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The UK’s National Institute for Health Care and Excellence has decided against recommending CBD products with clobazam for treating treatment-resistant epilepsy conditions, citing CBD’s “unknown” long-term efficacy.

Canada’s Paracanna has announced its launch of a DIY cannabis gummies kit, which allows consumers to add drops of oil to create gummies in a variety of flavors.

Two separate Florida groups have filed petitions for putting a people’s initiative legalizing adult-use cannabis on the 2020 ballot; the latest group to file a petition is backed by MedMen.

Thailand has started processing seized cannabis products into bottled medical cannabis oils for the domestic market.

Nearly everyone arrested for low-level cannabis crimes in New York City so far in 2019 has been Black or Latinx, despite the continued liberalization of New York cannabis laws.

The eight operating medical cannabis dispensaries in Arkansas have surpassed $6 million in sales in just three months; another 24 dispensaries are expected to open soon.

A California committee has advanced legislation that would allow for social-use cannabis consumption in ‘party buses’ and limousines; the bill moves next to the full Assembly for consideration.

In the almost year since legal adult-use sales launched in Canada, cannabis industry employment has nearly quadrupled from 2,630 positions filled to 9,200.

Ashtabula County, Ohio has joined the growing ranks of local jurisdictions that have opted out of enforcing cannabis laws in light of hemp’s newly legal status.

Harvard researchers recently identified a specific cannabis flavonoid that was able to kill tumor cells in 70 percent of mice with pancreatic cancer.

Weedmaps will no longer allow unlicensed cannabis businesses to list or advertise on their platform; additionally, the technology firm announced a new social equity program to benefit minority entrepreneurs in the cannabis space.

Utah lawmakers are backpedaling on their plan to have state health departments dispense medical cannabis; they are expected to pivot to privately-run dispensaries during a special legislative session next month.

A truck driver delivering 300 pounds of hemp from a Colorado company to Minnesota was arrested in South Dakota and charged with marijuana possession with intent to distribute.

Israeli cannabis company Tikun Olam has decided to sell its Israel-based operations; the company’s international holdings in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Greece, however, are not for sale.

Dr. Sue Sisley of the Scottsdale Research Institute is suing the DEA over hurdles to cannabis research — specifically, that government-sourced cannabis is nothing like the products being used en masse throughout legal states.

A new Pew report warns states against trusting their cannabis tax revenue estimates during the market’s early years.

With hemp legalization having spurred many prosecutors to turn away from cannabis cases, the U.S. Attorney for Florida’s Northern District says he will take over the prosecution of cannabis-related cases.

The National Credit Union Administration says that credit unions are free to serve hemp businesses now that the crop has been federally legalized.

Aurora Cannabis has announced a new brand — Aurora Hemp — after acquiring industrial hemp company Hempco Food and Fiber Inc.

The FBI says it is seeking information about cannabis companies who may have obtained a permit through illegal means, such as by bribing a corrupt public official.

During a campaign rally last week, Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said that he would issue a mass pardon for federal nonviolent cannabis offenses if he is elected president.

New data from Statistics Canada shows that 42 percent of adult Canadian cannabis consumers still rely on illegal sources.

Washington state Ag Department officials recently clarified that hemp-derived CBD is not allowed as a food additive.

Yet another national poll shows that a strong majority of Americans support the federal legalization of cannabis.