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A Montana proposal seeks to eliminate the state’s adult-use cannabis dispensaries and raise the medical cannabis tax from 4% to 20%.

A New York Appeals Court judge this week narrowed the injunction blocking the licensing of cannabis dispensaries. The move will let the licensing process move forward except in the state’s Finger Lakes region.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) is proposing a CBD carveout for a bill that would enact strict regulations on hemp-derived THC products.

The Delaware Senate passed House-approved adult-use cannabis legalization bills yesterday, sending the legislation to Gov. John Carney (D) who vetoed a similar legalization measure last summer.

Vermont regulators recently fined a licensed cultivator $20,000 for product diversion and other violations after he posted a video of himself on Instagram delivering cannabis products to an unlicensed New York City dispensary.

A North Carolina legalization proposal would expunge prior cannabis-related convictions, allow adult home grows of up to six plants, and carry a 20% excise tax on cannabis sales.

Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream co-founder Ben Cohen announced the launch of Ben’s Best Blnz, or B3, a nonprofit cannabis brand where all proceeds will be used for social benefit.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) has signed a total of eight cannabis-related bills this session.

Montana lawmakers in the House Business and Labor Committee advanced a bill to update the state’s adult-use cannabis regulations.

Pennsylvania’s latest adult-use cannabis legalization proposal would see state-licensed liquor stores control the retail cannabis market.

Lawmakers in Idaho — one of the country’s last remaining holdouts on medical cannabis reforms — may consider a medical cannabis legalization proposal as the year’s legislative session winds down.

A recent study found that 37% of medical cannabis patients in Australia have a legal prescription for the plant, up from just 2.5% in 2018.

A new proposal from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) would empower the Office of Cannabis Management and the Department of Taxation and Finance to crack down on the state’s unlicensed cannabis storefronts.

Switzerland’s government approved a cannabis legalization trial with legal consumption and sales for 2,100 Zurich residents.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) vetoed a bill on Thursday that would have increased the allowable THC levels in unprocessed hemp from 0.3% to 5%.

Montana lawmakers tabled two cannabis industry bills: one which would have barred adult-use businesses from using print, TV/radio, or billboard promotions, and another to require packaging labels to include warnings about using cannabis while pregnant.

Kansas senators have tabled a medical cannabis legalization proposal in committee, likely killing the bill for the session.

Since Killeen, Texas voters opted to decriminalize low-level cannabis possession last November, city police have released 77% of the individuals they encountered who were in possession of cannabis.

Missouri’s legal system has expunged more than 15,000 cannabis misdemeanors and felonies since voters approved the state’s adult-use legalization proposal last year.

The Oklahoma Senate passed a bill this week to let the state’s top medical cannabis regulator shut down cannabis operations that are damaging the environment; the bill moves next to the House for consideration.

Lawmakers in the Arizona House Health and Human Services Committee advanced a measure this week that would allow patients with autism and PTSD to participate in the state’s medical cannabis program.

The Psychedelic Medicine PAC is a newly-formed political action committee that will back candidates who support the use of psychedelics for therapeutic purposes.

Illinois generated $36.1 million in tax revenue from cannabis sales to Wisconsin residents last year, according to a recent report.

A Nevada proposal seeks to license mobile cannabis vendors to conduct business at events for people aged 21+.