Graham Abbott

Herbl, one of California’s biggest cannabis distributors, is shutting down operations and entering receivership. The well-funded brand’s collapse illuminates the unfortunate state of the nation’s largest cannabis market.

Twitch, the popular online streaming platform owned by Amazon, recently updated its branding policy to ban cannabis companies from sponsoring channels on the platform.

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) signed into law an omnibus cannabis bill that more than doubles personal possession limits in the state, allows for felons to acquire cannabis industry licenses in some cases, and more.

Leafly recently removed two articles from its website investigating the death of cannabis worker Lorna McMurrey, who passed away at age 27 last year after collapsing during a shift at a Trulieve cannabis factory in Massachusetts.

Harrison Bard and Fredrik Rading are co-founders of Custom Cones USA, a leading supplier of custom-branded and specialty pre-rolled cones for the cannabis industry.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed the state’s adult-use legalization bill into law today, making cannabis possession and home cultivation legal starting on August 1 with retail licenses expected sometime next summer.

New York regulators announced the state will allow cannabis farmers’ markets this summer in an effort to help state cultivators offload their glut of cannabis products.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a bill last week to implement medical psilocybin legalization and decriminalize the personal use and cultivation of other natural psychedelics; the proposal marks lawmakers’ response to last year’s successful psychedelics legalization voter initiative.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) last week signed into law the state’s budget bill which includes $5 million to investigate the medicinal efficacy of whole-mushroom psilocybin.

Lavall Chichester is the CEO of Growth Skills, an award-winning growth marketing agency based in New York City that specializes in developing custom, multifaceted strategies to accelerate audience and revenue growth for brands.

The U.S. military and many federal agencies have started to deprioritize prior cannabis use when considering new hires.

Bipartisan lawmakers in the U.S. House and Senate reintroduced the SAFE Banking Act this week, which seeks to normalize banking services for state-licensed cannabis companies.

James Yi is the founder and CEO of Leaf Trade, a wholesale cannabis platform that integrates point-of-sale, e-commerce, retail fulfillment, payment processing, and more.

Cookies CEO Berner responded to a recent lawsuit targeting himself and several other Cookies executives, calling the allegations — which accuse the company’s leadership of “pervasive self-dealing” and allege a pattern of personal benefits and kickbacks — “extremely false, harmful damaging claims.”

A bipartisan U.S. House proposal filed this week would exempt state-legal cannabis companies from the restrictions of IRS Code 280E, which has vexed modern cannabis operators for years.