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Arkansas’ medical cannabis sales, having already reached $205 million so far this year, are close to outpacing 2021’s sales record of $264.9 million.

The Alabama Medical Cannabis Association, launched last month, named government affairs veteran Patrick Lindsey as the group’s first executive director. 

The California Department of Justice’s annual Campaign Against Marijuana Planting said that nearly 1 million illegally grown plants were eradicated and more than 200,000 pounds of processed cannabis were seized during the 2022 season.

San Diego, California has approved a social-equity program that includes fee waivers, start-up loans, and other business assistance.

California Gavin Newsom (D) called for creating the Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce, a multi-agency unit designed to combat illegal cannabis operations.

During a Monday appearance on ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers,’ Vice President Kamala Harris (D) said no one should be sent to jail for smoking cannabis. The statement came the week after President Biden issued federal pardons for cannabis possession.

The MLB announced an official partnership with the CBD company Charlotte’s Web in a first-of-its-kind deal for the major national sports league.

New York Office of Cannabis Management Director Chris Alexander said some of the state’s adult-use cannabis dispensaries will be open before the end of the year. 

The California Department of Cannabis Control has earmarked $20 million in funding for research prioritizing multiple cannabis topics including potency, health impacts, medicinal use, legacy cannabis genetics, and the health of California’s cannabis industry.

A spokesperson from the United Kingdom Prime Minister’s office clarified the administration does not intend to reclassify cannabis from a Class B to Class A drug in the country.

Olive-Harvey College in Pullman, Illinois will offer a first-of-its-kind Associate Degree in Applied Cannabis Studies including courses in hemp horticulture, cannabis and the law, and basic chemistry.

U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is already working with the FDA to review cannabis’ federal scheduling status as directed by President Biden during his pardoning announcement last week.

Recent polls found the majority of Americans support President Biden’s move to pardon federal cannabis possession charges and want governors around the country to follow suit per the president’s request.

A new poll released on Wednesday found that 60% of US voters believe cannabis should be federally legal.

DEA Museum historian Kasey Sease, Ph.D. admitted that the reasons for criminalizing drug use were based on racial, ethnic, and class prejudice. 

The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled last month that importing cannabis paraphernalia into the US is legal, breaking a previous Controlled Substances Act ban.

President Joe Biden issued a pardon for all federal cannabis possession charges on Thursday and said his administration would take steps to consider rescheduling cannabis under federal law.

A Washington Post and University of Maryland poll found that 74% of Maryland voters support adult-use cannabis legalization.

Massachusetts authorities are investigating the circumstances around the death of former Trulieve employee Lorna McMurrey, who OSHA concluded died after inhaling “ground cannabis dust” at the company’s Holyoke facility.

Kansas lawmakers will be considering medical cannabis reforms during two meetings this month to review the bill and hear input from law enforcement, state agencies, and the public.

Nevada adult-use cannabis sales reached $965 million during the fiscal year 2022.

The FDA has tapped a former New York and Rhode Island cannabis regulator as its first senior policy advisor on cannabis.

DEA pharmaceutical cannabis license-holder Biopharmaceutical Research Company has raised $20 million in its Series A funding round. 

Morocco has distributed its first permits for medical, pharmaceutical, and industrial cannabis production.