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The Illinois House of Representatives passed a social equity cannabis licensing bill this week; the proposal now moves to the Senate for consideration.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has pardoned Dr. Paul Ezell, an ophthalmologist who in 2014 lost his career and was jailed for six months for growing cannabis as medicine for his sick wife.

The Acting Solicitor General of the United States Elizabeth Prelogar filed a brief this week supporting IRS investigations into state-legal cannabis companies under Section 280E.

The Texas Senate yesterday advanced House-approved medical cannabis expansions but lawmakers lowered the bill’s proposed THC limits from 5% to just 1%.

Kevin Ne Se Shores, a former Minnesota Grassroots Legalize Cannabis Party candidate for Congress, has accused GOP strategist Kip Christianson of encouraging him to launch his campaign to siphon pro-cannabis votes from Democrats.

In a nearly unanimous vote, Missouri lawmakers delivered a bill to the governor that will let the state’s medical cannabis companies deduct ordinary business expenses on their state tax returns.

Cannabis dispensaries in Massachusetts are now allowed to sell most consumer-ready hemp products including hemp seeds, oils, powders, proteins, clothing and other items made from hemp fiber, hemp building materials, and non-food CBD products.

Researchers at UC San Diego have launched a first-of-its-kind study into the effectiveness of cannabis as a treatment for acute migraines.

New York banned the sale of Delta-8 and Delta-10 THC under new hemp industry regulations released last week.

Greek lawmakers approved a measure last week to legalize the cultivation and sale of medical cannabis products.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill to implement the state’s voter-approved adult-use cannabis law last week.

Lawmakers in Michigan’s House Committee on Regulatory Reform advanced a measure to ban the sale of psychoactive cannabinoids synthesized from hemp, such as Delta-8 THC, at any shop not licensed as a cannabis retailer.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has signed legislation into law to double personal cannabis possession limits and expand criminal justice reforms in the state.

The cannabis-focused venture capital firm Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies — which is backed by Casa Verde, the venture capital firm partially owned by Snoop Dogg — started trading today on the London Stock Exchange.

A Missouri appeals court ruled that medical cannabis regulators in the state cannot keep secret the industry’s business license applications.

A recent Connecticut poll found that 64% of residents support legalizing adult-use cannabis in the state, with about 29% opposed and 7% unsure.

A Colorado bill is seeking to reduce the amount of concentrates that medical cannabis patients ages 18-20 can purchase in an effort to prevent the diversion of such products to Colorado’s youth.

Minnesota’s legislature approved a bill to allow smokable cannabis products in the state’s medical cannabis program.

Lawmakers in Louisiana’s House rejected a measure to tax adult-use cannabis sales if and when the state passes the reforms, likely dooming the reforms for this year and the next.

Employees at three March and Ash dispensaries in the greater San Diego area voted last week to join United Food and Commercial Workers Local 135.

Kathryn Blackwell & Chelsea Mulligan are co-founders of The Open Dør, an Arizona-based cannabis dispensary franchising firm.

Slipknot co-founder Shawn “Clown” Crahan is launching a cannabis product line featuring six half-gram pre-rolls made from 75% indica flower and 25% Paradise Citrus bubble hash.

A recent study found that cannabis legalization leads to lower prices in a state’s unlicensed cannabis market and an increase in the prices of illicit drugs and illegally obtained pharmaceuticals.

The State Medical Board of Ohio approved three new conditions for the state’s medical cannabis qualifying conditions list: arthritis, chronic migraines, and complex regional pain syndrome.