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Legal protection that was afforded for much of fall 2018 has ended after a judge dismissed the final cannabis licensing lawsuit against the state.

Pre-applications require a large fee and do not guarantee priority in the final licensing process, which will occur after June 4.

The misdemeanor cannabis pardons will only be available for people who were 21+ when arrested and it must be the only conviction on their criminal record.

Positive drug test results are up across the country, with the largest increases in states with recent legalization and in safety-sensitive jobs.

Dozens of New Jersey townships are establishing preemptive bans on the adult-use cannabis industry as state lawmakers are expected to legalize sometime this year.

Polling data and a pending compassionate care bill in the state legislature make a strong case for South Carolina’s likelihood to legalize medical cannabis during this year’s legislative session.

Unlicensed medical cannabis collectives are expected to shutter next week, reducing access for patients.

The unofficial list contains 60 cities — but regulators expect more as the licensing and regulation process continues.

A report by Chief Justice John Roberts indicates that while drug prosecutions as a whole rose 2 percent, cannabis prosecutions fell.

New Jersey Bill S10 has missed previous deadlines due to political wrangling. Now, further delays are expected as debate over the adult-use legislation expected in the coming session begins to heat up.

Some resistance is expected but cannabis advocates believe that, given the option, voters will choose to legalize.

Massachusetts regulators are attempting to align laws for driving under the influence of cannabis with existing alcohol laws.

It’s the first time that cannabis companies could place advertisements at New York City’s famous Times Square New Year’s Eve party.

CBD content in European cannabis products, however, has not risen alongside its psychoactive counterpart.

The share prices of large cannabis companies in the U.S. have fallen since the start of December.

The proposal would allow interstate cannabis exports to other legalized states, but Oregon’s governor would need to reach an agreement with the receiving state and product would be prohibited from crossing borders with non-legal states.

Five years after the birth of Colorado’s legal cannabis marketplace, the first statewide legalization “experiment” is a proven success and the dire warnings from prohibitionists have still failed to come to fruition.

Texas is in the minority of states that haven’t passed major cannabis reform legislation, but mounting pressure from both within and outside the state could result in significant progress on that front in 2019.

The Republican governor says he won’t consider legalization of any type because it would be going against federal laws, never mind the potential tax revenue from legal cannabis and the ongoing criminal justice crisis that prohibition has wrought.

The analysis reveals no connection between additional miles of border fence and the rate of cannabis seizures but does reveal a large drop in seizures following the launch of state-legal sales.

A potential hostile takeover bid by U.S. company Green Growth Brands would value the Canadian LP Aphria at CA$2.8 billion — double the company’s Thursday market cap — but Aphria said the proposal drastically undervalues the company.

The Caribbean island nation is the latest country in the region to decriminalize cannabis; the country aims to become a leader in medical cannabis research and production.

A state senator in Massachusetts is aiming to align state labor laws with the fact that cannabis prohibition has been ended.

Following an official inquiry by opposition lawmakers in the Free Democratic Party, federal officials in Germany said they anticipate another six-month delay in the licensing of medical cannabis businesses.