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Law enforcement in Sonoma County have shut down an illegal cannabis grow op containing more than 63,000 plants — it is the county’s largest cannabis bust, ever.

A judge in Quebec’s Superior Court has ruled that the current provincial ban on homegrown cannabis is unconstitutional; experts say, however, that a similar ban could be carried out lawfully.

Oklahoma’s new medical cannabis regulations include seed-to-sale tracking requirements and clarifications for gun-owning patients.

California’s Santa Rosa Junior College is revising its Environmental Horticulture program to include a focus on hemp agriculture and will offer hemp cultivation certificate degree programs starting next year.

A medical cannabis product shipment by Industrial Globus Uganda Ltd. has been approved by European Union inspectors; the shipment contains THC- and CBD-rich cannabis meant for Sativex drug production.

Legislation that would have made California the first state to legalize medical cannabis for pets has been tabled until 2020, at the earliest.

Federal health officials are launching a public awareness campaign about the dangers of cannabis use; the effort is funded by President Trump, who reportedly donated his full second-quarter salary of $100,000 to the effort.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has come out against the legalization of hemp, citing primarily law enforcement concerns that legal hemp complicates cannabis enforcement.

Jonathan Menkes is a California-based trademark attorney with Knobbe Martens.

Hemp farmers can file for federal crop insurance under a new directive from the United States Department of Agriculture.

Cannabis tax revenues are going up in California but are still far below original expectations, likely thanks to high tax rates and an excess of local bans on the industry.

Citing racial discrimination issues, police and prosecutors in Jefferson County, Kentucky will no longer pursue low-level cannabis possession crimes if it’s the only or primary charge.

A bill to allow medical cannabis products in California schools has advanced from the Assembly and now moves to the Senate; a similar bill passed both legislative bodies last year but was ultimately vetoed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown.

Washington state regulators are considering what they call “Cannabis 2.0” reforms to the state’s adult-use industry, which could include a social equity program and the abandoning of the state’s seed-to-sale tracking system.

Former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has announced a partnership with Abacus Health Products and said that CBD products have helped him be “pain-free” for the first time in a decade.

The DEA has announced an expansion of medical cannabis research options and a change in policy: hemp cultivators no longer need to register with the agency in light of the crop’s federal legalization.

The UK’s National Institute for Health Care and Excellence has decided against recommending CBD products with clobazam for treating treatment-resistant epilepsy conditions, citing CBD’s “unknown” long-term efficacy.

Canada’s Paracanna has announced its launch of a DIY cannabis gummies kit, which allows consumers to add drops of oil to create gummies in a variety of flavors.

Thailand has started processing seized cannabis products into bottled medical cannabis oils for the domestic market.

The eight operating medical cannabis dispensaries in Arkansas have surpassed $6 million in sales in just three months; another 24 dispensaries are expected to open soon.

A California committee has advanced legislation that would allow for social-use cannabis consumption in ‘party buses’ and limousines; the bill moves next to the full Assembly for consideration.

In the almost year since legal adult-use sales launched in Canada, cannabis industry employment has nearly quadrupled from 2,630 positions filled to 9,200.

Ashtabula County, Ohio has joined the growing ranks of local jurisdictions that have opted out of enforcing cannabis laws in light of hemp’s newly legal status.

These are the main takeaways from my first experience at a legal Canadian cannabis dispensary in Montreal, Quebec.