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A Massachusetts cannabis testing lab is accusing regulators of opening a retaliatory investigation into the company after their CEO suggested that “enforcement staff may be misusing investigations as a pretext to silence and harass licensees.”

Florida-based Trulieve Cannabis Corp. filed a civil lawsuit against an Ohio medical cannabis company seeking payment of loans and other fees valued at $23.8 million.

Recent polling found that a 61% majority of registered U.S. voters would support legalizing therapeutic access to psychedelics.

Officials have confirmed that Vermont cannabis businesses are ineligible for federal disaster aid for losses caused by the state’s recent floods because cannabis remains a federally prohibited, Schedule I drug.

Penn State researchers received $1 million from the National Science Foundation to help fund the development of the Pennsylvania Industrial Hemp Engine, an effort to support the manufacture and deployment of bio-based products for greener construction, packaging, renewable energy, and more.

New Mexico officials revoked a cannabis retailer’s license after it was discovered the shop was selling cannabis products from California, amid other violations.

Officials on the Ohio State Medical Board last week added irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as a qualifying condition to the state’s medical cannabis program.

NativeCare, a medical cannabis dispensary in the Red Lake Nation in Minnesota, announced plans to begin selling adult-use cannabis starting August 1, the first day that cannabis will be legal in the state.

A recent study published in Clinical Therapeutics found that 91% of military veterans who use medical cannabis said it has improved their quality of life.

The commissioner of Virginia’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said the administration of Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) does not plan to facilitate the launch of adult-use cannabis sales while he is in office.

Missouri’s new cannabis packaging rules limit companies to using just one primary color per piece of packaging. Additionally, packaging can contain up to two logos or symbols but they cannot be larger than the clearly printed word, “Marijuana.”

Massachusetts’ medical and adult-use cannabis sales each set a new record in June at $1.079 million and $1.32 million, respectively.

The Ukraine Parliament gave initial approval this week to a medical cannabis legalization proposal. The law still could see additional amendments and must pass a second reading before heading to President Volodymyr Zelensky for his signature.

The Michigan Civil Service Commission voted unanimously this week to allow hiring individuals for most state employee positions even if they fail pre-employment drug tests for cannabis.

Adult-use cannabis retailers in Maine set a new sales record in June at $18.4 million, according to recent data from the Maine Office of Cannabis Policy.

The Massachusetts-based group Mental Health Options last week filed paperwork signaling plans to put a psychedelics decriminalization ballot question to voters.

Rhode Island dispensary Greenleaf Compassionate Care Center has filed a lawsuit over labor peace agreement provisions in the state’s cannabis legalization law, arguing it was “coerced into entering an oppressive collective bargaining agreement.”

During the first week of sales after the July 1 launch of Maryland’s adult-use cannabis market, dispensaries in the state sold nearly $21 million worth of product.

A proposal to legalize medical cannabis in North Carolina is likely dead for the session, according to the state’s Republican House Speaker Tim Moore.

The University of California, San Diego Psychedelics and Health Research Initiative has received a $1.5 million philanthropic gift funding an investigation into the effects of DMT on the brain.

Recent amendments to the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) are seeking to end cannabis drug testing at enlistment for new military members.

The Minnesota Department of Health has added irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to the list of qualifying conditions for accessing the state medical cannabis program.

New Hampshire is now allowing reciprocity for its medical cannabis program to patients who are registered for medical cannabis in other U.S. states or Canada.

The draft bill for Germany’s upcoming adult-use cannabis legalization bill was revealed last week by the Ministry of Health.