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Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) signed into law an omnibus cannabis bill that more than doubles personal possession limits in the state, allows for felons to acquire cannabis industry licenses in some cases, and more.

Pennsylvania is funding three agriculture non-profits with just over $390,000 in grants to increase hemp fiber and food market awareness throughout the state.

Georgia man Rahsaan Jackson Garth last week was sentenced to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $2 million in restitution for his role in defrauding farmers in a hemp business venture.

Vermont lawmakers have expanded the state’s medical cannabis program, allowing patients to cultivate a total of 12 plants — up to six mature at once — and adding post-traumatic stress disorder to the program’s qualifying conditions list.

An Arkansas judge last week voided 27 laws passed by lawmakers to amend the state’s voter-approved medical cannabis law in 2017, 2019, and 2021. The judge called the changes unconstitutional.

Alabama medical cannabis regulators on Friday voted to pause further issuing of medical cannabis licenses in the state after having discovered “potential inconsistencies in the tabulation of scoring data.”

New York regulators on Thursday shut down multiple unlicensed cannabis shops in Ithaca, Binghamton, and New York City. The companies face fines of up to $10,000 per day of operating without a license.

New York regulators on Thursday shut down multiple unlicensed cannabis shops in Ithaca, Binghamton, and New York City. The companies now face fines of up to $10,000 per day they were operating without a license.

Maryland medical cannabis regulators temporarily shut down a Cookies dispensary license, citing multiple violations including a video advertisement that “appeared to show large plumes of medical cannabis smoke being blown from a large gun apparatus into the mouths of persons outside the dispensary.”

Alabama regulators this week licensed the state’s first medical cannabis businesses, issuing four cultivation licenses, four processing licenses, four retailer licenses, five licenses for integrated facilities, three transport licenses, and one testing lab license.

New York regulators have approved emergency regulations to allow the seizing of hemp and delta-9 THC products from unlicensed cannabis retailers in the state.

Cannabis pre-rolls saw the highest year-over-year sales growth from 2021 to 2022 of any other product category in the industry.

Catalyst Cannabis has filed a lawsuit against fellow California-based cannabis firm Glass House Brands, alleging that Glass House — which produces more cannabis than any other state cultivator — is diverting huge amounts of product to the unregulated market.

A recent report by the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions found that the state’s cannabis industry employed more than 4,600 workers at the close of last year.

Lawsuits filed by the Montana Association of Counties and the Montana Wildlife Federation are challenging Gov. Greg Gianforte’s (R) recent veto of a bill that sought to use cannabis taxes as a supplement to road maintenance funds.

Leafly recently removed two articles from its website investigating the death of cannabis worker Lorna McMurrey, who passed away at age 27 last year after collapsing during a shift at a Trulieve cannabis factory in Massachusetts.

New York lawmakers voted to let the state’s cannabis cultivators sell products to tribal nations that have launched their own cannabis markets.

Connecticut’s combined adult-use and medical cannabis sales totaled nearly $23 million in May, a new record since the state’s January launch of legal recreational sales.

Public health officials in Ottawa, Canada are seeking to put graphic warning labels on cannabis packaging, similar to those on cigarettes and other tobacco products.

Federal investigators are looking into the relationship between Oregon’s former Secretary of State, Shemia Fagan, and the owners of cannabis company La Mota, who hired Fagan as a private consultant while her office was conducting an audit of the cannabis industry.

Oregon lawmakers approved a bill to crack down on landowners who allow illegal cannabis cultivation on their properties after police seized more than 100 tons of illegal cannabis across the state last year.

Antigua and Barbuda has authorized Rastafari to grow and consume cannabis as their faith considers the plant sacred. PM Gaston Browne said the reforms would prevent further religious discrimination.

The Rhode Island Judiciary has so far expunged 23,000 cannabis possession criminal records under the state’s adult-use cannabis legalization bill, which was signed into law over a year ago.

New Mexico officials have rolled out a new cannabis public education campaign for the state, centered around the phrase: “Yes – cannabis is legal. Know – the rules.”