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Former MLB pitcher Matt Garza has received approval to open a retail cannabis dispensary while a company co-owner is facing felony charges for his involvement in an alleged, unrelated scam.

Illinois will attribute another $45 million derived from cannabis taxes toward community grants for communities most impacted by the war on drugs.

Arizona has received more than 1,500 applications for the state’s 26 cannabis social equity licenses, each worth potentially near $10 million. The licenses will be awarded in a random lottery selection next spring.

Some 24% of New York municipalities have now opted out of allowing adult-use cannabis operations.

San Diego officials are gathering feedback on a proposal to eliminate certain zoning rules that could increase the number of cannabis dispensaries in the city by up to 40%.

The Colorado Department of Revenue Average Market Rate report for rates effective January 2022 saw prices fall across five cannabis categories.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Virginia’s plan for continuing to regulate the state’s industrial hemp industry.

Lawmakers in Malta have approved the country’s cannabis legalization proposal, making it the first EU member nation to legalize adult-use cannabis.

A recent study found that the incidence of epileptic seizures in children decreased an average of 86% when treated with whole-plant cannabis.

The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe of New York awarded its first cannabis industry conditional cultivation licenses.

Delta-8 THC products will remain legal in Texas after the state Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving the legality of Delta-8 products.

Tribes in Montana will be allowed to acquire licenses for high-capacity cannabis cultivation facilities; previously, tribes could only acquire the smallest-capacity grow licenses.

A cannabis legalization bill in Malta is expected to be formally approved by lawmakers today.

57% of Americans believe cannabis should be made fully legal at the federal level, according to a new poll by YouGov.

A bill proposed by Missouri Democratic state Rep. Ian Mackey would prevent law enforcement from performing warrantless searches based on the odor of fresh cannabis.

The Rekt Café in Atlantic City, New Jersey — a members-only cannabis consumption lounge — was closed for operating without the required mercantile license and other citations and violations.

BRP Group, Inc. launched a management liability insurance program named Alpharoot, which will cover cannabis, hemp, and CBD companies, directors, and officers.

An Illinois lawsuit is preventing 118 new cannabis licensees, at least half of which are majority-owned by non-white applicants, from beginning operations.

The European Industrial Hemp Association restored the maximum THC levels for hemp from 0.2% to 0.3% after previously reducing the level last year.

A new South Dakota poll found the majority of respondents disagreed with Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s backing a lawsuit against the state’s voter-approved cannabis legalization law.

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb (R), who has admitted to smoking cannabis, continues to oppose legalization at the state level while it is federally illegal but would like the state’s colleges and universities to study the plant.

Chris Ray is the general manager for The Tree House, a cannabis dispensary in Anchorage, Alaska.

Researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia have found that blood and oral fluid THC concentrations are weak indicators of cannabis-induced impairment.

Medical cannabis patients in Minnesota will have the option to purchase cannabis-infused gummies and chews starting August 2022.