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The New York City borough of Queens’ District Attorney has requested the dismissal and sealing of 3,200 low-level cannabis cases.

The University of Illinois, Springfield is offering multiple non-credit online courses in cannabis education.

Former CannTrust officials have been charged for making efforts to conceal the illegal growing of cannabis at CannTrust facilities over a 10-month period—the investigation ultimately forced the company to destroy $65 million worth of inventory.

Multiple cannabis companies had petitioned the high court to hear their case following a previous ruling that the IRS could use 280E to determine whether a business or individual was in violation of criminal drug laws.

A New York community college is offering two new cannabis certificates: one centered on plant cultivation duties and techniques and another on cannabis manufacturing and production.

Connecticut is officially the latest state to shed cannabis prohibition this year after Gov. Ned Lamont signed the state’s cannabis legalization bill into law.

The consultants were each sentenced to over a year in prison after being convicted of using shell companies and fake websites to disguise cannabis sales from 2016 to 2019.

A new study shows an increase in the number of U.S. military veterans using cannabis, although Veteran Affairs doctors still cannot recommend it to patients at agency-run hospitals.

The interdisciplinary minor focuses on social justice issues related to cannabis use, the cannabis industry, and the medical efficacy of cannabis.

Accompanying the increase in women purchasers, 6% of 2020 cannabis consumers were new users and a substantial 22% were Gen Zers.

If the bid is successful, Minnesota would be the first state with a medical cannabis program that would appeal directly to the federal government for gun rights on behalf of its enrollees.

The companies are under investigation for violating the Consumer Fraud Act on the grounds that the cannabis gifts, with the purchase of snacks and other products, are central to sales transactions.

Edward Forchion, aka NJ Weedman, is running a write-in campaign for New Jersey governor after announcing his petition withdrawal and leaving a court hearing “in a cloud of smoke.”

The new website features news releases, FAQs, an event section, helpful terminology, and a link to the state’s new medical cannabis program.

With cannabis still federally prohibited, industry operators don’t have easy access to traditional banking services and frequently face high fees just to acquire and maintain a bank account.

The Connecticut Senate on Thursday passed a bill to legalize adult-use cannabis on the 50-year anniversary of the declaration of the War on Drugs.

Detroit’s cannabis industry license ordinance giving preference to long-time city residents is “likely unconstitutional,” according to a recent federal ruling.

The Justices determined that a proposed ballot initiative to legalize cannabis in the state was misleading due to an unclear use of the word “use.”

The initiative would raise the state’s cannabis excise tax to fill the pandemic-related education funding gap.

Lawmakers formally approved Connecticut’s adult-use cannabis legalization bill today, setting the state up to become the next to allow adult-use cannabis use and sales.

The Florida Supreme Court ruled in favor of the state’s vertically integrated medical cannabis industry, finding that the industry regulations have not hindered product availability nor limited the number of licensed dispensaries.

Weedmaps Holding Company LLC on Wednesday began trading on the Nasdaq following a takeover of Silver Spike Acquisition Corp.

Louisiana’s decriminalization measure makes the possession of up to 14 grams of cannabis flower a misdemeanor punishable by a $100 fine with no possibility for jail time.

The bill would decriminalize all drugs at the federal level and shift authority for the substances from the Attorney General to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.