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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) recently indicated that adult-use cannabis sales could launch in the state within the next few weeks.

A recent New Mexico Supreme Court ruling confirmed that medical cannabis purchases in the state cannot be taxed.

Medical cannabis sales in Arkansas surpassed $20 million in January 2022, raising $2.84 million in tax revenue for the state.

Ganjapreneur is excited to launch our new series “Cannabias,” in which resident journalist TG Branfalt draws on his academic experience in the world of media analysis to highlight and dissect examples of bias against cannabis in the mainstream news, providing solutions for how to “fix” each story.

According to Leafly’s sixth annual cannabis industry jobs report, industry employment grew about 33% in 2021.

The Florida Health Department is seeking to suspend a physician’s medical license after an investigation found he had violated state law when issuing medical cannabis cards.

Oregon lawmakers are considering a proposal to let certain counties that border states where cannabis remains outlawed increase the local cannabis tax rate from 3% to no more than 10%. Only Malheur County, next to Idaho, would qualify.

MedMen has moved to withdraw its lawsuit alleging that Ascend Wellness improperly influenced New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) to approve a takeover deal between the two companies.

According to the USDA’s National Hemp Report, U.S. farmers planted 54,200 acres of hemp in 2021, valued at $712 million.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed a bill into law creating conditional adult-use licenses for current hemp cultivators in the state.

Veriheal has acquired MarijuanaDoctors.com for $3 million, giving the company the largest network of physicians in the medical cannabis space.

The Oregon Senate Human Services, Mental Health, and Recovery Committee unanimously approved a measure to regulate the state’s emerging psilocybin program.

The Chief Equity Strategist for Wells Fargo suggested recently that the U.S. supply chain issues and a trucker labor shortage are due to drug testing policies under the ongoing federal prohibition of cannabis.

Colombia’s President Ivan Duque approved a measure to regulate medical cannabis and industrial hemp products in the country.

South Dakota law enforcement officials are arresting medical cannabis cardholders issued by the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, arguing that the cards are invalid for non-tribal members.

Comedy Central’s ‘South Park’ recently skewered racial inequality in Colorado’s cannabis industry but while accurately depicting the racial imbalance among cannabis business owners, the show missed the mark on why advocates are calling for social equity.

Advocates in Denton, Texas have launched a signature-gathering campaign with the goal of ending citations and arrests for misdemeanor cannabis possession.

A bipartisan cannabis legalization proposal in Missouri includes provisions for adult-use sales, consumption lounges, expungement, and banking.

Police in New Zealand have set aside more than $600,000 to revive a national cannabis eradication program one year after the operation was canceled.

The Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to decriminalize cannabis possession in the state and expunge prior cannabis charges.

Kentucky Democratic lawmakers filed a bill to legalize adult-use cannabis in the state and automatically expunge cannabis-related misdemeanor charges.

Italy’s Constitutional Court threw out a voter initiative to allow home cannabis cultivation and ease penalties for other cannabis-related offenses.

Lawmakers in the Washington House on Tuesday failed to pass a bill to improve the state’s cannabis social equity considerations.

New York lawmakers passed a bill to let hemp cultivators and processors obtain early conditional licenses for the state’s adult-use cannabis program.