Graham Abbott

Dasheeda Dawson, the founding executive director of Cannabis NYC, announced last week she was stepping down as New York City’s “cannabis czar.”

The FBI has denied the process for federal background checks laid out by Delaware’s cannabis legalization policy, sending state lawmakers and officials scrambling to rework the adult-use program’s licensing requirements.

The Trump White House suggested in a recent document that the voter-approved cannabis decriminalization policy in Washington D.C. has led to “disorder” in the nation’s capital city.

Georgia’s Senate-approved proposal to ban THC from all hemp products stalled in the House Regulated Industries Committee after the committee chair said he was reluctant to ban a plant “That God lets grow naturally.”

A Florida appeals court has tossed a drug-trafficking conviction against a man who was caught carrying 50 vacuum-sealed bags of a “leafy green” substance officials believed to be cannabis, after the man argued that he believed the substance was hemp when he bought it.

Minnesota officials have submitted the state’s final cannabis industry rules to an administrative law judge for final approval, a key milestone for the market.

The DEA is promoting a video contest for an April 20 Instagram campaign called ‘Anti-420 Day,’ which encourages young people to submit short videos and help flood social media with their “anti-THC messages.”

New Hampshire House lawmakers have passed the body’s second cannabis legalization proposal of the session. The bill, however, contains fewer allowances than the proposal passed earlier this year, leaving cannabis retail and home grows out entirely.

France has taken a key step toward legalizing medical cannabis by formally notifying the European Commission of its plans to legalize and regulate the practice.

The Department of Government Efficiency, established by President Donald Trump and led by Elon Musk, has canceled a nearly $700,000 federal research grant to study cannabis use by LGBTQ+ women.

The Texas Senate has passed a bill to ban products in the state that contain any amount of THC, including hemp-derived products that are legal under federal law.

In a recent poll of Utah residents, 52% of respondents said they would vote for a citizen-led cannabis legalization initiative.

Democratic lawmakers in North Carolina filed a proposal to legalize the possession, cultivation, buying, and selling of cannabis by adults aged 21+.

The state of Wyoming has agreed to pay a $150,000 settlement over an erroneous 2019 raid on a hemp farm suspected of growing illegal cannabis plants.

The U.S. Department of Energy is funding a $5 million study into the agricultural benefits of hemp cultivation and biochar, a charcoal mixture similar to planting soil.

The website for submitting cannabis business license applications to the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management was unexpectedly shut down just a few short hours before the application window’s scheduled finish.

A proposal filed in the Nevada Assembly would establish a psychedelics therapy program for certain patients with mental health conditions.

The Massachusetts cannabis control is asking the state for $30.8 million in funding for fiscal year 2026, a 55% bump from the agency’s current annual budget of $19.8 million.

Idaho lawmakers have passed a House-approved bill that will ask voters to give up their right to pass any citizen-led ballot initiatives to legalize cannabis or enact other drug reforms.

Eyeing a potential $4 million annual revenue bump, the San Diego City Council has voted to raise the local tax rate on licensed cannabis businesses from 8% to 10%.

A proposal in the Texas Senate would expand the state’s medical cannabis program by allowing more cannabis administration methods and change the rules to measure doses by milligrams instead of weight.

An Alabama court has overturned the temporary restraining order blocking medical cannabis licenses in the state, which have been on hold since lawsuits brought the industry’s launch to a halt in 2023.

The Ohio House could consider its own proposal to strip down the state’s voter-approved cannabis legalization law after the Senate recently passed a package of new industry restrictions.

The Idaho House of Representatives voted to send a ballot question to voters asking them to give up their right to pass cannabis legalization laws via citizen-led ballot initiatives.