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A bipartisan Pennsylvania proposal would allow doctors to certify patients for the state’s medical cannabis program for any condition that they believe could benefit from cannabis therapy.

Massachusetts’ total cannabis sales since the state’s 2018 launch of the adult-use marketplace have now surpassed $4 billion.

Washington lawmakers are considering bills to allow cannabis home grows and end the practice of drug testing for cannabis as a condition for getting hired.

Wyoming’s House Education Committee has tabled a bill carrying penalties for selling synthetically derived cannabinoid products to minors.

The FDA will not regulate CBD products as dietary supplements but the agency said it would “work with Congress” to establish rules for hemp-derived cannabinoid products, which are federally legal but remain unregulated.

For the first time ever, a Minnesota Senate committee heard testimony this week related to a cannabis legalization proposal — similar bills have passed the House but were blocked in the formerly Republican-controlled Senate.

Northwest Missouri State University is partnering with cannabis education company Green Flower for a cannabis certificate program covering cannabis-related science and business.

A new report found cannabis legalization does not lead to an increase in substance use disorders or the increased use of illicit drugs.

Medical cannabis sales have launched in Mississippi, nearly a year after the reforms were signed into law.

New York’s Committee on Open Government said the state’s Office of Cannabis Management has not been following the state open meeting laws.

The FDA released its proposed final guidance for research related to developing drugs containing cannabis or cannabis-derived compounds.

A real estate developer has filed suit against the city of Pontiac, Michigan and its clerk over the delayed enactment of local cannabis industry rules.

Manhattan’s LIM College is partnering with the Association of Cannabis Workers (ACW) Local Union 420 to offer a four-week, online Cannabis Industry Fundamentals course.

Cannabis operators from every corner of the market have to deal with restrictions from IRS Revenue Code 280E but, with careful planning and tax strategies, cannabis entrepreneurs can work to reduce its impact on their business.

A recent Emergen Research report suggests the global cannabis market could reach $48.29 billion by 2027 with a CAGR of 24.6%.

A California cannabis company has filed a RICO lawsuit against the city of Baldwin Park and some former city officials, alleging that local government had rigged the city’s retail cannabis rollout to benefit officials and their allies.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) released $46.5 million in funding to support the state’s Cannabis Reform Act — the funds had been withheld by the previous administration.

Nevada regulators have warned that cannabis harvested by Clark Natural Medicinal Solutions from July 2021 through January 2023 used an unapproved pesticide. The regulators recommend that consumers avoid any affected products.

A recent poll found that 65% of Americans support the legalization of adult-use cannabis — including majorities of Democrat, Republican, and independent or third-party voters — and 57% support the enactment of cannabis social equity measures.

This week in Aurora, Colorado, officials are opening the city’s second community recreation center funded by cannabis taxes.

The local demand for codeine drops when a state opts to legalize adult-use cannabis, according to a recent study.

New York’s second cannabis dispensary and first shop owned by an entrepreneur who was previously criminalized for a cannabis-related offense is set to open next Tuesday in Manhattan.

A Tennessee proposal seeks to ask voters on their 2024 ballots whether they support each of the following cannabis policy moves: medical cannabis legalization, cannabis decriminalization, and the legalization and regulation of adult-use cannabis.

Ohio medical cannabis advocates are pushing for the third year in a row to add autism to the state’s medical cannabis qualifying conditions list.