Graham Abbott

A study published this month that followed more than 5,000 men over 44 years found that long-term cannabis use is not associated with IQ decline in older adults.

A Minnesota judge blocked the state’s cannabis social equity license lottery this week in light of several lawsuits filed by applicants whose applications were denied last week.

A Nebraska judge last week dropped all charges against a notary public caught up in an ongoing legal challenge against the medical cannabis ballot initiatives approved by voters earlier this month.

The state of Michigan has ended its industrial hemp program and turned oversight of its hemp farmers over to the feds with the USDA.

The FDA has approved a previously stalled clinical trial investigating whether smoking medical cannabis can help to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among combat veterans.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton this week filed a lawsuit against the city of Dallas over the city’s new, voter-backed cannabis decriminalization policy.

Massachusetts cannabis regulators last week issued the state’s first cannabis research license to a facility operated by Curaleaf Processing, a subsidiary of Curaleaf Holdings.

Georgia medical cannabis operators are opening additional dispensaries after the state program’s total patient count exceeded 25,000, a threshold set by the state’s medical cannabis policy.

USDA officials last week delayed the enforcement of a rule requiring consumer hemp products to be tested by labs registered with the DEA; it’s the third year in a row that officials have delayed enforcing the rule.

New Mexico lawmakers are considering giving new enforcement powers to officials with the state’s Cannabis Control Division; the proposal would establish a “Compliance Bureau” aimed at disrupting the illicit cannabis market.

Regulators with the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission this week released health and safety guidelines for the cannabis industry that dub “ground cannabis dust” a hazardous chemical that operators must evaluate and prepare for.

Colorado-based Bee’s Knees CBDs has agreed to pay the state attorney general a $225,000 settlement after an investigation found the company had misrepresented its product offerings, claimed false partnerships with nonprofits, and failed to verify customers’ ages.

The hemp technology firm Hempitecture recently received $8.42 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to support creating an industrial hemp processing and manufacturing facility in Tennessee.

Italy’s conservative leadership is planning to crack down on the country’s nascent — and already highly restricted — cannabis industry by banning products made from hemp flower, the industry’s only real source of cannabinoids.

Cannabis regulators in New Jersey have started to implement new rules banning the unlicensed sale of hemp-derived cannabinoid products.

The publicly-traded cannabis brand TerrAscend recently announced its expansion into Ohio with the $10.3 million acquisition of Ratio Cannabis, a dispensary in Goshen Township.

An attorney for New Mexico cannabis company NNK Equity LLC says the company will sue the state after police seized and destroyed tens of thousands of pounds of cannabis. The authorities, however, say the seizure was lawfully executed against a noncompliant cannabis operator.

Kentucky voters across the state overwhelmingly passed ballot measures allowing medical cannabis operations at the local level.

Voters in the Texas cities of Dallas, Bastrop, and Lockhart voted this week to decriminalize low-level cannabis possession.

Oregon voted to secure cannabis workers’ right to join unions with the state’s Measure 119 drawing 55% voter support on Tuesday.

South Dakota voters on Tuesday rejected the state’s adult-use cannabis legalization initiative.

Florida’s Amendment 3, which sought to legalize adult-use cannabis by writing the reforms into the State Constitution, on Tuesday failed to garner the 60% supermajority support required of such amendments.

Adult-use cannabis dispensaries can legally provide home delivery services under new state regulations that took effect on Friday.

Nebraska officials will count votes for and against the state’s medical cannabis legalization bid this week and will publish the results despite an ongoing legal challenge disputing the campaign’s petition signature-gathering process.