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Dallas-based Panda Biotech has unveiled plans to build the country’s largest industrial hemp processing facility in Shallowater, Texas.

Colorado businessman and author Jeffrey Friedland has been issued a $4.1 million fine for allegedly misleading investors about Israeli cannabis company OWC Pharmaceutical Research.

Rhode Island officials have proposed a new rule requiring out-of-state cannabis patients to show ID from the same state as their patient card; the change would prevent citizens from switching to more accessible, out-of-state programs while still living in Rhode Island.

In an effort to highlight and help end the cannabis plant’s global stigma, Canada’s 2019 Miss Universe contestant represented the country’s legalization of cannabis during the competition’s “National Costume” segment.

A Washington state analyst has uncovered evidence of Nevada testing labs potentially issuing inflated and inaccurate cannabis test results.

The MLB may remove cannabis from its banned substances list for minor league players; major league players are already not tested for cannabis use.

Brooklyn’s DA office dropped the charges against a man who was arrested after receiving a 106-pound shipment of legal hemp; the shipment was seized and recipient arrested following a tip from FedEx, who delivered the product.

A recent study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto has debunked a myth that cannabis can influence drivers up to 24 and even 48 hours after consumption.

A recent investigation found that just five percent of cannabis products currently available in Canada contained pesticides.

Canopy Growth has named the CFO of Constellation Brands — the major alcohol distributor who owns about 38 percent of Canopy — as its new CEO.

Police in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan say they have encountered fewer issues than they had expected during Canada’s first year of legalized cannabis.

The alternative, off-season football league XFL will not include cannabis among its drug testing protocols when the new league launches next spring.

The 16 employees at the cannabis lifestyle magazine Civilized have been laid off following the magazine’s recent acquisition by cannabis analytics company New Frontier Data.

Canadian cannabis producer Atlas Biotechnologies has awarded a $300,000 grant to University of Alberta researchers for the investigation of cannabis as a potential therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer’s disease, and Huntington’s disease.

Researchers at Washington State University have demonstrated strong economic disparities in the neighborhood distribution of cannabis businesses in a recent study.

Hightimes Holding Corp. disclosed doubts about the High Times magazine’s ability to continue operations due to “recurring operating losses, net operating cash flow deficits, and an accumulated deficit.”

New Mexico’s Economic Development Department this week announced a $200,000 investment into 420 Valley LLC, a Las Cruces-based hemp productions and processing plant.

Cannabis activists in North Dakota have submitted language for a legalization ballot initiative to the secretary of state; if approved, the group will need to collect 13,452 signatures by July 6 to put the issue on the 2020 ballot.

New Zealand citizens will get to choose next year whether or not to legalize adult-use cannabis; lawmakers there just revealed parts of their legalization plan if the vote were to pass.

Separate New Hampshire Senate committees have pushed back against cannabis reform legislation, effectively killing the state’s legalization opportunities for 2020.

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is joining the Virginia Cannabis Caucus next week to discuss enacting major cannabis reforms in the state.

Federal regulators have removed barriers that blocked industrial hemp companies from accessing traditional financial services despite the crop’s federally legal status.

According to polling data from the major metro areas of Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco, there are more adults 18-and-older who have used cannabis recently than smoked cigarettes.

Brazil health regulators have approved a set of rules to allow for medical cannabis use; the rules, however, would not allow for domestic cultivation and the program would rely solely on imported cannabis products.