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Multiple lawmakers pushed back against disproven, anti-cannabis rhetoric espoused during a recent meeting of the Florida House Professions & Public Health Subcommittee.

The former CEO of Eaze is expected to plead guilty to charges in connection to a case against two businessmen accused of tricking banks into processing $100 million in illegal debit/credit card payments.

The Budz Lounge in Wagoner, Oklahoma opened its doors as a warming station and shelter for the town’s homeless population, who had nowhere else to turn amid a dangerous winter storm.

The Chief Marketing Officer for British American Tobacco, the world’s second-largest tobacco company, said CBD is “an exciting growth area” for the company’s future.

Chicago-based Verano Holdings Corp. is now trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange following its reverse takeover of Majesta Minerals Inc. on Wednesday.

New Jersey police have issued over 6,000 arrests for simple cannabis possession since voters overwhelmingly approved legalization reforms last November.

Former NBA All-Star Chris Webber and JW Asset Management LLC have joined to launch a $100 million private equity fund aimed at investing in cannabis companies led by entrepreneurs of color.

In Delaware, the state just doubled its medical cannabis access points with three new business licenses and the state auditor threw her weight behind adult-use reforms.

A recent Cannabis Compliance Board report in Nevada found that most cannabis industry operators in Nevada are white, male, and older than 34-years-old.

The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors has officially banned hemp production. The ban was sought due to concerns by medical and adult-use cannabis growers that hemp cultivation could ruin cannabis crops via cross-pollination and other issues.

Kentucky state Rep. Rachel Roberts has filed a bill that would legalize cannabis use and cultivation and expunge low-level cannabis crimes.

A recent poll found that 54% of North Carolina residents support legalizing cannabis for adult use and 73% support legalizing cannabis for medicinal purposes.

A recently published German study showed that cannabis could be a promising treatment for reducing pain and muscle cramps in Parkinson’s patients.

Hip-hop legend and Friday film franchise star Ice Cube personally developed and released a new cannabis line in four adult-use markets.

Maine companies with tens of thousands of employees will drop THC from drug testing protocols due to widespread cannabis use and lack of reliable testing procedures.

WallStreetBets, the Reddit-based forum behind the “GameStonk” phenomenon that rocked the stock market last month, set its sights this week on the cannabis space.

Altria Group, the Big Tobacco firm behind Marlboro cigarettes, has registered to lobby on cannabis policy.

Virginia’s House and Senate have each passed broad cannabis legalization bills that must be reconciled and combined into final legislation, which would have to then pass both chambers again.

As Mississippi awaits a Supreme Court decision on its medical cannabis legalization amendment, state Sen. Kevin Blackwell (R) has proposed a separate bill to legalize the medicinal use of cannabis.

Cannabis industry workers in California will be included in the state’s Phase 1a and Phase 1b coronavirus vaccine distribution tiers.

A bipartisan proposal being considered in Washington state would cap the potency of cannabis concentrates at 30% THC and raise the minimum age for purchasing extracts to 25 years old.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is further impeding the will of voters after calling for delaying implementation of the state’s voter-approved medical cannabis law by one year.

The National Labor Relations Board ruled that, under federal restrictions, most cannabis industry workers cannot form unions because they are considered agricultural workers.

The conservative think-tank founded by Steve Bannon has released a report titled ‘Cannabis Cronyism’ that alleges profound political corruption in the cannabis space.