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A Las Cruces, New Mexico business has reopened after receiving a cease-and-desist order from the state Cannabis Control Division for “gifting” cannabis to customers.

The Community College of Denver has launched a cannabis business degree program that offers students an opportunity to earn an Associate of Applied Science.

Charles Koch plans to use $25 million of his $45 billion fortune to influence cannabis legalization reforms by the end of the year.

Ohio cannabis advocates have submitted summary language for a cannabis legalization ballot initiative to the state attorney general’s office.

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez on Tuesday dismissed 3,578 cannabis cases in a move that clears up nearly all of the New York City borough’s remaining cannabis cases.

Idaho officials are preparing to submit a plan to regulate hemp to the U.S. Department of Agriculture by September 1.

There is arguably nowhere in the world better known for its cannabis culture and cultivators than California’s Emerald Triangle—here is what several of the region’s advocates and legacy growers have to say about the state’s legal industry.

Colombia’s President Ivan Duque last week signed a decree lifting the ban on dried cannabis flower exports and expanding the sale of medical cannabis products.

Trulieve GA Inc. and Biomedical Sciences LLC were awarded the two Class 1 licenses to produce low-THC medical cannabis oil for Georgia’s medical cannabis program.

The courts have granted the Westchester, New York district attorney’s request to dismiss all felony or misdemeanor charges for cannabis possession or sales.

The Roanoke, Virginia Board of Commissioners voted to prohibit both medical and adult cannabis use from public housing managed by the city.

Maine set a new adult-use cannabis sales record in June at $6,470,936.

Advocates in Arkansas are gathering signatures to put an adult-use legalization question to voters during the 2022 midterm elections.

Washington cannabis regulators issued a statement last week summarizing the rights of cannabis growers and processors when to comes to converting hemp-derived cannabinoids into THC products.

The Phoenix-based Clarendon Hotel and Spa announced it would dedicate a wing of its hotel for cannabis consuming guests, billing itself as the state’s first “cannabis-friendly hotel.”

The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection is being accused of shutting down a cannabis information website over its use of standard cannabis strain names.

Cannabis industry consultant and lobbyist Jackie McGowan has launched her bid to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom in the state’s recall election in September.

Police in Cork, Ireland have removed six cannabis plants that were placed outside of the City Hall by a pro-cannabis activist to draw attention to a cannabis patient who moved to Spain for access to medical cannabis.

North Carolina’s medical cannabis bill has passed the Senate Finance Committee, its second victory so far on its way to a potential floor vote in the Senate.

Oregon’s new hemp regulations give police more authority against illicit cannabis grows, limit THC in hemp products (including Delta-8 THC), and increase product testing.

A New York proposal would create provisional licenses for cannabis cultivators, allowing them to start growing crops even if the Office of Cannabis Management doesn’t establish program rules by January 1.

Georgia has selected six companies to produce and distribute low-THC cannabis oil, a crucial step toward a product pipeline for the state’s medical cannabis patients.

Cannabis company Sozo Illinois Inc. has filed a lawsuit claiming a new law signed last week, which expands opportunities for social equity applicants, lowers their chances in an upcoming retail cannabis license lottery.

A Colorado criminal justice report showed a 68% decline in cannabis-related arrests since legalization, but arrest rates for Black people are still more than double those of white people.