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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.

The Vermont Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill establishing regulations for an adult-use cannabis marketplace.

FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gotliebb is planning a meeting for public comment and testimony in April about creating a regulatory framework for CBD.

The legalization bill now advances to the Senate but Republican Gov. Chris Sununu has already promised to veto the legislation if it were to reach his desk.

Researchers at the University of New Mexico have uncovered a stronger-than-expected correlation of symptom relief with THC.

The group of ten bipartisan lawmakers is calling for Gov. Inslee to rescind his appointment of cannabis regulator Russ Hauge.

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have extracted cannabinoids from brewers yeast.

Using technology developed by Code for America, San Francisco is the first city in California to successfully complete the expungement of prior cannabis crimes.

In an ongoing effort to launch social-use cannabis lounges in the city which have so far struggled to get started, the Denver City Council opted to permanently extend the social-use regulations.

Unless further action is taken by the Health Department, the 450-plant limit for medical cannabis growers in New Mexico is set to expire on Friday.