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Ferrera Candy Co. — the maker of Nerds candy — is filing suit against California’s Tops Cannabis for trademark infringement and the alleged sale of cannabis-infused Nerds parody products.

The California Bureau of Cannabis Control has awarded nearly $30 million in cannabis research grant funding to nine public universities around the state.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam says he will introduce a cannabis legalization bill in the 2021 legislative session starting in January.

In an effort to assist local cannabis businesses, San Francisco officials have opted to delay implementing the city’s cannabis taxes until the end of 2021.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is considering a bill to ban people from smoking or vaping cannabis or tobacco in apartment buildings containing three or more units.

The National Industrial Hemp Council has been awarded a $200,000 grant by the USDA to help develop industrial hemp exports.

Former NBA player Larry Hughes is partnering with former teammate Al Harrington to found two dispensaries and a cultivation/processing center in St. Louis, Missouri.

Illinois cannabis sales exceeded $100 million in October, setting yet another monthly sales record for the newly legal state.

A coalition of officials from around the U.S. has formed the Cannabis Regulators Association, a nonpartisan group dedicated to sharing resources and expertise related to cannabis and hemp regulations.

Israeli lawmakers appear poised to approve adult-use cannabis legalization by the end of next year.

A new presidential decree in Argentina allows for the home cultivation of cannabis by registered patients and will require insurance providers to cover medical cannabis costs.

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.