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St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones signed a law to decriminalize the possession of cannabis, up to two ounces, and to prevent warrantless searches by police due to cannabis odor.

The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe of New York awarded its first cannabis industry conditional cultivation licenses.

The tenth lawsuit against Curaleaf for a CBD/THC label mix-up involves an alleged wrongful death claim.

Delta-8 THC products will remain legal in Texas after the state Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving the legality of Delta-8 products.

Tribes in Montana will be allowed to acquire licenses for high-capacity cannabis cultivation facilities; previously, tribes could only acquire the smallest-capacity grow licenses.

A cannabis legalization bill in Malta is expected to be formally approved by lawmakers today.

Visa issued a warning recently against dispensaries using “Cashless ATMs” to mimic the process of purchasing cannabis products with a credit or debit card.

A recent study found cannabis legalization had no negative effect on Colorado’s labor market and that allowing state-licensed cannabis dispensaries leads to an increased local employment rate.

Ohio regulators have issued a product recall for Blueberry Cookies flower and shake products by Galenas LLC; the recall was prompted because dispensary workers found plastic-like materials in some of the products’ packaging.

57% of Americans believe cannabis should be made fully legal at the federal level, according to a new poll by YouGov.

A bill proposed by Missouri Democratic state Rep. Ian Mackey would prevent law enforcement from performing warrantless searches based on the odor of fresh cannabis.

The Rekt Café in Atlantic City, New Jersey — a members-only cannabis consumption lounge — was closed for operating without the required mercantile license and other citations and violations.

Nebraska Gov. Pete Rickets recently appeared in an anti-medical cannabis ad claiming that the plant is not medicinal and that the medical cannabis movement is a backdoor for adult-use reforms.

BRP Group, Inc. launched a management liability insurance program named Alpharoot, which will cover cannabis, hemp, and CBD companies, directors, and officers.

An Illinois lawsuit is preventing 118 new cannabis licensees, at least half of which are majority-owned by non-white applicants, from beginning operations.

Lawmakers have removed language from a national defense bill that would have given state-legal cannabis companies access to banking services.

The European Industrial Hemp Association restored the maximum THC levels for hemp from 0.2% to 0.3% after previously reducing the level last year.

A new South Dakota poll found the majority of respondents disagreed with Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s backing a lawsuit against the state’s voter-approved cannabis legalization law.

Florida is set to begin accepting applications in March next year for the single cannabis cultivation license set aside by the state for a Black farmer. The license fee will be more than double the original cost of a cannabis license.

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb (R), who has admitted to smoking cannabis, continues to oppose legalization at the state level while it is federally illegal but would like the state’s colleges and universities to study the plant.

Researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia have found that blood and oral fluid THC concentrations are weak indicators of cannabis-induced impairment.

Medical cannabis patients in Minnesota will have the option to purchase cannabis-infused gummies and chews starting August 2022.

The Vermont Cannabis Control Board will not be including all of the cannabis label health warnings recommended by the Vermont Medical Society.

Under new rules proposed by the Ohio Board of Pharmacy, cannabis patients would be allowed nine ounces over a 90-day period, regardless of THC concentrations.