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The first social-use cannabis lounge in Illinois is opening next Saturday, July 10. The Luna Lounge, in Sesser, said it already sold out tickets for the grand opening.

Pennsylvania has expanded its medical cannabis laws to let patients obtain up to a three-month supply of cannabis at once.

Starting today, it is legal for adults 21 and older in Virginia and Connecticut to possess up to 1 ounce and 1.5 ounces of cannabis, respectively.

A new study found that 70% of cannabis sales in Michigan happen outside of retail stores in the unregulated market.

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

The California Assembly Public Safety Committee passed the Senate-approved psychedelic decriminalization bill on Tuesday.

The New York St. Regis Mohawk Tribe is the first in the state to authorize adult cannabis use.

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.”

Medical cannabis provider Revolutionary Clinics is establishing a $4 million grant to be distributed between the state’s Economic Empowerment Cannabis licensees and other minority-owned businesses in Cambridge.

SLANG Worldwide is set to acquire Vermont medical cannabis company HI-FI in a $25 million deal.

A new study published last week in Gynecologic Oncology Reports found 71% of gynecologic cancer patients reported self-improvement while using medical cannabis.

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is set to open the state’s first medical cannabis dispensary, named the Native Nations Cannabis Dispensary, on July 1.

Hemp projects were awarded $194,000 of the $460,000 that comprise Pennsylvania’s Specialty Crop Block Grants.

The United Nations Office on Crime and Drugs is calling for a “comprehensive ban on advertising” of cannabis products in order to place “public health interest before commercial interests.”

A new bill signed by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday limits the amount of concentrate adult medical cannabis patients can buy in one day and places new rules on patients who are younger than 21-years-old.

City workers in Norfolk, Virginia will no longer be required to undergo a pre-employment drug screening unless they are considered “safety-sensitive” and the city will not perform random drug tests of non-sensitive workers.

The Rhode Island Senate on Tuesday voted to legalize cannabis in the state, advancing the legislation to the state House of Representatives.

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

The University of Illinois, Springfield is offering multiple non-credit online courses in cannabis education.

Former CannTrust officials have been charged for making efforts to conceal the illegal growing of cannabis at CannTrust facilities over a 10-month period—the investigation ultimately forced the company to destroy $65 million worth of inventory.

Multiple cannabis companies had petitioned the high court to hear their case following a previous ruling that the IRS could use 280E to determine whether a business or individual was in violation of criminal drug laws.

A New York community college is offering two new cannabis certificates: one centered on plant cultivation duties and techniques and another on cannabis manufacturing and production.

The consultants were each sentenced to over a year in prison after being convicted of using shell companies and fake websites to disguise cannabis sales from 2016 to 2019.