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A Minnesota state Rep. has proposed reclassifying medical cannabis as a Schedule 2 substance so patients would be able to legally keep their firearms under federal law.

Cann Group Limited in Australia said last week it lost $3.6 million when payments meant for an overseas contractor were, “received by an unknown third party as a result of a complex and sophisticated cyber fraud.”

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) revealed his anticipation of cannabis legalization in the state after including revenue from legal cannabis taxes in his 2021-2022 budget proposal.

Former NFL running back and Super Bowl champion Marshawn Lynch has launched a new premium product line called Dodi Blunts, which features products infused with highly potent THCa diamonds.

Legal adult-use cannabis sales in Canada finally outpaced the unregulated market during the third quarter of 2020, over two years since the country passed legalization.

The Idaho Senate approved a measure to constitutionally ban any statewide legalization of non-pharmaceutical psychoactive drugs (including cannabis). The proposal still has to pass the House in a two-thirds vote and would then move to voters via a ballot initiative next year.

Black people in Montana are 9.6 times more likely to be arrested for cannabis possession than their white counterparts — it is the country’s biggest racial disparity for cannabis arrests. Colorado, at 1.5 times more likely, has the lowest racial disparity among cannabis arrests.

Springbig, a Florida-based cannabis loyalty marketing company, has acquired Canada’s BudTender, giving the company full access to cannabis retailers across the Great White North.

The maker of Kool-brand cigarettes has sued cannabis company Capna Intellectual, which does business as Bloom Brands, alleging logo infringement and violations of trademark law.

New Mexico lawmakers have pre-filed two cannabis legalization bills for the coming session. Each measure would essentially do the same thing but differ on operational and enforcement details.

Cannabis grow tech company Agrify began trading on the Nasdaq last week; the company is not a plant-touching business but provides cultivation solutions for professional indoor cannabis growers.

Data recently released by Michigan’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency shows that applications for cannabis business licenses by white people outnumber applications from people of color by a ratio of 16 to 1.

Pennsylvania has awarded nearly $19,000 in grants aimed at improving the hemp agriculture industry in the state.

Oregon’s first-in-the-nation drugs decriminalization policy takes effect today. The measure was approved by voters last November.

Lawmakers in Idaho are set to consider a bipartisan bill to legalize medical cannabis even after a proposal to constitutionally ban all psychoactive drugs (including cannabis) was advanced from the Senate State Affairs Committee.

Lawmakers in the New Jersey Assembly Community Development and Affairs Committee have approved a piece of so-called “clean-up” legislation aimed at getting Gov. Phil Murphy to approve the state’s voter-backed legalization plan.

The mother of William Benjamin Harris IV, a 19-year-old who was shot and killed during a June 2019 cannabis delivery-gone-bad, is now suing Weedmaps and a California vape shop saying they are responsible for her son’s death.

According to the Leaflink 2020 Wholesale Cannabis Pricing Guide, wholesale flower prices increased 18% nationwide last year while edibles/ingestibles saw an 11% price decrease.

Rhode Island lawmakers will consider letting veterinarians certify domestic pets for medical cannabis access. Qualifying conditions for pets would include “any condition … that would be a ‘debilitating medical condition’ if it were suffered by a person.”

Cannabis industry analytics firm Headset released a new report estimating the annual value of Mexico’s legalized cannabis market at about $843.7 million.

A recent survey of 525 chronic pain patients found that 40.4% of respondents had replaced their opioid-based medications with medical cannabis.

Nevada regulators have asked the state’s Cannabis Compliance Board to revoke the license of testing lab Cannex Nevada LLC after the company allegedly passed tainted cannabis products and inflated THC results for clients.

Following months of delays, Illinois officials have informed cannabis industry applicants of problems they can remedy in their applications as the latest licensing process begins anew.

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order directing the Department of Justice to end its use of private prisons.