TG Branfalt

Illinois cannabis tax revenues outpaced alcohol tax revenues for the first time after generating $86 million during the year’s first quarter.

Edmund DeVeaux is a New Jersey-based cannabis industry lobbyist and President of the New Jersey CannaBusiness Association.

The FDA has announced plans to ban flavored tobacco products including menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.

New Mexico’s health department has revoked the license of cannabis company New MexiCann Natural Medicine after an accident last year left two employees seriously injured.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal case brought by California cannabis companies seeking to challenge their severe tax bills under Section 280E due to delayed paperwork.

The New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission will stop testing drivers for cannabis after New York legalized cannabis for adult use in March.

The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources is granting hemp and cannabis farmers access to 73,000 acres of protected farmland in the state. The land was preserved for future agricultural use under a program established in 1979.

Canadian cannabis companies Tilray and Aphria have finished their merger to become the world’s largest cannabis company based on pro forma revenue.

Maryland police can no longer stop and search people based on perceived cannabis odors following a Maryland appeals court ruling.

UK-based GW Pharmaceuticals — the manufacturer of Epidiolex, the first FDA-approved cannabis medication — was awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2021 in the Innovation category.

A proposal in Maine is seeking to legalize psilocybin mushroom therapy for anyone aged 21 or older.

South Dakota’s Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in the governor’s legal challenge to the cannabis legalization ballot initiative that was approved by last November.

Oklahoma has paused the implementation of its seed-to-sale tracking system due to a lawsuit filed by multiple medical cannabis businesses claiming the system would allow for a monopoly.

Philadelphia’s City Council has banned pre-employment drug screenings for cannabis by most businesses in the city.

Syracuse University announced a partnership with the cannabis education platform Green Flower to provide an online industry certificate program.

At least six financial institutions are currently serving Massachusetts-based cannabusinesses — double the number from just three years ago.

Three members of Congress — Reps. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Barbara Lee, and Earl Blumenauer — sent a letter to the executive director of the U.S. Botanic Garden requesting them to display hemp plants.

At least two New York Native American tribes — the Shinnecock Indian Nation and the Saint Regis Mohawks — are eyeing the state’s cannabis industry now that adult-use reforms have been approved.

Canopy Growth has agreed to a distribution deal with alcohol distributor Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits for its line of CBD-infused beverages.

A House proposal introduced last week aims to protect the gun rights of cannabis consumers in states with legal cannabis access.

A 20-year study investigating sets of identical twins with different cannabis habits found no evidence of significant long-term impact on cognitive abilities due to cannabis use.

The Montana Senate approved a bill to implement the state’s voter-approved adult-use cannabis program; the proposal was already passed in the House but amendments by the Senate mean the bill must be reconsidered.

Florida’s conservative Supreme Court blocked the state’s cannabis legalization ballot initiative, claiming the initiative fails to properly inform voters that cannabis is federally illegal and would remain so even if the state legalizes it.

An appeal of Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code filed by California-based Harborside Health Center was rejected in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday.