to encourage the licensing of more cannabis companies in municipalities where access is limited.

High Times, the famed counterculture publication-turned-cannabis retailer, last week entered an intellectual property partnership with Lucy Scientific, a Canada-based company with holdings and operations in a variety of psychotropic businesses.

Missouri’s combined medical and adult-use cannabis sales totals last week topped the $1 billion mark, according to state data.

In a move that highlights the discrepancy between state-level and federal regulations on hemp, the state of California has filed a lawsuit against several U.S. hemp brands claiming violations of the state’s Proposition 65 rules.

California lawmakers gave final approval to a proposal to decriminalize the personal possession and use of psilocybin mushrooms and several other plant-based psychedelics including DMT and mescaline. The measure moves next to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) for his signature.

Citizens of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina voted on Thursday to legalize adult-use cannabis.

South Dakota is considering a rule change that would increase cannabis patients’ possession limits for infused edibles and allow for larger, more potent edible products.

Three Rise dispensaries in Illinois recently saw workers ratify their first collective bargaining agreement following a “protracted fight.” Rise is a subsidiary of multi-state operator Green Thumb Industries.

Maryland officials have released the state’s social equity applicant criteria, including an interactive map to define what qualifies as Disproportionately Impacted Areas.

Activists with Decriminalize California are seeking to put a psychedelic mushroom legalization question before voters in 2024. The initiative would legalize the cultivation, possession, and consumption of unlimited amounts of psilocybin mushrooms for adults aged 21+.

The number of Kansas farmers who are licensed to grow hemp has fallen from more than 200 in 2019 to just 41 this year.

Harvest New York recently released a hemp growing manual assembled by researchers from Cornell Cooperative Extension and Alabama A&M University, a USDA research geneticist, and other industry experts.

Maine regulators proposed new guidelines intended to make the state’s cannabis rules more “user-friendly,” including provisions to double the maximum THC content in cannabis edibles and double the amount of concentrates individuals can purchase at once.

According to a recent poll, a 59% majority of Ohioans support the upcoming ballot initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis. If approved, Ohio would be the 24th U.S. state to pass a cannabis legalization proposal.

U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) introduced a proposal last week that would withhold some federal funds from states and tribes that have legalized cannabis for adults.

The two-day Miracle in Mundelein music festival is set to be the first concert in Illinois with state-approved cannabis consumption; the festival will feature rolling stations and dab bars with complimentary grinders, lighters, papers, and rolling trays.

A Missouri judge this week dismissed the bid by a medical cannabis company to stop the recall of nearly 63,000 of its cannabis products.

This week marked the second collective bargaining agreement in the Michigan cannabis industry after workers at Ascend Cannabis Provisions in Grand Rapids voted to join the Teamsters Local 406.

The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission on Thursday issued an administrative stay on its medical cannabis licensing process. The move comes after the state has already twice bungled the cannabis licensing process.

The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics said that over the last two years, officials have shut down more than 800 unlawful cannabis farms operating under the guise of the state’s medical cannabis law.

A Missouri cannabis company that had nearly 63,000 products recalled earlier this month is being sued by a medical cannabis firm that purchased more than $300,000 worth of the now-recalled products.

In a letter to DEA Administrator Anne Milgram, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) asked why the agency has not taken steps to reconsider cannabis’ status as a Schedule I substance.

A proposal to legalize cannabis for medical and religious purposes and decriminalize the possession of small amounts of cannabis has been introduced in The Bahamas.

A New York Supreme Court Judge on Tuesday reversed their decision to partly lift an injunction that would have let 30 cannabis businesses move forward with their opening plans, reimposing a hold on all cannabis licensing activity.