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Former National Football League running back and Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams on Monday launched his cannabis brand, Highsman.

A survey published Monday by real estate brokerage firm Redfin found that 46% of respondents would “prefer to live” or “will only live” in a place where cannabis is legalized broadly.

Half of the total revenue derived from Arkansas’ medical cannabis sales — $25 million — has been collected over the last nine months.

The South Dakota Department of Health has released a rewritten version of some of the state’s medical cannabis rules after the Legislature’s Rules Review Committee rejected previous versions.

The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission last week licensed 14 new minority- or women-owned medical cannabis businesses. The licenses were part of a 2019 application round that was delayed by a lawsuit.

Canadian cannabis retailer Superette partnered with designer Emily Robinson on a dispensary that resembles a retro grocery store.

Canadian cannabis company Canopy Growth has entered into an agreement to acquire Wana, the number one edibles brand in North America, once cannabis is legalized federally in the U.S.

Flowhub, a retail point-of-sale platform for cannabis dispensaries, announced on Tuesday the closing of $19 million in strategic funding. The sum includes a personal investment by Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter.

Oregon-based cannabis technology company Dutchie has raised $350 million in a Series D funding round, doubling the firm’s valuation to $3.75 billion.

An Ohio bill being circulated by Republican Rep. Jamie Callender would allow sales and possession for adults 21-and-older and levy a 10% tax on retail sales.

The Marin County District Attorney’s Office dropped or reduced 604 cannabis charges on Tuesday as per California’s cannabis legalization law.

California now allows for hemp-derived cannabinoids in everyday products including food and beverages, dietary supplements, cosmetics, and pet food.

A Singaporean man is set to be hanged for importing 1 kilogram of cannabis from Malaysia into Singapore in 2018.

Actor and musician Steven Van Zandt is launching a line of pre-rolls in partnership with Canna Provisions with 10% of the proceeds being donated to NORML.

German police unions voiced opposition to national cannabis legalization following election victories by Social Democrats, the Greens, and the Free Democrats, all of which support the reforms.

Keith Stephenson is the founder and CEO of Purple Heart, the longest-running cannabis dispensary in Oakland, California, and the country’s first Black-owned cannabis business.

South Carolina Assistant Attorney General David S. Jones said that Delta-8 THC — or any other form of hemp-derived THC — is not legal under the state’s hemp law.

The Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians filed an application with Sonoma County, California officials to grow nearly 1,000 cannabis plants outdoors on land in Petaluma that it had previously considered for a casino.

A Missouri judge last week ordered a permanent injunction against the state’s medical cannabis law requiring cannabis businesses in the state to be at least 51% owned by Missouri residents.

U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren have sent a letter urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to decriminalize cannabis by removing it from the federal controlled substances list.

Sen. Mike Regan, who helped write Pennsylvania’s 2016 medical cannabis law, is circulating a memorandum seeking to add co-sponsors to a cannabis legalization bill.

Arizona has identified 87 zip codes where applicants for the state’s cannabis social equity licensed must have lived in recent years.

The NBA has extended its policy of not randomly drug testing players for cannabis for the upcoming season.

Oklahoma cannabis advocates have filed ballot initiatives aiming to legalize adult-use cannabis and replace the state’s medical cannabis oversight agency in 2022.