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Actor Jaleel White — famous for portraying Steve Urkel in “Family Matters” — is launching a cannabis brand called ItsPurpl in partnership with 710 Labs that will feature variants of the strain Purple Urkle.

Steve Fox, the lead drafter of Colorado’s historic legalization initiative approved by voters in 2012, has died at age 53.

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the company will “absolutely” consider getting into the cannabis delivery business as soon as cannabis is federally legalized.

Colorado sold $167 million worth of cannabis products in February, which is $20 million less than January, but sales figures so far this year are still outpacing 2020.

Washington state failed to pass key updates to its medical and adult-use cannabis systems this year, including the state’s long-awaited home grow bill.

Researchers at the University of Sydney’s Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics found via a meta-analysis of 80 separate studies that cannabis impairment lasts on average somewhere between 3 and 10 hours.

New Mexico’s governor signed two bills this afternoon to legalize adult-use cannabis and expunge some cannabis-related criminal records.

A federally-funded study has found that biofluid and traditional sobriety tests are unreliable at measuring cannabis impairment in drivers.

After the success of its online introductory cannabis horticulture class, the University of Connecticut is now offering non-degree online courses covering basic and advanced cannabis cultivation.

North Carolina state Sen. Bill Rabon, one of the state’s top GOP lawmakers, has introduced a proposal to legalize medical cannabis.

The upcoming cannabis-themed streaming channel Cannected is set for an April 20 soft launch through a range of streaming services including Apple TV and Roku.

Mexico’s cannabis legalization bill could face new delays after top Senate lawmakers raised concerns about revisions made in the lower body.

A federal judge has halted Detroit’s cannabis licensing process due to a lawsuit challenging the local legacy licensing plan, which seeks to prioritize local Detroiters.

A key committee in Texas’ House has advanced a proposal containing expansions to the state’s limited medical cannabis program.

The Alabama House Judiciary Committee advanced the medical cannabis bill approved by the state Senate in February.

Dr. Jason Pirozzolo — a Florida hand surgeon and founder of The American Medical Marijuana Physician Association — has been linked to an ongoing federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations against Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz (R).

Virginia lawmakers have approved changes to their legalization law to enact the reforms this July instead of in 2024.

An investigation into whether California cannabis dispensaries sell to underage customers found 100% of the shops investigated to be fully compliant with age-verification ID checks.

The California Senate Public Safety Committee has advanced a psychedelics decriminalization measure.

The mayor of Newport, Arkansas, and several other private entities have filed suit against Natural State Wellness Enterprises over allegations of fraud, conspiracy, and breach of contract.

Workers at the Greenleaf Compassionate Care Center in Portsmouth, Rhode Island have voted to join the UFCW Local 328.

The Cannabis Freedom Alliance launched this week to advocate for the federal legalization of cannabis; the organization was reportedly devised during a Zoom call last year between Snoop Dogg, Charles Koch, and criminal justice reform advocate Weldon Angelos.

The Connecticut Judiciary Committee approved the governor’s cannabis legalization proposal this week, moving it one step closer to a full floor vote.

Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser said last week the city is ready to legalize adult-use cannabis sales as soon as the Congressional rider blocking the reforms is gone.