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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed a bill package that overhauls the state’s medical cannabis industry and includes regulations for cultivators, employees, and dispensaries.

Canada will temporarily decriminalize opioids, cocaine, MDMA, and methamphetamine in British Columbia as the province looks to fight its record overdose rates.

A Cook County Circuit judge removed the 10-month stay blocking 185 adult-use cannabis licenses from being issued in Illinois after a lawsuit challenged the license lottery’s legality.

In Indiana, where cannabis use remains illegal even for medical purposes, the legislature has added cannabis policy to its summer study committee agenda.

The Portland attorney who previously settled 10 lawsuits against Curaleaf for its THC/CBD product mix-up is now seeking $200 per customer regardless of whether they were made ill by the products.

Virginia lawmakers are looking to create stricter cannabis possession rules despite the state having passed a legalization bill in April 2021.

Helios Dayspring, ex-CEO of Natural Healing Center, was sentenced to 22 months for multiple felonies including bribery and filing a false tax return.

Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones said she will no longer prosecute cannabis possession cases dealing with less than one ounce or test small amounts of cannabis unless other felony charges are involved.

California has earned $3.76 billion in total cannabis taxes since the state’s legal market launched in January 2018.

A bipartisan bill containing tax credits for licensed cannabis retailers passed the California state Senate on Thursday and moves next to the Assembly for policy hearings.

The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority recalled 99 medical cannabis products approved by Scale Laboratories after an inspection of the testing site found numerous alleged rule violations and record manipulations.

South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws’ campaign to get cannabis legalization on midterm ballots was successful and voters will get to decide on the issue this November.

After warning parents to check their children’s Halloween candy bags for cannabis disguised as treats, New York received just one complaint around the holiday which was linked to an unrelated incident with medical cannabis edibles.

Georgia Democrats supported the state’s non-binding adult-use question on the midterm primary ballots with 80% in favor and 20% opposed.

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee (D) has signed the state’s adult-use legalization bill, making Rhode Island the 19th state in the union to legalize recreational cannabis.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) has signed cannabis policy reform bills that ban gifting and regulate advertising in the state.

A group of California cannabis companies recently partnered for a charitable effort to send first aid kits to Ukraine.

Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) has vetoed his state’s cannabis legalization bill stating he doesn’t believe in “promoting or expanding the use of recreational marijuana.”

A recent Department of Justice report shows a continuous downward trend for federal cannabis arrests since 2010.

The Boston Beer Company, Inc, best-known as the makers of Samuel Adams beer, is introducing a cannabis-infused line of iced teas called TeaPot.

New York officials approved 58 more conditional cannabis cultivation licenses last week in an effort to expand the market quickly, bringing the state total to 146.

A Florida hemp business owned by an ex-Marine was denied its service-disabled veteran-owned small business designation by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs over concerns that its recognition might amount to a federal agency endorsing a federally illegal drug.

Rhode Island lawmakers passed the state’s adult-use cannabis legalization bill on Tuesday. The bill includes provisions for homegrows and the automatic expungement of prior cannabis possession charges.

The Colorado Department of Agriculture’s bid for funding to buy hemp processing equipment has been denied.