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The Senate has walked back plans to include bipartisan cannabis banking reforms in the annual national defense bill following an outcry by GOP lawmakers.

Colombia’s Senate has voted overwhelmingly in favor of a constitutional amendment to legalize adult-use cannabis. The proposal already passed the country’s lower legislative body but must undergo at least eight debates in total before it can be formally adopted.

The Minnesota Board of Pharmacy filed a lawsuit against Northland Vapor — creator of the “Death By Gummy Bears” line of edibles — alleging that the company’s products far exceed the state’s strict THC potency limits.

The PREPARE Act, the latest cannabis proposal in Congress, would prepare the U.S. for the likely end of cannabis prohibition by directing officials to workshop a framework for federal cannabis regulations.

New Jersey regulators have approved initial rules for cannabis consumption lounges in the state — a 60-day public comment period will follow before the rules can be officially finalized.

While thousands of people applied to have their cannabis charges pardoned by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf earlier this year, fewer than 250 have actually qualified to see their records cleared.

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Top Senate Democrats are reportedly set to attach language from the SAFE Banking Act that would normalize the cannabis industry’s access to banking services to a “must-pass” end-of-year bill like the annual National Defense Authorization Act.

President Joe Biden signed the nation’s first standalone cannabis reforms bill last week, paving the way for researchers to more easily investigate the plant’s medicinal properties.

Colorado cannabis officials have adopted an industry regulations package that includes new cannabis storage requirements and “use-by” labels for cannabis product packaging.

Research analysts at Cowen Equity Research say that legal cannabis sales in the U.S. have started eating into the sales of beer, wine, and liquor.

Berkeley, California city officials advanced a psychedelics decriminalization proposal this week despite concerns by some reform advocates that the proposal does not go far enough to deprioritize law enforcement actions.

The multistate cannabis operator Curaleaf reportedly laid off about 200 employees ahead of the Thanksgiving weekend in an effort to “control costs and drive efficiencies in the face of economic uncertainties ahead.”

Adult-use cannabis sales launched today in Rhode Island, which became the 19th state to legalize cannabis earlier this year.

The New York Medical Cannabis Industry Association said about 40% of products bought from unlicensed New York City cannabis shops tested positive for contaminants such as E. coli, lead, and salmonella.

Minnesota’s Department of Health added obsessive-compulsive disorder and irritable bowel syndrome to its list of qualifying conditions for medical cannabis.

A new analysis of the latest Gallup poll found that Americans aged 18-29 are far more likely to smoke cannabis than cigarettes.

Concerned citizens in Louisiana met this week with the Medical Marijuana Task Force in hopes of convincing officials to let first responders — many of whom are combat veterans — access the state’s medical cannabis program.

Canada has appointed a panel of experts including doctors, academics, and lawyers to conduct its first-ever statutory review of the country’s cannabis legalization law.

Ohio lawmakers are considering expanding the state’s medical cannabis industry to accommodate any condition that could “reasonably be expected to be relieved” by cannabis.

Connecticut regulators said three of the state’s four medical cannabis producers have finished converting to a hybrid adult-use license and that sales should launch by early next year.

The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority is holding a public comment period for its proposal to make the state’s medical cannabis regulations permanent, including a moratorium on new cannabis business licenses.

Ireland is the latest EU country to consider adult-use cannabis reforms following the introduction of a legalization proposal by People Before Profit MP Gino Kenny.

Thieves made off with boxes of fake gummies and display packaging during a botched dispensary burglary last week in Portland, Maine.