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President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has filed a cease-and-desist letter against Mississippi cannabis activists, claiming they are deceptively using two Trump quotes from 2015 and 2019 in which the president expressed support for medical cannabis and state policy reforms.

A recent study by the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggests that seniors are using cannabis more frequently in the treatment of common ailments like pain, arthritis, and anxiety.

Massachusetts cannabis regulators have approved new regulations expanding home delivery options for the industry.

The first medical cannabis dispensaries in Missouri opened near St. Louis over the weekend. Officials expect most of the state’s 192 anticipated dispensaries to open by the end of the year.

Kurt Alme, the Trump-appointed US Attorney for the District of Montana, has penned an anti-cannabis op-ed ahead of the state’s legalization vote. The editorial hinges on “Reefer Madness” tropes such as addiction and the gateway theory, as well as an unsubstantiated claim that legalization leads to more traffic fatalities.

Billy Caldwell, who became the figurehead of medical cannabis policy changes in the UK, will receive his first bottle of cannabis-derived medicine two years after the necessary reforms took place.

Los Angeles is being sued over plans to issue cannabis delivery licenses exclusively to social equity applicants until 2025.

Michael Thompson — the Flint, Michigan man who in 1994 was sentenced to 40-60 years for cannabis sales — will get a public parole hearing this November after 25 years of imprisonment.

With the opening of Virginia’s first medical cannabis dispensary last week, it is the latest state to implement a full-plant medical cannabis system.

Sean Worsley, an Iraq War veteran and Purple Heart recipient who was facing a multi-year prison sentence for cannabis possession in Alabama, has been released on parole.

An explosion at the New Mexicann Natural Medicine facility in Sante Fe left two workers critically injured and brought about investigations by state and city fire officials, the DOH, and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

West Virginia has issued 10 medical cannabis cultivation licenses. Most of the licenses were issued to companies based in other states.

A recent study found that patients experienced reduced OCD symptoms after inhaling cannabis products.

Multiple hemp and cannabis firms say they are planning initial public offerings under the assumption that Joe Biden will win the presidential election next month.

Washington state is one of the latest to address social equity in the cannabis industry, but business owners and potential social equity applicants say they have concerns about the state’s plan.

Workers at the Stiiizy Mission dispensary in San Francisco, California have signed a contract with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.

A bill under consideration by Washington, DC City Council would allow people with cannabis-related convictions to serve as an employee, director, agent, or member of a medical cannabis business.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has signed a bill to expand the state’s pilot hemp program and align its rules with those of the federal government.

The University of Cincinnati is launching a cannabis studies certificate that covers history, culture, society, and regulatory topics as they relate to the cannabis plant and industry.

A new California law allows cannabis producers to release their products with an “appellation of origin” label similar to those found in the state’s wine industry.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a high-profile cannabis case that challenged the constitutionality of federal cannabis prohibition. Advocates behind the case said they were disappointed, but not surprised.

New rules for the cultivation, processing, and export of medical cannabis in Rwanda were approved by officials there on Monday.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a piece of legislation creating an automatic process for the expungement of criminal activity that would now be legal under the state’s 2018 legalization initiative.

A recent study by Israel’s Haifa University School of Public Health found that senior citizens who use cannabis do not show evidence of cognitive decline.