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An American law firm is suing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to get documents released showing whether or not the agency has the authority to hand out lifetime bans, as it has been doing for Canadian cannabis workers since last year.

A bill that would both legalize social consumption establishments as well as clean up the rules regarding cannabis tours has been introduced to the Colorado House.

Michigan has added Cerebral Palsy and rejected Chronic Aggressive Behavior as qualifying conditions for medical cannabis.

Experts are using DNA to better understand the many differences in how we experience cannabis as individuals.

A bill that would legalize home growing for medical cannabis patients has successfully passed the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

A compromise bill between Senate Republicans and House Democrats has been approved in the New Mexico House of Representatives.

Hawaii will now let cannabis patients from other states access its medical cannabis program while visiting.

Another state Supreme Court has ruled that medical cannabis treatments should be covered by workers compensation insurance.

Facebook has continued its spree of uneven treatment of cannabis organizations, even for those who are technically compliant with its policies regarding cannabis ads.

A bill that would lift Florida’s hotly-contested ban on smoking medical cannabis is expected to be signed into law by March 15.

Consumer research giant Nielsen is partnering with the cannabis industry analytics company Headset to provide extensive new data offerings to Consumer Packaged Goods companies.

A source in the National Football League has indicated that the league will make a large shift in its substance abuse policy in regards to cannabis.

A decriminalization bill was introduced into the Texas House of Representatives on Monday. It’s the third time such legislation has been introduced in Texas.

A bill allowing state-licensed medical cannabis companies to access banking services in West Virginia has passed both the state House and Senate and now awaits the governor’s signature.

FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb, who just announced plans to create federal CBD regulations, now says he will retire next month.

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey recently said, unprompted, that he expects grocery stores — presumably including Whole Foods — to begin retailing cannabis products once legalization occurs.

A Colorado bill that would allow for publicly-traded cannabis companies and lower the bar for passive ownership of those companies has cleared its first legislative hurdle and seems likely to become law.

Raphael Mechoulam, the first person to isolate and synthesize THC, has joined the scientific advisory committee of Israel-based medical cannabis producer Cannbit.

A temporary emergency rule has been put into effect in New Mexico which raises the plant cap for medical cannabis growers from 450 to 2,500.

The Oklahoma state House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a bill creating rules and regulations for the state’s future medical cannabis industry.

Martha Stewart and Canopy Growth are teaming up to develop CBD products, starting with pet remedies, thanks to a referral from Snoop Dogg’s talent agency.

The Governor of Michigan is dissolving the all-volunteer Marijuana Licensing Board and handing over regulation duties to a paid government agency that operates under the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.

The spot, two minutes in length, highlights the history of cannabis in America, the ills of prohibition, and the “new normal” of the modern cannabis movement.

A bill introduced in 2017 that failed to receive a hearing has been re-introduced to the Senate in the new session.