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Missouri health officials have requested nearly $900,000 to enforce this year’s executive order by Gov. Mike Parson (R) to ban intoxicating hemp products.

Delaware cannabis regulators have received more than 1,260 adult-use cannabis business applications ahead of the state’s September 30 deadline.

The West Virginia Supreme Court will soon hear the appeal of an individual who was denied access to medical cannabis due to being on probation.

Proposals under consideration by Pennsylvania’s health secretary would let nurse practitioners and podiatrists recommend patients for the state’s medical cannabis program.

Activists in Portland, Oregon are planning to pursue a ballot initiative in 2026 to decriminalize natural psychedelics including psilocybin mushrooms and ayahuasca after lawmakers this year voted to undo the state’s voter-approved drug decriminalization policy.

New York officials this week released a three-year implementation report covering the state’s cannabis reform process. The report highlights the industry’s trends, successes and shortcomings, and more.

Cannabis operators hoping to land a retail license in the Redford suburb of Detroit, Michigan camped out for weeks in line for the jurisdiction’s first-come-first-served cannabis licensing process, which kicked off on Thursday.

Democratic U.S. Representatives Jarrold Nadler (D-NY) and Fran Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) this week called on DEA head Anne Milgram to take “swift action” in moving cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under federal law.

Arkansas state officials said the ballot initiative to expand the state’s medical cannabis program was more than 2,000 signatures short of what’s needed to qualify for November’s ballot.

California’s Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce seized 2,652 illegally cultivated cannabis plants and “multiple bags” of illegal pesticides, the governor said on Monday.

Infused food, beverages, and live performances will be coming soon to California cannabis cafes after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the proposal into law on Tuesday.

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, said during a recent podcast appearance that she believes in the legalization of adult-use cannabis — “We need to legalize it and stop criminalizing this behavior,” she said.

Licensed cannabis dispensaries in Ohio have sold more than $76.2 million worth of cannabis products in under two months of operation.

Cannabis regulators in Vermont have paused accepting new cannabis retail and some cultivation applications in an effort to curb the “problem of retail saturation.”

A judge in Lancaster County, Nebraska is allowing parts of a lawsuit that challenges the state’s two petitions to legalize medical cannabis to move forward.

The DEA is proposing revised 2024 and new 2025 production quotas for research-grade psychedelics including psilocybin, psilocin, and ibogaine. The agency says the new production rates are needed to drive new research.

Ukrainian health officials have released the list of conditions that will qualify patients for the country’s new medical cannabis program.

A recent report sponsored by the CDC says the federal government should be more involved with cannabis policy as more and more states enact reforms to end prohibition.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) this week announced the first company to receive a medical cannabis business license is KCA Labs, a Nicholasville-based testing facility that already conducts tests on hemp products.

Los Angeles County officials this week approved a motion to “deplatform” unlicensed cannabis dispensaries from online platforms like Google and Yelp.

Maryland collected nearly $22.4 million in cannabis taxes during the second quarter of 2024, a 52% increase from the previous quarter.

About 14% of respondents in a recent Minnesota poll said they have consumed cannabis or hemp-derived THC products in the past month.

Hemp-derived THC products are illegal in California starting this week after officials approved the emergency regulations proposed by the governor earlier this month.