Law Enforcement

Richard Wershe Jr., aka “White Boy Rick,” who was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for cocaine possession, is launching his own cannabis brand called “The 8th.”

A New Mexico judge last week ordered regulators to stop enforcing the old medical cannabis purchase limits and begin operating under the rules included in the state’s adult-use law.

California dispensary March and Ash is pushing back against the unregulated cannabis market in unincorporated San Diego County with an anti-racketeering lawsuit.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) appointed Adria Berry—a former staffer and lobbyist for the Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma—to head the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority. It’s the agency’s fourth such appointment in its three-year history.

A botched law enforcement operation in Oklahoma cost a state-licensed cannabis cultivator millions of dollars due to a mistake in the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics licensing system.

A former DEA special agent was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Thursday for crimes including perjury, obstruction of justice, and theft.

The New Orleans City Council approved language to retroactively and proactively pardon all low-level cannabis cases in the city, effectively nixing some 10,000 cannabis convictions and decriminalizing cannabis moving forward.

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez on Tuesday dismissed 3,578 cannabis cases in a move that clears up nearly all of the New York City borough’s remaining cannabis cases.

The courts have granted the Westchester, New York district attorney’s request to dismiss all felony or misdemeanor charges for cannabis possession or sales.

Oregon’s new hemp regulations give police more authority against illicit cannabis grows, limit THC in hemp products (including Delta-8 THC), and increase product testing.

A Colorado criminal justice report showed a 68% decline in cannabis-related arrests since legalization, but arrest rates for Black people are still more than double those of white people.

Police officers in New York airports are no longer seizing cannabis products or issuing tickets for cases of low-level possession.

Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said he doesn’t think there is “value” to society by incarcerating people for cannabis use.

The Kentucky Hemp Association and other hemp businesses in the state are suing to stop crackdowns on hemp businesses selling Delta-8 THC.

Los Angeles County, California authorities announced their largest-ever cannabis bust worth an estimated $1 billion in street value.

The FBI has updated its hiring policy to not exclude potential candidates for using cannabis outside of a year and candidates will not be disqualified for using cannabis prior to their 18th birthday.

A new Indiana law allows drivers involved in no-fault motor vehicle crashes to have up to a nanogram of THC in their blood without being considered intoxicated by cannabis.

The New Orleans City Council Criminal Justice Committee has unanimously approved an ordinance that would decriminalize cannabis possession.

The Oregon legislature has passed a bill that more tightly regulates both Delta-8 and Delta-9 THC and more closely regulates total THC in hemp.

The toddler of a Michigan couple was placed in foster care after they were arrested for cannabis possession in Alabama.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said on Monday that the federal “prohibition on interstate use or cultivation of marijuana may no longer be necessary or proper.”

Cannabis is legal for adults 21-and-older starting today in New Mexico, and the state will begin to issue licenses in January 2022.

The New York City borough of Queens’ District Attorney has requested the dismissal and sealing of 3,200 low-level cannabis cases.