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Virginia’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed the state’s proposal to legalize adult-use cannabis sales, extending the illicit market’s monopoly on cannabis sales for at least another year.

Kansas lawmakers in a Senate committee tabled this year’s medical cannabis legalization proposal, effectively killing it until next January.

The latest Pew Research poll found that 88% of Americans support legalizing cannabis for either medical or adult use — 57% supported legalizing both forms of cannabis access and 32% supported only medical use.

Arizona cannabis retailers sold $1.43 billion worth of product last year including $1.1 billion in adult-use sales and $348 million under the state’s medical cannabis program.

New Hampshire lawmakers are working on an adult-use cannabis legalization proposal that would satisfy the demands of Gov. Chris Sununu, who rejected the state’s previous two legalization bids and called for lawmakers to propose a state-run dispensary model.

A Minnesota new proposal would double the cannabis home grow limits from 8 to 16 plants for registered medical cannabis patients and also allow patients to designate caregivers to grow for them.

Organizers of San Francisco’s annual 4/20 gathering and celebration announced that this year’s event is canceled due to a lack of sponsorships and staffing support from the city.

A recent CBD Oracle report found that hemp products being sold on Amazon — despite the platform’s policy banning hemp-derived cannabinoids — are deceptively labeled with 30% containing undeclared CBD and 36% containing no hemp at all.

Adults in Germany will be allowed to possess and cultivate cannabis starting April 1 after lawmakers gave their final approval to the country’s cannabis legalization proposal last week.

Arkansas cannabis advocates have filed a constitutional amendment that would legalize adult-use cannabis with the state attorney general’s office. If the ballot language is approved, the petition will require 90,704 valid voter signatures by July 5 to qualify for November’s ballot.

New York cannabis regulators voted last week to approve 114 new cannabis industry licenses and waive the licensing fees for all conditional cannabis cultivators for the next two years.

California lawmakers may look to undo employment protections covering legal, off-duty cannabis use by law enforcement-related positions including police officers, dispatch, animal control, and coroners.

Michigan cannabis regulators say that a Lansing-based cannabis process that utilized unregulated THCa powder to create products that were sold in the legal market is permanently losing its license.

Tribal members of the Wisconsin-based Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association recently agreed to prioritize lobbying and campaigning efforts for the legalization of medical cannabis.

Researchers from Health Canada and the National Research Council of Canada reported finding metal nanoparticles inside both legally and illegally sourced cannabis vape pen liquids.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) signed into law two cannabis regulation bills this week: one to allow law enforcement and other government agencies to search medical cannabis businesses, and one to ban intoxicating hemp products in the state.

Nearly 72% of Canadian cannabis consumers said in a recent survey that they purchase their cannabis exclusively from legal sources, primarily citing concerns about the safety of unregulated products and the convenience of the legal market.

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York has ordered an extensive audit of the state’s cannabis regulations and the botched roll-out of the adult-use industry.

The New York Senate’s recent budget approval allocates $128 million to aid the state’s struggling cannabis industry, introducing financial support for farmers and tax adjustments amidst criticism over the slow rollout of the market.

A recent study published in JAMA reveals that 11.4% of U.S. 12th graders reported using delta-8 THC in the past year, with usage patterns varying by region and state cannabis laws, highlighting concerns over the regulatory oversight of this emerging cannabinoid.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes ruled that hemp-derived delta-8 THC cannabis products cannot be sold by companies that do not hold an adult-use cannabis license.