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The Maine Public Utilities Commission has rejected a proposal to proactively report high electricity consumption to police; the proposal was meant to detect the unlawful cultivation of cannabis.

A Minnesota law that bans cannabis smoking in multifamily homes has taken effect however the law provides some exceptions for medical cannabis patients.

Delaware officials will begin accepting adult-use cannabis license applications next week for the licensing lottery set to take place in October.

California music festival Outside Lands is being criticized for partnering with Stiiizy, which released cannabis products branded with the festival’s logo during the event, despite accusations the brand is connected to numerous illegal dispensaries and sold products containing high levels of pesticides.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris this week tabbed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. Having supported and signed into law his home state’s adult-use cannabis reforms, Walz has earned an A rating for cannabis policy from NORML.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) recently signed into law two bills expanding medical cannabis access for patients in the state.

Voters in Lockhart, Texas will decide this November whether police will de-prioritize cannabis enforcement; Lockhart voters will be joining Bastrop and Dallas in considering the reforms.

Florida billionaire Ken Griffin announced he donated $20 million to support candidates who oppose the state’s proposed adult-use cannabis constitutional amendment.

Advocates with the Arkansas campaign to expand the state’s medical cannabis program have been given more time to collect additional signatures.

Police in Norwalk, Connecticut arrested a 21-year-old for allegedly selling cannabis products without a license; officers said some of the products tested positive for fentanyl.

Another Florida poll found the state’s adult-use cannabis legalization amendment is on-track with 64% of likely voters saying they plan to vote for the reforms this November.

Voters in Bastrop, Texas are set to consider a cannabis decriminalization proposal this November after city officials certified the petition submitted earlier this year.

New Jersey cannabis regulators have issued a product recall for cannabis flower sold by Green Medicine NJ after samples were found to include insects and human hair.

About nine out of every ten comments submitted to the DEA on the proposal to federally reschedule cannabis either favored the reforms or called on the government to go further and remove cannabis entirely from the federal drug schedule.

A federal judge has denied an injunction brought by a group of hemp companies against the Iowa law regulating hemp products and imposing THC caps on the products.

Multistate medical cannabis company Trulieve has contributed another $5 million to the Smart & Safe Florida campaign seeking to legalize adult-use cannabis; Trulieve’s latest contribution brings the company’s total to $60.39 million.

The attorneys general from Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, and South Dakota submitted a letter to federal regulators opposing the rescheduling of cannabis.

Officials in Dallas, Texas have given final approval to a cannabis decriminalization petition that will let voters decide this November whether to make low-level cannabis possession the city’s “lowest enforcement priority.”

Ohio officials have awarded the state’s first adult-use cannabis industry licenses to four cultivators and six processing facilities, and released industry guidelines for dispensaries.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) this month gave final approval to adding generalized anxiety to the state’s medical cannabis qualifying conditions list; he also vetoed a bill to let medical cannabis dispensaries build greenhouses on their cultivation sites.

The Southern Ute Indian Tribe is investing in a 500,000-square-foot hemp processing facility in Wichita Falls, Texas; the facility will process hemp straw for use in textiles, straw, and pellets.

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled that women registered with the state’s medical cannabis program who consume cannabis while pregnant cannot be prosecuted for child neglect.

New Iowa hemp regulations restricting the sale and potency of consumable hemp products took effect on Wednesday. The rules are in place despite a federal lawsuit brought by a group of hemp companies seeking to block it.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent cease-and-desist letters to five companies selling hemp-derived THC products, accusing them of marketing to children by using packaging similar to mainstream, popular foods.