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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) has threatened to veto the state’s medical cannabis reform bill because he would like for patients’ proposed daily allowance to be cut in half from 3.5 grams daily to 1.75 grams.

Lompoc, California officials voted to approve up to two cannabis-related events per year in any of its three city parks.

New Mexico’s new adult-use cannabis industry rules include restrictions on retail product samples and guidelines for security measures, proof of water rights, workplace training programs, record-keeping, and more.

Colorado’s combined medical and adult-use cannabis sales reached $2.19 billion in 2020, marking a new record for the state.

The recent National Drug Strategy Household Survey in Australia found that 41.1% of respondents believe cannabis should be legalized.

The state of Maine and the Maine Cannabis Coalition are appealing a judge’s ruling that dropped the medical cannabis industry’s ban on out-of-state business ownership.

Oregon recently allocated $25 million under a new enforcement program to combat illegal cannabis grows in the state.

Rochester, New York’s mayor-elect Malik Evans has proposed using cannabis taxes to bolster a universal basic income program for his constituents.

Officials in British Columbia, Canada are helping unlicensed cannabis producers to obtain licenses and participate in the legal marketplace.

Medical cannabis company Cannabit-Tikun Olam is partnering with pharmaceutical firm Teva Israel to produce cannabis products for international distribution.

Researchers at Washington State University and several partnering West Coast universities have received a five-year, $10 million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to study hemp and its agricultural benefits.

Lawmakers in Maryland are set to consider legislation that would put a referendum to legalize adult-use cannabis before voters during the 2022 election.

The Canadian Human Rights Commission will hear a case on whether banks can recall mortgages for cannabis licensee homeowners.

Minnesota cannabis officials said that hemp-derived tinctures and other CBD and Delta-8 THC products are illegal because the FDA has not formally approved the cannabinoid products.

A recent survey found 35% of software programmers have used cannabis while completing software engineering-related tasks and 91% of those surveyed believe cannabis should be made legal.

NYC New York Cannabis, a New York City-based cannabis apparel brand, received an injunction from a federal judge on Tuesday for altering several of the city’s departmental logos for profit.

UK-based Glass Pharms has announced plans to build the world’s first carbon-negative medical cannabis cultivation facility using artificial intelligence-influenced growing methods.

A set of GOP companion bills in the House and Senate seeking to curb illegal fentanyl sales would also streamline the research of cannabis, psychedelics, and other Schedule I substances.

Luxury Leaf, Missouri’s first Black-owned medical cannabis dispensary, is ready to open in January 2022.

Democratic Iowa state senators have called for a constitutional amendment to legalize adult-use cannabis. Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds opposes the plan.

A Michigan judge denied the Michigan Marijuana Regulation Agency’s request to reverse a ruling that limited the cannabis product recall tied to Viridis Laboratories earlier this month.

Toi Hutchinson, who was Illinois’ top cannabis official as senior advisor to Gov. J.B. Pritzker, joined the Marijuana Policy Project last week as the organization’s new president and CEO.

Cannabis legalization advocates in Ohio have collected enough signatures to make lawmakers consider the proposed reforms, which include cannabis possession and personal cultivation.

The Utah Department of Health will accelerate plans to increase patient access to the medical cannabis program and to allow additional healthcare providers to recommend medical cannabis.