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South Carolina police have destroyed a 180-pound shipment of hemp after it was confiscated during a traffic stop; the hemp was being delivered from a North Carolina cultivator to a Texas distributor.

Illinois’ adult-use cannabis market launches today, January 1, 2020. It is the first state-legal cannabis market resulting from action by lawmakers, not the voters.

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has outlined a sweeping plan to end cannabis prohibition and address issues including social equity in the future industry and keeping major corporations out of the picture.

Michigan regulators have issued cannabis product delivery licenses to three different businesses.

A Nevada cannabis testing lab has lost its license after approving products for sale with elevated levels of mold, yeast, bacteria, and fungus.

In the seven months since Arkansas’ medical cannabis program launch, the state’s 14 dispensaries have sold just over $28 million worth of cannabis.

Italy’s Supreme Court has ruled that growing small amounts of cannabis for personal use is not a crime.

Applicants who wish to grow hemp will need to submit their fingerprints as well as parcel maps of their proposed crops.

Ahead of the Illinois’ planned legalization roll-out in January, cannabis-related enforcement has reportedly dropped dramatically in the suburbs of Chicago.

A recently published study, which spanned 12 years, suggests that people who experience depression may be twice as likely to consume cannabis.

The three new bills address cannabis decriminalization and creating a path forward for CBD & smokable hemp products.

Fearing that legalization would disrupt the existing resources that medical cannabis patients rely on, activists have withdrawn their petition for adult-use cannabis in Oklahoma.

While the budget rider protecting medical cannabis from federal interference remained intact with the new omnibus package, recreational industry protections have been stripped.

The new insurance option will only apply to federally-eligible hemp producers in select counties and states, however.

License applicants who were rejected due to a glitch in the Department of Health website are hoping to have the chance to resubmit and be reconsidered via a merit-based system.

The Environmental Protection Agency has approved 10 different pesticides for use on industrial hemp crops — the new approvals include nine biopesticides and one conventional pesticide product.

Oregon cannabis regulators have issued a statewide ban on including CBD and THC in alcoholic beverages; the ban takes effect starting January 1.

Lawmakers in Massachusetts have proposed the banning of cannabis advertisements from billboards; proponents of the ban say that billboards flout state laws that prohibit the advertising of cannabis to minors.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, a Republican from Idaho, says he does not support the SAFE Banking Act because it fails to address issues such as high cannabis potencies and marketing strategies that target children.

Activists in South Dakota have successfully gathered enough signatures to put a medical cannabis legalization initiative on the 2020 ballot.

Police in Wellford, South Carolina seized a hemp shipment destined for Texas after the 183-pound shipment was discovered during a traffic stop.

Canada’s Tilray was targeted by a $300 million lawsuit from Florida soap company Trimax, who accused the cannabis company of trying to bankrupt one of their subsidiaries in hopes of getting a cheaper acquisition.

A Chicago City Council committee has approved a measure to delay cannabis sales in the city until July 1 due to a lack of minority-owned dispensaries; the measure, however, must be approved by the full council and could still face a veto from the mayor.

Sensible Florida, one of Florida’s two campaigns pushing to put the cannabis legalization question on the 2020 ballot, has announced the suspension of their campaign.