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U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren have sent a letter urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to decriminalize cannabis by removing it from the federal controlled substances list.

Sen. Mike Regan, who helped write Pennsylvania’s 2016 medical cannabis law, is circulating a memorandum seeking to add co-sponsors to a cannabis legalization bill.

Arizona has identified 87 zip codes where applicants for the state’s cannabis social equity licensed must have lived in recent years.

Custom and border officials have seized nearly 15,000 pounds of cannabis at the Canada-U.S. Michigan border this year.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a measure by Mayor London Breed to update the city’s social equity program.

The NBA has extended its policy of not randomly drug testing players for cannabis for the upcoming season.

Oklahoma cannabis advocates have filed ballot initiatives aiming to legalize adult-use cannabis and replace the state’s medical cannabis oversight agency in 2022.

Connecticut’s Social Equity Council has asked regulators to charter new banks to support the state’s cannabis industry and give better opportunities for social equity applicants.

A California jury has awarded $5 million in damages in what is believed to be the first cannabis industry antitrust case in the nation, according to a National Law Review report.

An Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission report found that 54% of registered hemp farms inspected in southern Oregon were growing THC-rich strains of cannabis.

Two executives for cannabis company CanaFarma Corp. are accused of defrauding investors out of at least $4 million.

Under a new directive, Missouri medical cannabis companies can no longer advertise strain names or engage in any other form of advertising.

The California Department of Cannabis Control released guidelines and application requirements for a new $100M grant program aimed at transitioning provisional licenses to permanent annual licenses.

Colorado cultivators grew 1.8 million pounds of cannabis last year, a 24% increase from 2019.

New York’s LIM College announced the creation of its Bachelor of Business Administration degree program in cannabis, which the college says is the first of its kind in the nation.

During their first meeting on Tuesday, the board in charge of implementing New York’s legalization bill enacted medical cannabis reforms including waiving application fees, allowing for whole flower, and raising supply limits.

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.

Cannabis firms Ayr Wellness Inc., Curaleaf Holdings Inc., and The Parent Company each announced acquisition deals on Monday for $80 million, $67 million, and $65.2 million, respectively.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of someone arrested with hemp CBD vape cartridges, claiming the state’s hemp law does not extend to liquid mixtures containing THC (even if under the 0.3% THC threshold).

Cannabis advocates have formed the Kansas Cannabis Chamber of Commerce which will push for industry reforms.

The director of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority said the agency is going through a “hard reset” with plans to make compliance checks and public safety the priority going forward.

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

Actor Clint Eastwood won about $6.1 million in a lawsuit against a Lithuanian company that used Eastwood’s image and likeness to promote its CBD products without permission.

The co-founders of MedMen Enterprises are suing the co-owners of Coastal Holding Company claiming the retail dispensary chain conspired to dump the company in a liquidation sale.