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Former Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin has called on the federal government to eliminate the “hoops” making cannabis research so difficult.

The United Natural Products Alliance has added its first CBD company to its ranks and released rules for accepting additional industry members.

New Mexico may approve social-use locations for licensed medical cannabis patients in the state. The changes also address out-of-state reciprocity.

The Arthritis Society of Canada has called for medical cannabis products to be available on pharmacy shelves; the group also called for ending the $1 per gram federal excise tax on cannabis.

Regulators in the UK have banned a $2.56 million ad campaign for Dead Man’s Fingers, a hemp CBD-infused rum product from Cornish Rum Company that leaned on cannabis innuendos in its marketing strategies.

A new RE/MAX housing report found that Canada’s legal cannabis industry has driven up housing prices in regions with successful cannabis operators, despite warnings from anti-legalization advocates that the opposite would happen.

Pennsylvania lawmakers have proposed an adult-use cannabis legalization bill that includes home cannabis cultivation, delivery, social-use, and expungement; the bill would also establish commercial micro-grow permits capped at $250 per year, with large-scale grows costing $10,000 annually with a $100,000 application fee.

Two of Florida’s high-priced medical cannabis licenses are up for sale for a proposed $95 million — $40 million for one, $55 million for the other (which includes a greenhouse and a higher allowance for retail locations).

The United Kingdom has given a license to Canada’s Canopy Growth that allows the company to import bulk medical cannabis products into the UK.

Troubled Canadian cannabis operator CannTrust is set to destroy $65 million in inventory and $12 million worth of biological assets as part of its remediation plan to get its license back.

Colorado cannabis company Ebbu has been accused of violating Colorado investment laws by failing to properly disclose investor identities in its early fundraising rounds.

Denver-based cannabis cultivator Bonsai Cultivation is recalling loose flower products and pre-rolls due to high yeast and mold counts; at least 45 companies have been affected by the recall.

UC San Diego researchers are set to receive $3 million from the state, which will be split between five different CBD research projects.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill allowing cannabis businesses to take normal business tax deductions alongside several other pieces of cannabis legislation. The governor, however, opted to veto legislation allowing for cannabis use in hospitals.

A coalition of dietary supplement trade associations has called on Congress to pass consumer protection legislation for dietary supplement products containing CBD.

Oregon is the third state to ban outright flavored vape pen products; the state’s new six-month ban, starting October 15, was born from an executive order by Gov. Kate Brown (D) earlier this month.

The latest medical cannabis law in California allows parents to administer medical cannabis treatments to their children on K-12 school campuses.

Washington regulators have issued a 120-day temporary ban of all flavored vaporizers, including nicotine- and cannabis-based products; the governor has called for lawmakers to pass legislation making the ban permanent.

The Texas medical cannabis dispensary applications portal was shut down without warning after just one week on the Texas Department of Public Safety’s website.

Quebec’s government announced it will appeal a recent court decision that ruled the province’s ban on home cannabis cultivation is unconstitutional.

Post-legalization policies proposed by the American Trucking Associations would lift restrictions on cannabis research, allowing for studies into the impact of cannabis-impaired driving.

Oklahoma state officials have approved 200,000 medical cannabis applications since the application process launched last year — that’s an average of 3,500 new patients per week.

The Pennsylvania American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against Lebanon County after officials decided to stop allowing people who are on parole or probation from participating in the state medical cannabis program.

The acquisition deal between MedMen and PharmaCann has been called off; the companies announced the deal’s termination as “mutual.”