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A piece of emergency legislation in Maine has passed into law, aligning the state’s definition of industrial hemp with language in the federal farm bill.

Federal lawmakers on Thursday advanced a sweeping cannabis reform bill out of committee for the first time, ever.

Guam lawmakers narrowly passed a legalization bill on Wednesday; the bill now goes to Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero for her final decision on legalizing cannabis in the U.S. territory.

The agreement will establish a new company, Houseplant, which plans to offer three strains – Houseplant Sativa, Houseplant Hybrid, and Houseplant Indica – over the coming months.

Maryland medical cannabis firm Curio is filing suit against the state Medical Cannabis Commission for allegedly violating its own rules by soliciting license applications without first completing a supply and demand survey.

In addition to the new legalization language being considered, the committee also advanced legislation to add opioid use disorder to the state’s medical cannabis qualifying conditions list.

The investment will span five years and will cover applications for basic science, clinical, health services, and policy cannabis research.

New legislation in Florida would establish rules for farmers and other businesses to cultivate, manufacture, and sell industrial hemp products.

Some 40 percent of U.S. adults who are 21 or older say they are interested in experimenting with CBD products.

A vote was expected after the legalization bill passed two legislative committees last week, but a number of dissenting Democratic senators means the vote would fail — for now.

A medical cannabis proposal in Alabama seeks to improve access for patients with debilitating conditions and would establish the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission.

A hemp bill has passed unanimously from the Idaho state House of Representatives to the Senate; lawmakers are anxious for a change in the face of hemp’s recent federal legalization.

The proposal could result in reduced tax rates for low-THC and/or hemp-derived products.

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.