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Ultra Health, the largest cannabis producer in New Mexico, is suing the state to recover sales taxes that it claims are against New Mexico medical laws.

Confirmation hearings for Washington state regulators are being kept private despite industry calls for them to become public and open to comment during the confirmation.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has added opiate addiction as a qualifying condition for medical cannabis, effective immediately. The state has already seen 141 opioid overdose deaths in 2019.

“Host community agreements” between cannabis companies and municipalities exceed state laws limiting the amount allowed to be paid to local governments.

Two companies in the cannabis space have been awarded $30,000 each to help bridge the “racially-divided capital gap.”

Medical cannabis will be given out to furloughed government workers for free via the website BudTrader.com.

Pennsylvania is going back on a decision made last year that the state wouldn’t open its industrial hemp program in 2019 because of federal prohibition, now that hemp has been legalized nationwide.

Hikurangi Cannabis Company, the first licensed medical cannabis company in New Zealand, is also the first company to receive permission to import high-THC strains.

Despite having their cannabis licenses on them, the two cannabis transporters were arrested and had their cash seized.

New Mexico’s largest medical cannabis producer filed a formal complaint against the New Mexico State Fair following an attempt by that organization to limit what the company could display in an educational booth.

The governor of the Virgin Islands has signed into law the Virgin Islands Medical Cannabis Patient Care Act.

Previous legislation has failed in the state, however a new Governor and a higher number of Democratic party legislators makes this bill more likely to pass.

The state’s other seven dispensaries all opened to long in-person lines, a challenge Northeast Alternatives hopes to avoid.

Approved licensees can begin constructing their retail facilities but must pass final inspection before opening.

Regulators have officially approved statewide cannabis delivery — even in places where retail sales and operations are banned.

The study hopes to correct a lack of double-blind, placebo-controlled studies regarding cannabis’ effects on cancer symptoms.

The proposal would allow adults to cultivate up to six cannabis plants in the privacy of their own homes.

The legislation would place medical cannabis control in the hands of physicians — at least one medical group, however, opposes the legislation.

The governor’s inclusion of legalization revenues for his 2021 budget suggests that sales could launch in New York by 2020.

After more than four months of delays, Ohio dispensaries sold cannabis to patients for the first time on Wednesday.

The candies were left on windshields and in other public places; if caught, the perpetrators could face a multitude of criminal charges.

A group of well-connected activists is organizing to get adult-use cannabis legalized in Minnesota sooner rather than later.

President Trump’s nominee for Attorney General Bill Barr told senators in his confirmation hearing that he’s not interested in attacking state-legal cannabis businesses.