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Sarah Kim has been appointed as interim chair of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission after having previously served as deputy and attorney in the state Treasurer’s Office.

Police arrested activists outside of the headquarters of the DEA as they protested the agency’s refusal to let terminally ill patients access experimental drugs like psilocybin and MDMA.

Two Arkansas advocacy groups are looking to put adult-use cannabis legalization questions on voter ballots this November.

The 4/20 holiday represented a single-day record for Missouri with medical cannabis sales reaching $2.85 million, leading to a $6 million increase in April over March.

The Oklahoma Senate passed a bill increasing fines for medical cannabis cardholders who intentionally or improperly divert cannabis to unauthorized persons.

Ascend Wellness Holdings has reached an agreement for the acquisition of MedMen’s New York medical cannabis operations in a deal worth $88 million.

The National Institutes of Health has announced a notice of special interest for funding studies investigating the risk of cannabis treatments for cancer patients.

The Canada Border Services Agency recently announced it seized 36,371 pounds of cannabis in 2021.

A defendant accused of illegally cultivating cannabis was denied access to medically prescribed cannabis while out on bail.

The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that medical cannabis is a Schedule I substance and that driving after consuming cannabis is a violation of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code.

Germany’s Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said he will begin preparations for setting up an adult-use cannabis market in the country.

The Vermont House has passed a bill aimed at capping the potency of cannabis concentrates at 60% THC.

Empyreal Logistics, a cannabis security company, won its lawsuit against the San Bernadino Sheriff’s Department after local deputies seized more than $1 million from the company’s delivery vehicles.

The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority is set to become a freestanding state agency as per a bill approved by state lawmakers.

Thailand’s Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is planning to give away one million cannabis plants to Thai citizens when the plant is legalized in June.

Voters in Austin, Texas have overwhelmingly approved a measure to decriminalize cannabis possession and ban no-knock search warrants in the city.

Cannabis advocacy group Legal Missouri collected and submitted twice the number of signatures needed to add an adult-use legalization question to ballots this November.

In a debate last week between the top three mayoral candidates in Washington D.C., the topic of cannabis was absent despite being a major focal point for the District.

Consuming cannabis flower has been shown to improve symptoms of fatigue in 91% of study participants, according to new research by the University of New Mexico.

New York regulators approved an additional 36 cannabis cultivation licenses this week, bringing the total to 88 licenses in the state.

South Carolina’s Legislature declared its latest medical cannabis bill unconstitutional over a tax provision, defeating the bill for this year.

Weedmaps has acquired Enlighten, a cannabis-focused digital menu and ad company.

A recent study found that California could double its cannabis-derived tax revenues by removing the state’s cultivation tax, which would attract more customers by aligning industry prices closer to that of the traditional market.

New Mexico retailers sold about $22.1 million in cannabis products during the state’s first month of adult-use sales.