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Researchers at the University of Minnesota have validated a genetics test that they say predicts whether a cannabis plant will be rich with either THC or CBD.

The FBI joined Navajo Nation Police and over a dozen other law enforcement agencies in a raid on the hemp operation owned by Dineh Benally. The raid is part of a unified investigation into reports of illegal cannabis cultivation, drug trafficking, and labor law violations.

Nevada regulators have extended the expiration dates for cannabis industry employment ID cards by 90 days as the state works through a backlog of applications.

The Northern Lights Cannabis Company has officially begun operations as the first tribal-owned cannabis business in Michigan.

The U.S. House is set to vote on the MORE Act, which would decriminalize cannabis at the federal level and expunge convictions for non-violent cannabis crimes, after delaying the vote in September to focus on coronavirus relief.

Richard DeLisi, who has served 31 years of a 90-year prison sentence for nonviolent cannabis convictions, is set for an early release this winter in time to spend Christmas with his family.

Texas Senator-elect Roland Gutierrez has pre-filed a bill that aims to legalize cannabis in Texas and dramatically expand the state’s limited medical cannabis program.

Tennessee looks poised to make significant cannabis policy reforms in the coming year with at least one medical cannabis legalization bill planned for January’s legislative session.

The Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma has adopted legislation exempting medical cannabis patients from drug possession charges so long as they are in compliance with state law.

The latest Gallup poll shows that 68 percent of Americans support legalizing cannabis for adults; it is the pollster’s highest-ever recorded level of support for the issue.

Sean Worsley, the Purple Heart recipient and PTSD patient who was arrested in Alabama in 2016 for possessing medical cannabis, has been released from prison after he was approved for parole last month.

A CBD company is using the famed nature documentary narrator Sir David Attenborough’s name and likeness to promote its company and products without permission.

Law enforcement confiscated over 15,000 cannabis plants last week around the San Francisco Bay Area, highlighting ongoing issues with California’s highly taxed cannabis marketplace.

Canada’s Aphria Inc. is purchasing SweetWater Brewing Co. — based in Atlanta, Georgia — for approximately USD $300 million.

Massachusetts has officially surpassed $1 billion in adult-use cannabis sales, resulting in about $200 million in taxes for the state.

Shawn Kemp’s Cannabis has walked back its claim in a disputed press release last month that the shop is Seattle’s first Black-owned cannabis dispensary after it was revealed that Kemp holds just a minor stake in the company.

Green Active, a UK-based CBD company, announced a donation program to help the family of an eight-year-old cannabis patient pay for his medicine as the NHS refuses to write a prescription providing it to the family for free.

Canada’s Aurora Cannabis reported a slight increase in 2021 Q1 revenue over the fourth quarter of last year.

The FBI last week raided the offices and homes of several California officials as part of an investigation into cannabis-related corruption.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday that he expects New York to legalize adult-use cannabis next year, “because the state is desperate for funding.”

New Jersey Assemblyman Jamel Holley is calling for the immediate end of minor cannabis arrests and prosecutions after the state’s landslide vote in favor of legalization.

Anti-cannabis activists in Montana have filed a post-election lawsuit against the state’s successful adult-use cannabis legalization ballot measure, claiming its allocation of new funding violates the state constitution.

A recent study found that psilocybin therapy offered “more than four times greater” relief than traditional antidepressant medications.

A woman is suing a Tennessee State Highway Patrol officer after he charged her with drug-related felonies despite the substance in question being hemp, confirmed by hemp permits from the state Agriculture Department and six certificates of analysis by a private laboratory.