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Mimi Lam is the co-founder and CEO of Superette, a boutique Canadian retailer that is working to transform the cannabis shopping experience.

The Seattle City Council voted yesterday to decriminalize the use, possession, and home cultivation of psilocybin, making it the largest U.S. city so far to enact such reforms.

Justin Bieber has entered the cannabis space with a product line of pre-rolls called “Peaches.”

Tumblr updated its advertising policies this week to allow ad campaigns by hemp CBD companies and Colorado- and California-based cannabis companies.

The former CEO for Shryne Group, the California multi-state cannabis operator behind the popular STIIIZY brand, was charged with multiple fraud felonies in connection with his time at a different company.

President Biden received a letter this week signed by more than 150 celebrity entertainers, politicians, law enforcement officials, and advocates requesting clemency for federal cannabis offenders.

The FDA and CDC issued warnings this week against consumer products containing hemp-derived delta-8 THC, which has yet to be thoroughly studied.

California’s newly formed Department of Cannabis Control released its first pass at updating the state’s cannabis industry regulations on Wednesday.

California officials announced a grant program to help cannabis operators better understand and address the negative environmental effects of commercial cannabis grows.

New York leaders have confirmed two officials to help run the state’s upcoming adult-use cannabis program.

Uruguay will increase the THC content of cannabis products sold through pharmacies and officials will look at allowing tourists to purchase cannabis products.

Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is facing criticism for late filing a personal financial report which details her six-figure stake in a Florida medical cannabis company.

U.S. Navy veteran Howard Bailey, who was deported to Jamaica over a cannabis conviction, has returned home after more than a decade.

Cannabis lounges in parts of Illinois are providing legal public spaces for social cannabis use.

Ohio cannabis advocates are set to start gathering signatures after the Ohio Ballot Board formally approved a cannabis legalization ballot initiative.

Anh Hatzopoulos is CEO of Dama Financial, which offers compliant cannabis operators full financial packages including FDIC-insured banking, business loans, and payroll and cash management services.

The New Orleans City Council approved language to retroactively and proactively pardon all low-level cannabis cases in the city, effectively nixing some 10,000 cannabis convictions and decriminalizing cannabis moving forward.

A key Senate committee approved language that would let VA doctors make medical cannabis recommendations for veterans in states with medical cannabis programs.

Actor Seth Rogen’s cannabis brand Houseplant and cannabis giant Canopy Growth this week announced an end to their Canada-based partnership.

Police officers in New York airports are no longer seizing cannabis products or issuing tickets for cases of low-level possession.