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In Indiana, where cannabis use remains illegal even for medical purposes, the legislature has added cannabis policy to its summer study committee agenda.

The Portland attorney who previously settled 10 lawsuits against Curaleaf for its THC/CBD product mix-up is now seeking $200 per customer regardless of whether they were made ill by the products.

Virginia lawmakers are looking to create stricter cannabis possession rules despite the state having passed a legalization bill in April 2021.

Helios Dayspring, ex-CEO of Natural Healing Center, was sentenced to 22 months for multiple felonies including bribery and filing a false tax return.

Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones said she will no longer prosecute cannabis possession cases dealing with less than one ounce or test small amounts of cannabis unless other felony charges are involved.

A bipartisan bill containing tax credits for licensed cannabis retailers passed the California state Senate on Thursday and moves next to the Assembly for policy hearings.

South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws’ campaign to get cannabis legalization on midterm ballots was successful and voters will get to decide on the issue this November.

After warning parents to check their children’s Halloween candy bags for cannabis disguised as treats, New York received just one complaint around the holiday which was linked to an unrelated incident with medical cannabis edibles.

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee (D) has signed the state’s adult-use legalization bill, making Rhode Island the 19th state in the union to legalize recreational cannabis.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) has signed cannabis policy reform bills that ban gifting and regulate advertising in the state.

A group of California cannabis companies recently partnered for a charitable effort to send first aid kits to Ukraine.

Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) has vetoed his state’s cannabis legalization bill stating he doesn’t believe in “promoting or expanding the use of recreational marijuana.”

The Boston Beer Company, Inc, best-known as the makers of Samuel Adams beer, is introducing a cannabis-infused line of iced teas called TeaPot.

New York officials approved 58 more conditional cannabis cultivation licenses last week in an effort to expand the market quickly, bringing the state total to 146.

Rhode Island lawmakers passed the state’s adult-use cannabis legalization bill on Tuesday. The bill includes provisions for homegrows and the automatic expungement of prior cannabis possession charges.

The Colorado Department of Agriculture’s bid for funding to buy hemp processing equipment has been denied.

A new survey in Missouri found that 62% of adults support cannabis legalization in the state.

Method Man, rapper and entrepreneur, is set to launch his cannabis brand TICAL in five Black-owned Detroit dispensaries this week.

Lawmakers in the Louisiana House Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations last week unanimously approved a bill to protect state employees who use medical cannabis.

The Pojoaque and Picuris tribes in New Mexico signed an agreement with the state last week to collect taxes on local cannabis product sales.

A YouGov poll found that 45% of Americans think cannabis should be federally legalized with 21% believing the decision should be left to the states, and 20% opposed.

A federal court in California ruled that delta-8 THC is considered legal under the 2018 Farm Bill in a decision for the trademark case AK Futures LLC v. Boyd Street Distro LLC.

Delaware’s bill to tax and regulate adult-use cannabis failed by two votes in the House while the decriminalization bill sits on Gov. John Carney’s (D) desk.

George Allen is Chairman of the Board for California-based Lowell Farms and founder of the cannabis industry investment firm Geronimo Capital LLC.