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A nearly 80% supermajority of Alabama voters support medical cannabis reforms, according to a recent poll.

Mississippi’s medical cannabis program director said patients should have access to products in early 2023.

The Nevada Board of Pharmacy is not allowed to regulate cannabis and must remove it from its list of scheduled substances, according to a new district judge ruling.

Germany this week announced its plans for adult-use cannabis legalization including possession limitations and home grow provisions.

Six municipalities in Oregon will vote in the midterm elections on whether to ban the use and production of psychedelics within their jurisdictions.

Two men in Ohio have been indicted for charges stemming from unlawful securities practices and fraud in a fake medical cannabis and CBD oil manufacturing business. 

The New Hampshire Cannabis Party has endorsed candidates in the upcoming midterm elections who they believe will support cannabis legalization.

Legal cannabis might be this century’s largest and most lucrative new industry but without the government subsidies afforded to other industries that center agriculture, energy, and transportation, the cannabis industry is poised for an extinction event of small businesses.

Brittney Griner’s nine-year sentence for possession of two cannabis vape cartridges was upheld by a Russian court on Tuesday.

The SEC has formally charged Cronos and its former COO with fraud related to alleged accounting misconduct and filing false financial statements.

A new survey found that 50.5% of South Dakota poll respondents plan to vote against the state’s adult-use cannabis initiative in the midterm elections. 

A recent report found the international medical cannabis market could grow an estimated 19% from 2022 to 2028 to reach a $40 billion global value.

A Virginia mother was charged with felony murder and child neglect following the death of her four-year-old after he ingested a “large amount” of delta-8 THC gummies.

Another Oklahoma attorney has been charged for their alleged involvement in a medical cannabis licensing scheme. Two other attorneys were charged for the scheme earlier this year.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol contested cannabis legalization advertisements which have since been pulled from YouTube. Police claimed copyright infringement over an actor in uniform.

The Federation of International Hemp Organizations, a newly-formed international consortium of hemp associations, will hold its first meeting next month in Canada.

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said he will not pardon low-level cannabis possession charges in the state despite President Biden’s request for governors to issue state-level cannabis pardons.

Multistate cannabis operator Curaleaf will pay $100,000 to settle a class-action lawsuit related to a 2021 incident wherein the company sold drops labeled for CBD but which actually contained THC.

A recent poll found that Arkansas voters may have cooled on the state’s upcoming cannabis legalization initiative as support for the initiative has dropped to 50.5%, about eight points lower than last month’s polling.

A class action lawsuit filed in California seeks unspecified damages from a cannabis brand that is alleged to have inflated THC labels on some of its products.

Trulieve has released a statement disputing some of the press reports about the death of employee Lorna McMurrey at the company’s facility in Holyoke, Massachusetts in January.

Green Thumb Industries has partnered with Circle K stores to launch medical cannabis dispensaries adjacent to its convenience stores in Florida.

The German government has outlined its plan to legalize adult-use cannabis nationally including provisions allowing for possession of up to 20 grams and homegrow of up to two plants.

The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission was in the process of investigating the Trulieve facility where an employee died in January for previous employee complaints.