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The Maryland town of Hancock is being forced to pay back a $600,000 federal renovation loan after the town rented the rehabbed facility to a medical cannabis company.

Maine officials are choosing to delay the rollout of adult-use cannabis sales indefinitely in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

High Times CEO Stormy Simon announced she is running for political office in her home state of Utah.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed a bill into law that includes the decriminalization of cannabis possession and the sealing of light cannabis convictions in the state.

In preparation for adult-use cannabis sales later this year, Maine has implemented the Metrc seed to sale tracking system.

Six cannabis business organizations have sent a letter asking governors to provide state-based loans for the industry as the federal coronavirus aid program specifically omits the cannabis space from receiving any assistance.

Australian researchers have uncovered evidence that a cannabis-based treatment could be effective against chronic insomnia.

With social distancing and stay-at-home orders still in effect, cannabis events and enthusiasts are turning to an online format for celebrating the 4/20 cannabis holiday later this month.

Texas regulators issued the state’s first industrial hemp license this week; Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said it was “just the beginning.”

A recent survey found that cannabis consumers were fairly evenly split when deciding whether or not to stockpile cannabis while practicing social distancing.

Researchers have confirmed the effectiveness of a cannabis “tolerance break,” demonstrating that cannabis tolerance is linked to neurometabolic alterations in the brain’s reward circuitry.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is being sued for shutting down the state’s adult-use cannabis dispensaries amid the coronavirus pandemic.

After two of the state’s five dispensaries recently shuttered without warning, Iowa regulators now say it will take a year or more to license new businesses in their place.

A new financial analysis suggests that the Oceanic cannabis market including New Zealand, Australia, Guam, and surrounding islands could be worth $1.55 billion by 2024.

Family members have announced the passing of Charlotte Figi, the young epilepsy patient who inspired the CBD-rich Charlotte’s Web cannabis strain and sparked an acceptance movement for medical cannabis.

Businesses that operate adjacent to the legal cannabis industry will be ineligible for the federal coronavirus loan assistance plan signed by President Trump last month.

March cannabis sales in Oregon set a new monthly record for the state at $84.5 million; business owners, however, still voice concerns about an uncertain future.

Canadian cannabis company Organigram Holdings Inc. announced the temporary layoff of about 45 percent of its workforce, approximately 400 employees.

The DEA has removed Epidiolex, the CBD-based epilepsy medication made by GW Pharmaceuticals, from the federal controlled substances list.

Cannabis businesses in North America are beginning to experience financial fallout from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

High Times has suspended the publication of DOPE and Culture magazines during the coronavirus outbreak; all employees have been temporarily furloughed.

Local and state lawmakers have called on Santa Clara County public health officials to re-allow in-person adult-use cannabis sales after shops were shut down last week in favor of delivery services.

Delaware officials are working on emergency rules to allow delivery services from the state’s medical cannabis dispensaries.

In celebration of the 4/20 holiday this month, we are using the whole month of April to focus on courageous cannabis and drug policy pioneers. Today, on what would have been his 89th birthday, we celebrate Baba Ram Dass, who helped legitimize the psychedelic revolution of the 1960s and awaken the public to the immorality of prohibition.