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Will County in Illinois this week approved the expungement of 1,653 cannabis possession misdemeanors. There are likely about 7,000 similar cases remaining in the state.

After its inception this year despite delays from the coronavirus, the Washington Social Equity in Cannabis Task Force has opted to center on anti-Black racism in the cannabis industry.

Montana’s commissioner of political practices is ordering the North Fund, a group who donated millions to the state’s cannabis legalization efforts, to reveal the source of their funding.

The Mississippi Attorney General’s office has submitted court arguments slamming a lawsuit seeking to overturn the state’s massively successful bid to legalize medical cannabis.

Rhode Island’s medical cannabis applications are in and the license lottery is set for sometime in 2021. Only six applicants will be selected.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) is delaying his signature on the state’s pending legalization and decriminalization bills due to a technical issue that shields minors from cannabis-related penalties.

Recent reporting shows that Pennsylvania patients face some of the highest cannabis prices in the country.

The cannabis-focused real estate investment trust AFC Gamma in West Palm Beach, Florida has submitted a filing for going public on the Nasdaq.

A new Marijuana Diversion Program in Linn County, Iowa aims to prevent criminal records for first-time offenders caught with “a user quantity amount” of cannabis.

The FTC and FDA have launched “Operation CBDeceit,” sending fines and warning letters to CBD companies who allegedly made false or misleading health claims about their products.

A condo association in Aspen, Colorado is asking their landlord to evict a cannabis dispensary from one of its commercial units.

The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe in New York has agreed to lease about 20 acres of tribal land to MMJ BioPharma Cultivation Inc. to grow cannabis that will be sold to researchers.

A recent study funded by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment found that patients suffering from PTSD who used medical cannabis reported a greater decrease in symptoms than a control group.

U.S. cannabis sales increased 67 percent in 2020 to $17.9 billion, which is $7.2 billion more than last year’s total.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has commuted the sentence of Michael Thompson, who was sentenced to 60 years in prison after selling cannabis to an undercover police officer in 1996.

Colombia’s Superintendency of Industry and Commerce has suggested the South American nation consider legalizing THC-rich exports for the global medical cannabis market.

A recent Glass House Group survey found that a majority of respondents plan on replacing their alcohol consumption with cannabis this holiday season.

A recent study shows that cannabis can improve treatment outcomes for people in care for opioid addiction.

Casa Verde Capital, the cannabis investment firm co-founded by Snoop Dogg, has closed on $94.7 million during its second round of investment funding.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has introduced a federal bill aimed at boosting the US hemp industry. The proposal would raise the THC threshold from 0.3% to 1% and would require hemp-derived products to be tested post-production, not before.

The Australian biotech company Neurotech International Ltd. announced it has completed studies using human brain cells to investigate the anti-inflammatory and neuro-modulatory properties of two proprietary cannabis strains.

Starting next year — after the final transition period of Brexit — medical cannabis patients in the UK will no longer be able to source their medicine from The Netherlands or other EU countries.

Experts predict that cannabis legalization in Virginia could generate up to $1.2 billion in annual economic activity for the state.

New Jersey lawmakers have approved legislation for the legalization and regulation of adult-use cannabis, sending the bill to the governor’s desk where it is expected to be signed into law.