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A group of six people allegedly stole about $250,000 worth of freshly cured cannabis flower from a cultivation facility in Kelso, Washington over the weekend; owners are offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest.

Cannabis vape products tested by the New York State Health Department contained high levels of vitamin E acetate, a compound that has been linked to vape-related pulmonary illnesses; the agency did not say if the compound was found in products available via state-licensed dispensaries.

The University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada has added an online cannabis production course to the university’s existing horticulture certificate program.

A string of at least 10 robberies has struck dispensaries in Sacramento, California; it’s not clear yet whether or not the break-ins are linked.

Cannabis-derived revenues continue to climb in Nevada, where officials have raked in more than $100 million from cannabis taxes and fees over the last fiscal year.

More than 2,100 medical cannabis industry applications have been turned in to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

A recent projection by Prohibition Partners suggests that North America’s legal cannabis industry may be worth an annual $47.3 billion by 2024.

Law enforcement in Sonoma County have shut down an illegal cannabis grow op containing more than 63,000 plants — it is the county’s largest cannabis bust, ever.

A judge in Quebec’s Superior Court has ruled that the current provincial ban on homegrown cannabis is unconstitutional; experts say, however, that a similar ban could be carried out lawfully.

A new hemp facility in Murray, Kentucky demonstrates the newly legal crop’s ability to outpace and replace oak trees as a lumber source.

Oklahoma’s new medical cannabis regulations include seed-to-sale tracking requirements and clarifications for gun-owning patients.

California’s Santa Rosa Junior College is revising its Environmental Horticulture program to include a focus on hemp agriculture and will offer hemp cultivation certificate degree programs starting next year.

A medical cannabis product shipment by Industrial Globus Uganda Ltd. has been approved by European Union inspectors; the shipment contains THC- and CBD-rich cannabis meant for Sativex drug production.

Legislation that would have made California the first state to legalize medical cannabis for pets has been tabled until 2020, at the earliest.

Federal health officials are launching a public awareness campaign about the dangers of cannabis use; the effort is funded by President Trump, who reportedly donated his full second-quarter salary of $100,000 to the effort.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has come out against the legalization of hemp, citing primarily law enforcement concerns that legal hemp complicates cannabis enforcement.

Hemp farmers can file for federal crop insurance under a new directive from the United States Department of Agriculture.

Cannabis tax revenues are going up in California but are still far below original expectations, likely thanks to high tax rates and an excess of local bans on the industry.

Citing racial discrimination issues, police and prosecutors in Jefferson County, Kentucky will no longer pursue low-level cannabis possession crimes if it’s the only or primary charge.

A bill to allow medical cannabis products in California schools has advanced from the Assembly and now moves to the Senate; a similar bill passed both legislative bodies last year but was ultimately vetoed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown.

Washington state regulators are considering what they call “Cannabis 2.0” reforms to the state’s adult-use industry, which could include a social equity program and the abandoning of the state’s seed-to-sale tracking system.

Former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has announced a partnership with Abacus Health Products and said that CBD products have helped him be “pain-free” for the first time in a decade.

The DEA has announced an expansion of medical cannabis research options and a change in policy: hemp cultivators no longer need to register with the agency in light of the crop’s federal legalization.

A new study suggests that cannabis users generally live more enjoyable sex lives, and that cannabis could lead to more and better orgasms, healthier connections with one’s partner, and increased length of sexual activity.