Graham Abbott

The Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) has voted to approve final regulations for the state’s medical and adult-use cannabis industries that place both industries under the CCC’s regulatory control.

California’s Unified Cannabis Enforcement Task Force and agencies including the Department of Fish & Wildlife and the Department of Cannabis Control report having seized over $316 million in illicit cannabis products during Q1 2025.

The Colorado State Patrol said about 600 pounds of cannabis was stolen earlier this month from a secured evidence parking lot. The cannabis had been seized during a “highway drug investigation” and was scheduled for destruction.

The Florida Senate has voted unanimously for a measure that would ban hemp-derived delta-8 THC and implement new restrictions on hemp-derived delta-9 THC products.

A crowd of hemp supporters descended on the Texas State Capitol building to voice their distaste for the Legislature’s efforts to heavily restrict or even ban hemp-derived THC products in the state.

New York cannabis officials are investigating whether one of the state’s licensed processors is creating products using cannabis laundered from other state markets.

Florida lawmakers in a House committee voted to advance a proposal to waive the medical cannabis registration fees for veterans and extend the certification period for cannabis patients from one year to two years.

In a recent ruling, a Minnesota judge ordered officials to proceed with the social equity cannabis pre-licensing lottery that the state previously abandoned amid multiple lawsuits.

The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with a former truck driver who is seeking triple damages in a lawsuit after a CBD product that was advertised as containing zero THC caused him to fail a drug test, which resulted in his firing.

The first messaging on cannabis policy out of the second Trump Administration is that “no action is being considered at this time.”

Dasheeda Dawson, the founding executive director of Cannabis NYC, announced last week she was stepping down as New York City’s “cannabis czar.”

The FBI has denied the process for federal background checks laid out by Delaware’s cannabis legalization policy, sending state lawmakers and officials scrambling to rework the adult-use program’s licensing requirements.

The Trump White House suggested in a recent document that the voter-approved cannabis decriminalization policy in Washington D.C. has led to “disorder” in the nation’s capital city.

Georgia’s Senate-approved proposal to ban THC from all hemp products stalled in the House Regulated Industries Committee after the committee chair said he was reluctant to ban a plant “That God lets grow naturally.”

A Florida appeals court has tossed a drug-trafficking conviction against a man who was caught carrying 50 vacuum-sealed bags of a “leafy green” substance officials believed to be cannabis, after the man argued that he believed the substance was hemp when he bought it.

Minnesota officials have submitted the state’s final cannabis industry rules to an administrative law judge for final approval, a key milestone for the market.

The DEA is promoting a video contest for an April 20 Instagram campaign called ‘Anti-420 Day,’ which encourages young people to submit short videos and help flood social media with their “anti-THC messages.”

New Hampshire House lawmakers have passed the body’s second cannabis legalization proposal of the session. The bill, however, contains fewer allowances than the proposal passed earlier this year, leaving cannabis retail and home grows out entirely.

France has taken a key step toward legalizing medical cannabis by formally notifying the European Commission of its plans to legalize and regulate the practice.

The Department of Government Efficiency, established by President Donald Trump and led by Elon Musk, has canceled a nearly $700,000 federal research grant to study cannabis use by LGBTQ+ women.

The Texas Senate has passed a bill to ban products in the state that contain any amount of THC, including hemp-derived products that are legal under federal law.

In a recent poll of Utah residents, 52% of respondents said they would vote for a citizen-led cannabis legalization initiative.

Democratic lawmakers in North Carolina filed a proposal to legalize the possession, cultivation, buying, and selling of cannabis by adults aged 21+.

The state of Wyoming has agreed to pay a $150,000 settlement over an erroneous 2019 raid on a hemp farm suspected of growing illegal cannabis plants.