Graham Abbott

An American citizen traveling in Russia was arrested earlier this month for carrying cannabis-infused gummies in their luggage.

A California Senate proposal looking to limit the sales of illegal, unlicensed cannabis products would set new rules for online cannabis marketplaces.

Brazil’s national agricultural agency Embrapa is working on a 12-year cultivation research program to benefit future cannabis farmers in the country.

A recent poll of likely voters in North Carolina found 71% support for legalizing medical cannabis.

Russia has released American teacher Marc Fogel, who was arrested by Russian customs agents in 2021 on cannabis-related drug charges, in an apparent gesture of goodwill towards the U.S.

A licensed cannabis cultivator in Western Massachusetts is suing a neighboring produce farm, alleging that repeated instances of “pesticide overspray” ruined the neighboring cannabis company’s crops for years, amounting to $17 million in damages.

More than 60% of Texas residents support legalizing adult-use cannabis, according to a recent poll. Support was even higher for cannabis decriminalization (69%) and medical legalization (79%).

A Tennessee proposal seeks to enact a statewide ban on products that contain smokable hemp flower.

Illinois cannabis dispensaries exceeded $2 billion in combined adult-use and medical cannabis sales last year, a new annual sales record for the state.

Arkansas medical cannabis retailers sold more products in 2024 than in the previous year but due to a lowering of prices, the industry’s total revenue dropped.

Both chambers of the Virginia Legislature have passed bills this session to legalize adult-use cannabis sales. The governor, however, has said he will veto any legislation containing regulations for a cannabis marketplace — as he did last year.

Cannabis regulators in Massachusetts warned that some products sold in the state may have exceeded state-mandated levels of yeast, mold, and coliforms.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the president’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said last week that if he is confirmed to the role, he would defer to the DEA on the issue of cannabis rescheduling.

Cannabis prices in Oregon are at an all-time low as the state continues to set new cannabis harvest records each year.

Kentucky officials have awarded the state’s first medical cannabis patient IDs, with about 2,200 applications approved.

A Maine proposal would require medical cannabis products to undergo rigorous testing for potency and contaminants, like in the state’s adult-use system.

New legislation introduced in Hawaii seeks to legalize adult-use cannabis and establish the Hawaii Cannabis and Hemp Office, which would oversee the state’s medical cannabis and hemp businesses alongside its future adult-use industry.

Officials with the New Mexico Cannabis Control Division are pushing elected officials to pass legislation creating a task force under the agency dedicated to stamping out illicit cannabis activity.

Massachusetts cannabis retailers set a new annual sales record in 2024 with $1.64 billion in combined adult-use and medical cannabis sales.

Lawmakers in a Virginia Senate committee have advanced a bill funding clinical trials to investigate federally recognized “breakthrough therapies” for veterans’ mental health issues, including psychedelic substances like MDMA and psilocybin.

Canada-based Aurora Cannabis has announced the launch of IndiMed, its first line of medical cannabis products grown and manufactured in Germany, which is the latest EU member state to adopt cannabis legalization policies.

Nebraska state lawmakers are beginning to plan for the medical cannabis program approved by voters last November.

Some Kentucky Democrats have introduced bills to put an adult-use cannabis legalization question to voters during the next general election in 2026. The constitutional amendment would legalize cannabis home grows and establish a taxed-and-regulated marketplace.

Missouri cannabis officials have proposed an industry rules update to combat “middleman” business practices by requiring the designated contact for the state’s cannabis microbusinesses to be either the owner or partial owner of the company.