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Louisiana enforcement officials are planning a crackdown on CBD products sourced from out-of-state hemp farms, despite hemp’s recent legalization via the 2018 farm bill.

The school — which offers courses covering all aspects of the cannabis industry — reported $1.125 million in revenues last year after just $360,000 the year prior.

New York’s governor has pulled his cannabis legalization plan from the state’s budget, planning instead to let lawmakers address the issue in the next legislative session this summer.

The CVS pharmacy chain is reportedly adding CBD topical products — but not edibles or food additives — to store shelves in eight states.

The Canadian cannabis exchange-traded fund Horizons Life Sciences Index ETF could start adding U.S. firms to its roster of publicly traded cannabis companies.

The House Financial Services Committee is set to vote next week on the SAFE Banking Act; it will be the first Congressional cannabis vote of the year.

San Diego could be the next California city to embrace the licensing of social-use cannabis lounges.

In the first public cannabis listing of 2019, Vireo has listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange in Toronto under the ticker symbol “VREO.”

After it passed several key legislative hurdles, New Jersey lawmakers are set to vote on the state’s pending legalization bill as early as next week.

California cannabis firm Canndescent announced the completion of its solar-powered production facility in Desert Springs.

Grassroots Cannabis in Illinois completed its first capital raise of $90 million; the company is now set to expand facilities in Illinois, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.

With the state’s controversial medical cannabis smoking ban now overturned, the Florida cannabis industry is set to explode in the coming months with additional sales and growth.

Kentucky hemp sales more than tripled over the course of 2018.

New Mexico state lawmakers have sent a host of cannabis-related legislation to the governor’s desk. Full adult-use legalization, however, did not make the cut this year.

A stoned driving study launching in Colorado hopes to help determine an accurate roadside cannabis intoxication test.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is pushing a bill that would make the penalty for refusing a roadside drug test the same as refusing a breathalyzer test — despite a lack of accurate standards for testing cannabis impairment.

Lobo Genetics has set up DNA testing stations in several Alberta dispensaries that claim to predict certain risk factors for cannabis use.

Both houses of the Florida state Congress have now approved the legislation by landslide votes. The bill overturning Florida’s cannabis smoking ban now proceeds to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk.

A report compiled by Leafly and Whitney Economics shows that the cannabis industry, sporting 200,000 jobs and an explosive rate of growth, is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the U.S. economy.

The Washington state Senate has passed a wide-reaching expungement bill that would vacate cannabis convictions for tens of thousands in the state.

Yet another legislative year is coming to an end in Washington without any progress on the issue of cannabis home grows.

Alaska’s Lieutenant Governor Kevin Meyer has given the final sign-off on rules making Alaska the first state to allow on-site cannabis consumption in the state.

San Francisco will start issuing permits for events where patrons will be allowed to purchase and consume cannabis, starting with events that have historically attracted heavy cannabis use.

Harvest Health and Recreation announced it is acquiring Verano Holdings in the largest U.S. cannabis acquisition to date at $850 million.