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California cannabis companies this week announced the Financial Stability for California Cannabis (FSCC), a new cannabis industry coalition that seeks to raise awareness and offer solutions to ongoing issues of nonpayment by certain operators.

The New Mexico Department of Health has added insomnia to the state’s medical cannabis qualifying conditions list; patients with insomnia will be allowed to enroll starting June 1.

The New Mexico Supreme Court heard arguments this week about whether roadside alcohol impairment testing can be used by law enforcement officers to check for evidence of cannabis impairment.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has submitted the legalization ballot proposal being circulated by advocates to the state Supreme Court, seemingly to signal she would argue the proposal doesn’t meet legal requirements to appear before voters.

A second Michigan lobbyist pleaded guilty to a bribery scheme involving the former head of the state’s medical cannabis licensing board.

Cannabis cultivation workers at 48 Advanced Grow Labs in Connecticut this week became the first cannabis industry workers in Connecticut to unionize.

Connecticut dispensaries recorded a decrease in medical cannabis sales for the first time in April since the state’s adult-use market launched in January.

Two Oregon state senators asked the U.S. Attorney for Oregon to formally investigate corruption in the state capitol related to campaign donations from cannabis operators.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), who opposes general cannabis legalization, said he would sign a legalization proposal into law if the bill included government control of sales, like how the state handles liquor sales.

The Connecticut House voted this week to reduce penalties for the possession of small quantities of psilocybin mushrooms.

The New Hampshire Senate voted 14-10 on Thursday to reject a House-approved cannabis legalization proposal.

U.S. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has asked the U.S. Botanic Garden to display a female cannabis plant for the first time alongside the male hemp plant already featured in the garden display.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) this week signed the state’s proposal to let licensed cannabis companies deduct ordinary, management-related business expenses from their taxes.

Lawmakers in the New Hampshire Senate Judiciary Committee voted 3-2 to kill the state’s adult-use cannabis legalization bill. The proposal was already passed by the House.

A committee of Kenosha, Wisconsin city officials voted in favor of reducing the fine for first-time cannabis possession and reducing the bond paid by those who are arrested for possession.

Florida lawmakers approved a bill requiring the state Department of Health to issue cannabis cultivation licenses to Black farmers who qualified for the licenses but were left out of the permitting process.

Lawmakers in the Rhode Island House approved a proposal for reworking the state’s cannabis advertising laws. The bill, which would allow state-licensed dispensaries to advertise via billboards, goes next to the Senate.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed a bill to extend the moratorium on new medical cannabis grower licenses and prohibit undocumented workers from working on state-licensed cannabis farms.

Missouri cannabis dispensaries topped $350 million in sales during the state’s first three months of adult-use sales, and the industry remains on track to exceed $1 billion in sales during the program’s first year.

Activists in Ohio are again collecting signatures to put a cannabis ballot initiative before voters in November after state lawmakers failed to pass a citizen-authored legalization initiative this year.

Creso Pharma has agreed to fully acquire Australia-based Health House International, which works in the international distribution of medical cannabis products and is licensed to store and trade controlled substances including psilocybin and MDMA.

Oregon regulators have granted the state’s first psychedelic medicine treatment center license to Epic Healing Eugene, which plans to start serving patients later this month.

The Tennessee Legislature approved a bill to regulate hemp-derived cannabinoids including delta-8 and delta-9 THC, sending the proposal to Gov. Bill Lee’s (R) desk for his signature.