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Colorado’s February cannabis sales this year declined 14.2% from the same month in 2022, continuing an overall year-over-year decline in both adult-use and medical cannabis sales for the state.

A recent South Dakota poll found that voters are open to legalizing cannabis despite having rejected adult-use reforms last year.

Under an executive budget proposal by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R), the Ohio Board of Pharmacy would no longer be responsible for regulating the state’s medical cannabis dispensaries.

“April 20 is making its rounds again this year. But it isn’t a celebration for me. Far from it. I will again spend it locked in a ten-by-twelve prison cell, going through the motions of another long and tedious day, feeling the deprivation of my freedom.”

A bipartisan House proposal reintroduced this week by Republican Rep. Dave Joyce (OH) and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY) would help prepare the federal government for the end of cannabis prohibition at the national level.

New Jersey cannabis regulators on Tuesday reversed their decision to deny the renewal of Curaleaf’s adult-use cannabis license.

Colorado-based Veriheal opened submissions on Tuesday for its fourth annual Innovation in Cannabis Scholarship Fund, which will award $10,000 each to three students for college tuition and fees.

A bipartisan U.S. House proposal filed this week would exempt state-legal cannabis companies from the restrictions of IRS Code 280E, which has vexed modern cannabis operators for years.

Out of the 806 federal cannabis-related criminal charges filed in the U.S. last year, 98.8% were for alleged drug trafficking.

While Germany’s efforts to legalize and regulate adult-use cannabis suffered a minor blow following last week’s revelations, the country remains on track to launch a five-year adult-use cannabis pilot program and, in the meantime, intends to decriminalize cannabis possession and home growing.

Researchers at the University of Iowa have launched a pilot study to investigate the use of psilocybin and ketamine as a treatment for alcohol addiction.

A Missouri House proposal would limit the sale of delta-8 THC products in the state to officially licensed cannabis dispensaries.

The Canadian Supreme Court last week ruled that Quebec’s ban on cannabis home grows is constitutional despite federal law, which lets individuals grow up to four plants at home for personal use.

Illinois lawmakers are considering two cannabis bills: one to ban police from searching vehicles based solely on the odor of cannabis and one to allow some people on probation to use cannabis and alcohol.

Curaleaf chairman Boris Jordan said the company will use “any legal means necessary” to “ensure renewal” of its New Jersey adult-use license; the license is set to expire this Friday after regulators declined its renewal.

New Jersey regulators this week declined to renew Curaleaf’s adult-use cannabis license, citing the recent closure of one of its cultivation facilities (and subsequent layoffs), as well as the company’s clash with unionization and an alleged lack of transparency.

According to a recent survey, 53% of Fins believe that cannabis use and possession should not be a crime in Finland but just 24% said that cannabis should be fully legalized.

New Hampshire Senate President Jeb Bradley (R) said the chamber is unlikely to approve the adult-use legalization bill passed last week by the House, saying he thinks it’s unwise to pass the reforms “in the middle of a drug crisis.”

A recent survey found that Portland, Oregon is the best-ranked U.S. city for cannabis shoppers due to its high number of dispensaries per capita and affordable prices.

Per an enforcement order by Connecticut’s attorney general, law enforcement recently seized thousands of delta-8 THC, delta-8 THCO, delta-9 THCO, and other high-THC products at three vape shops in Stamford.

Charlotte’s Web Holdings Inc. announced it is partnering with a British American Tobacco subsidiary and AJNA BioSciences to pursue an FDA-approved, full-spectrum hemp extract botanical drug.

Germany announced the watering down of its cannabis legalization efforts after talks with EU officials but the plan is to still legalize possession, allow limited home grows, and establish members-only “cannabis clubs.”

The Texas House voted 121-23 in favor of a measure to increase allowable THC levels in the state’s medical cannabis program and add chronic pain to the program’s qualifying conditions list.

A recent survey found that 40% of employed cannabis consumers said they are planning to take the day off from work for 4/20 this year.