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New York-based cannabis investor Bob Broderick has announced a $9 million donation to MIT and Harvard for researching the cannabis plant.

A bill to temporarily cap Oregon’s cannabis business licenses has passed the Senate and now moves to the House; Oregon currently has an oversupply of cannabis products that would last the state more than six years at current consumption rates.

Green Cure Wellness Inc., a hopeful cannabis processing and dispensary facility in Detroit, has announced that it intends to offer free cannabis-related classes to individuals who have been previously convicted of cannabis crimes.

Massachusetts’ cannabis regulatory body has offered preliminary support for allowing cannabis delivery options in the state. The cannabis agency is also looking at allowing social-use cannabis clubs.

Connecticut lawmakers are hoping for a 20 percent overall tax on adult-use cannabis products with an optional 3 percent tax for local municipalities; the tax plan would keep Connecticut’s cannabis tax on par with neighboring Massachusetts.

A bill eliminating Iowa’s 3% THC cap on medical cannabis products has passed both houses of the state legislature; it’s still unknown, however, whether the governor intends to sign the bill.

Missouri officials have decided to award 60 medical cannabis cultivator licenses; additionally, 86 manufacturing licenses and 192 dispensary licenses will be issued.

Utah is set to license 10 medical cannabis cultivators; outdoor cultivators will be allowed to grow up to four acres while indoor grows are limited to 100,000 square feet.

Hawaii lawmakers have advanced a bill that would make the state’s temporary industrial hemp marketplace permanent; the governor is expected to sign the bill.

The majority of charges filed under the new law have pertained to the presence and placement of cannabis within the vehicle, not impairment.

The survey also found that 84% of Americans favored cannabis legalization of some form.

Iowa’s Republican Governor, Kim Reynolds, is expected to sign the bill into law.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released guidance allowing farmers to import hemp seed from international industrial hemp markets — as long as said seeds are documented to produce plants containing less THC than the federal limit of 0.3 percent.

The Cannabis Beverage Producers Alliance in Canada is pushing for changes to the country’s proposed cannabis edibles rules that would allow producers to manufacture infused beverages inside of facilities that also produce alcoholic beverages.

Alabama’s Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a bill that would vastly overhaul and improve the state’s limited medical cannabis program.

There were zero votes in opposition to the bill, which would legalize production of industrial hemp in Texas.

The proposal would eliminate taxes on medical cannabis growers and allow vertical integration in the space.

The property that was planned as an industry coworking space for the cryptocurrency startup will now be sold.

The company will emphasize sustainable cultivation practices, ethical business practices, and will dedicate its profits to charity.

The draft rules include several different tiers for licenses to participate in the Maine cannabis industry, ranging from $30,000 for indoor-outdoor cultivators to $1000 for testing labs.

The proposed rules would increase allowed THC content to 1% and create a system for classifying hemp crops based on their CBD quantity.

Immigrants and green card-holders in the U.S. can be denied citizenship for cannabis use or for working in the industry even in states where it is legal, according to a recent federal guidance.

The legal counsel for Vermont Gov. Phil Scott says that recently passed legislation establishing adult-use cannabis sales in the state defies the state Constitution.

The West Virginia state government is seeking a financial institution willing to work with the state’s medical cannabis industry; the director of the state’s medical program expects licensing to pick up once a bank is secured.