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Richard DeLisi, who has served 31 years of a 90-year prison sentence for nonviolent cannabis convictions, is set for an early release this winter in time to spend Christmas with his family.

Texas Senator-elect Roland Gutierrez has pre-filed a bill that aims to legalize cannabis in Texas and dramatically expand the state’s limited medical cannabis program.

Tennessee looks poised to make significant cannabis policy reforms in the coming year with at least one medical cannabis legalization bill planned for January’s legislative session.

The Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma has adopted legislation exempting medical cannabis patients from drug possession charges so long as they are in compliance with state law.

The latest Gallup poll shows that 68 percent of Americans support legalizing cannabis for adults; it is the pollster’s highest-ever recorded level of support for the issue.

Sean Worsley, the Purple Heart recipient and PTSD patient who was arrested in Alabama in 2016 for possessing medical cannabis, has been released from prison after he was approved for parole last month.

A CBD company is using the famed nature documentary narrator Sir David Attenborough’s name and likeness to promote its company and products without permission.

Law enforcement confiscated over 15,000 cannabis plants last week around the San Francisco Bay Area, highlighting ongoing issues with California’s highly taxed cannabis marketplace.

Canada’s Aphria Inc. is purchasing SweetWater Brewing Co. — based in Atlanta, Georgia — for approximately USD $300 million.

Massachusetts has officially surpassed $1 billion in adult-use cannabis sales, resulting in about $200 million in taxes for the state.

Shawn Kemp’s Cannabis has walked back its claim in a disputed press release last month that the shop is Seattle’s first Black-owned cannabis dispensary after it was revealed that Kemp holds just a minor stake in the company.

Green Active, a UK-based CBD company, announced a donation program to help the family of an eight-year-old cannabis patient pay for his medicine as the NHS refuses to write a prescription providing it to the family for free.

Canada’s Aurora Cannabis reported a slight increase in 2021 Q1 revenue over the fourth quarter of last year.

The FBI last week raided the offices and homes of several California officials as part of an investigation into cannabis-related corruption.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday that he expects New York to legalize adult-use cannabis next year, “because the state is desperate for funding.”

New Jersey Assemblyman Jamel Holley is calling for the immediate end of minor cannabis arrests and prosecutions after the state’s landslide vote in favor of legalization.

Anti-cannabis activists in Montana have filed a post-election lawsuit against the state’s successful adult-use cannabis legalization ballot measure, claiming its allocation of new funding violates the state constitution.

A recent study found that psilocybin therapy offered “more than four times greater” relief than traditional antidepressant medications.

A woman is suing a Tennessee State Highway Patrol officer after he charged her with drug-related felonies despite the substance in question being hemp, confirmed by hemp permits from the state Agriculture Department and six certificates of analysis by a private laboratory.

With legalization the big winner in Tuesday night’s election, what other cannabis justice measures prevailed?

Florida’s Marion County School Board has fired high school dean Mike Hickman, who is also a military veteran, over his use of medical cannabis to treat combat wound-related chronic pain.

With the landmark passage of Measures 109 and 110, Oregon voters have opted to decriminalize drugs and legalize medicinal psilocybin.

New Jersey’s Ballot Question No. 1 was approved by voters with an overwhelming 2:1 margin of support.

Arizona became the 13th state to legalize cannabis on Tuesday after voters approved Proposition 207, which legalizes the possession and use of cannabis by adults aged 21 or older.