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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) said she is planning to call a special legislative session after lawmakers failed to approve a cannabis legalization bill by its Saturday deadline.

Oregon State University has received nearly $300,000 in federal grants to investigate the safe use of using spent hemp biomass to feed cattle.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirmed last week that five staffers in the Biden Administration’s White House lost their jobs due to employment policies related to past cannabis use.

The SAFE Banking Act has been reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill was first passed 18 months ago with immense bipartisan support but never appeared in the Republican-controlled Senate.

A new report reveals that the Biden White House punished multiple staffers with penalties including suspension, remote work assignments, and requests for their resignation due to their past cannabis use.

Former NBA star Travis Best is joining the Lemonnade dispensary in his hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts as co-owner.

Colorado state senators have approved legislation allowing children with complicated medical conditions to access medical cannabis while at school.

The SEC announced fraud charges on Monday against Irvine, California-based stock trader Andrew L. Fassari for allegedly using Twitter to spread lies about and drive up the stock price of a now-defunct cannabis company.

61 percent of New Yorkers say that local municipalities should be allowed to opt-out of local adult-use cannabis industry operations.

A trademark dispute is brewing between California-based Farmacann, which was founded originally under California’s medical cannabis law, and the Chicago-based multi-state cannabis operator Pharmacann.

Bend, Oregon-based cannabis technology company Dutchie announced it recently raised $200 million and has acquired Greenbits and Leaflogix for an undisclosed sum.

Lawmakers in Tennessee’s House Health Committee voted to advance a measure that would allow adult cancer patients to consume medical cannabis via THC-rich cannabis oil.

The Canadian cannabis producer Canopy Growth is laying off 75 employees and announced it will close its Denmark-based operations.

A recent study found that a two-week course of high doses of CBD can restore the function of two different proteins that are key in reducing the effects of Alzheimer’s disease.

California officials are awarding $15 million in grant funding to localities, much of which will be distributed as low- or no-interest loans or grants for cannabis equity applicants.

The City Council in Shreveport, Louisiana is considering a measure to decriminalize low-level cannabis possession. If approved, Shreveport would be only the third Louisiana city to adopt significant cannabis reforms.

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) went full Reefer Madness in his remarks on legalization during a press conference last week, saying “If you legalize marijuana, you’re gonna kill your kids.”

New Mexico state senators have pulled the state’s cannabis legalization bill from their agenda just days before the session’s end, citing disagreements over taxation, licensing, and the bill’s criminal justice reform provisions.

A New York City Fire Department emergency medical technician filed a notice of claim to sue the city for $5 million after being placed on limited duty due to doctor-prescribed medical cannabis use.

British American Tobacco, one of the world’s largest tobacco companies, will buy a 20% stake in Canada’s Organigram for about $175.81 million.

An Illinois proposal seeks to block former cannabis regulators and their family members from working and investing in the state’s licensed cannabis industry.

New Mexico Senate Speaker Brian Egolf said legalization is a top priority for lawmakers this session and he is “cautiously optimistic” the reforms will pass this year.

A recent study found that an eighth of legal cannabis can carry up to a 41-pound carbon footprint.

Cannabis entrepreneurs and beer brewers have come together in Maine to release “THC Elixir,” a THC-infused, non-alcoholic version of Shipyard Brewing Co.’s Pumpkinhead beer.