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After more than a year of campaigning, we can be pretty sure where President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris stand on the cannabis issue — but what about other members of the incoming Biden Administration?

Medical cannabis industry workers in Maryland will be eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine under a recent Medical Cannabis Commission directive.

ProVerde Laboratories in Portland, Maine has been shut down for conducting cannabis tests without a proper license. With no license, the testing lab is allowed to test hemp and CBD products but not medical or adult-use cannabis.

A recent study found that adult-use cannabis legalization may lead to increased junk food sales.

Ilinois state senators have advanced a measure aimed at improving the state’s social equity cannabis licensing process.

20 years after issuing its first medical cannabis cultivation permit, the United Kingdom has awarded a second such license to Jersey-based Northern Leaf.

The hacker behind a Christmas Day intrusion into the Microsoft Cloud software of Aurora Cannabis appears to be trying to sell the company’s data on an online marketplace.

Mexico health officials have published rules for the country’s medical cannabis industry and President Andres Manuel López Obrador approved regulations letting pharmaceutical companies conduct medical cannabis research.

Andy Cox, who was convicted in 2005 and sentenced to life for cultivating cannabis, has been set free after spending 13 years in prison.

New Jersey’s cannabis deal appears to have fallen flat after lawmakers pulled a piece of compromise legislation that was requested by Gov. Phil Murphy before signing into law the state’s legalization plan.

A woman who filmed herself participating in the riots at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington DC last week has professional ties to the cannabis industry.

Adult-use cannabis sales in Michigan increased by 482% in 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic and sales having not yet launched in Detroit, the state’s largest city.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has once again stated the state will legalize cannabis in the coming legislative session.

A recent study by researchers from the University of Michigan and the VA Ann Arbor Health Care System investigates “cannabis withdrawal syndrome” by looking at two year’s worth of surveys from 527 Michigan medical cannabis patients.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem issued an executive order on Friday contending that the cannabis legalization initiative passed by voters in November violated the state’s constitution.

North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Afron Jones has called for giving drug-dependent inmates cannabis to determine whether it might reduce overdose deaths and violence.

Amsterdam’s Mayor Femke Halsema has officially introduced her plan to ban cannabis sales to tourists and foreigners in the city.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has requested $5 million to help boost the state’s cannabis entrepreneurs and social equity businesses.

Cannabis regulators in Oregon issued an immediate recall after an extract product failed pesticide testing. The contaminated cannabis originated from a medical grower whose product was transferred to the adult-use industry.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced during his State of the State address on Wednesday that he will work to legalize cannabis during the 2021 legislative session.

A Nebraska state senator has proposed a measure that would let voters decide whether or not to legalize cannabis via a constitutional amendment in 2022.

Anticipating accelerated cannabis reforms around the country, Curaleaf Holdings yesterday announced an offering of 16.5 million subordinate voting shares at C$16.70 per share.

Following narrow victories by Georgia’s two Democratic candidates for the Senate during this week’s runoff election, Democrats are expected to take control of the U.S. Senate in 2021, opening up the MORE Act and other federal cannabis bills to a vote.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has renewed his call for legalizing cannabis in the state and announced a proposal for creating an Office of Cannabis Management.