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Springbig, a Florida-based cannabis loyalty marketing company, has acquired Canada’s BudTender, giving the company full access to cannabis retailers across the Great White North.

The maker of Kool-brand cigarettes has sued cannabis company Capna Intellectual, which does business as Bloom Brands, alleging logo infringement and violations of trademark law.

GW Pharmaceuticals, creator of the first FDA-approved medication made from cannabis, is set to be purchased by Jazz Pharmaceuticals in a $7.2 billion cash-and-stock deal.

New Mexico lawmakers have pre-filed two cannabis legalization bills for the coming session. Each measure would essentially do the same thing but differ on operational and enforcement details.

Cannabis grow tech company Agrify began trading on the Nasdaq last week; the company is not a plant-touching business but provides cultivation solutions for professional indoor cannabis growers.

Kansas Gov. Kelly Chambers (D) has proposed adopting medical cannabis legalization in the state and using funds from the program to pay for expansions to Medicaid.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sens. Cory Booker and Ron Wyden have announced the forming of a Senate coalition dedicated to legalizing cannabis at the federal level.

The Society of Cannabis Clinicians is set to release new medical cannabis training curriculum for medical professionals on February 8.

A judge has ruled in favor of New Mexico medical cannabis businesses who sued the state over its burdensome product safety and testing protocols.

Data recently released by Michigan’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency shows that applications for cannabis business licenses by white people outnumber applications from people of color by a ratio of 16 to 1.

Pennsylvania has awarded nearly $19,000 in grants aimed at improving the hemp agriculture industry in the state.

Oregon’s first-in-the-nation drugs decriminalization policy takes effect today. The measure was approved by voters last November.

Lawmakers in Idaho are set to consider a bipartisan bill to legalize medical cannabis even after a proposal to constitutionally ban all psychoactive drugs (including cannabis) was advanced from the Senate State Affairs Committee.

Metrc has lost a second court challenge against the state of Missouri as the company pushes for the right to charge medical cannabis providers for each RFID tracking tag.

Lawmakers in the New Jersey Assembly Community Development and Affairs Committee have approved a piece of so-called “clean-up” legislation aimed at getting Gov. Phil Murphy to approve the state’s voter-backed legalization plan.

The mother of William Benjamin Harris IV, a 19-year-old who was shot and killed during a June 2019 cannabis delivery-gone-bad, is now suing Weedmaps and a California vape shop saying they are responsible for her son’s death.

According to the Leaflink 2020 Wholesale Cannabis Pricing Guide, wholesale flower prices increased 18% nationwide last year while edibles/ingestibles saw an 11% price decrease.

Rhode Island lawmakers will consider letting veterinarians certify domestic pets for medical cannabis access. Qualifying conditions for pets would include “any condition … that would be a ‘debilitating medical condition’ if it were suffered by a person.”

Cannabis industry analytics firm Headset released a new report estimating the annual value of Mexico’s legalized cannabis market at about $843.7 million.

A recent survey of 525 chronic pain patients found that 40.4% of respondents had replaced their opioid-based medications with medical cannabis.

Nevada regulators have asked the state’s Cannabis Compliance Board to revoke the license of testing lab Cannex Nevada LLC after the company allegedly passed tainted cannabis products and inflated THC results for clients.

A man who filmed himself smoking a joint during the infamous US Capitol siege on January 6 has been arrested by the FBI.

Following months of delays, Illinois officials have informed cannabis industry applicants of problems they can remedy in their applications as the latest licensing process begins anew.

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order directing the Department of Justice to end its use of private prisons.