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A recent report found positive drug tests in the U.S. reached a 16-year high at the close of 2019. However, while the rate of positive drug tests increased overall, there was a decline in positive tests for certain substances including opioids.

A recent survey found that most people who identify as religious in the U.S. also support the broad legalization of cannabis. Support for cannabis reforms is much stronger, though, among non-religious people.

New Mexico regulators have released first draft rules for the state’s adult-use cannabis marketplace. More draft rules are expected in the coming months, but sales could ultimately launch ahead of schedule.

For D.C.’s fledgling medical cannabis industry, the pandemic brought significant challenges as businesses looked for ways to accommodate patients without putting them at risk of contracting a potentially deadly disease.

Connecticut House Majority Leader Jason Rojas (D) said he expects at least one legislative chamber to consider an adult-use cannabis legalization bill next week.

The licensing of new Rhode Island medical cannabis operators has been delayed until at least August after an applicant appealed their exclusion from the licensing lottery.

Adult-use cannabis legalization in the U.S. has generated nearly $8 billion in tax revenue for the states that have passed the reforms.

The Illinois House of Representatives passed a social equity cannabis licensing bill this week; the proposal now moves to the Senate for consideration.

Delaware is set to double its number of licensed medical cannabis operators ahead of likely adult-use cannabis reforms.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has pardoned Dr. Paul Ezell, an ophthalmologist who in 2014 lost his career and was jailed for six months for growing cannabis as medicine for his sick wife.

Douglas F. Gansler, former prosecuting attorney and two-time former attorney general for Maryland, said he is running for governor and embraced adult-use cannabis legalization during the announcement.

The Acting Solicitor General of the United States Elizabeth Prelogar filed a brief this week supporting IRS investigations into state-legal cannabis companies under Section 280E.

The Texas Senate yesterday advanced House-approved medical cannabis expansions but lawmakers lowered the bill’s proposed THC limits from 5% to just 1%.

Kevin Ne Se Shores, a former Minnesota Grassroots Legalize Cannabis Party candidate for Congress, has accused GOP strategist Kip Christianson of encouraging him to launch his campaign to siphon pro-cannabis votes from Democrats.

In a nearly unanimous vote, Missouri lawmakers delivered a bill to the governor that will let the state’s medical cannabis companies deduct ordinary business expenses on their state tax returns.

Cannabis dispensaries in Massachusetts are now allowed to sell most consumer-ready hemp products including hemp seeds, oils, powders, proteins, clothing and other items made from hemp fiber, hemp building materials, and non-food CBD products.

Texas lawmakers approved legislation over the weekend to study the effectiveness of psychedelics in treating PTSD among veterans and to reduce possession penalties for cannabis concentrates.

Researchers at UC San Diego have launched a first-of-its-kind study into the effectiveness of cannabis as a treatment for acute migraines.

New York banned the sale of Delta-8 and Delta-10 THC under new hemp industry regulations released last week.

Greek lawmakers approved a measure last week to legalize the cultivation and sale of medical cannabis products.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill to implement the state’s voter-approved adult-use cannabis law last week.

Following the Mississippi Supreme Court’s decision last week to overturn the state’s successful medical cannabis legalization initiative, millions of investment dollars into the state’s economy have been effectively stalled.

Lawmakers in Michigan’s House Committee on Regulatory Reform advanced a measure to ban the sale of psychoactive cannabinoids synthesized from hemp, such as Delta-8 THC, at any shop not licensed as a cannabis retailer.