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Jones Soda Co. is expanding its Mary Jones cannabis-infused beverages brand to Washington state after first launching the products in California last year.

New Mexico cannabis dispensaries broke yet another monthly sales record in December after recording $28 million in adult-use and $15.1 million in medical sales.

The Scottish National Investment Bank is investing £2 million (about $2.4 million) into Scotland-based IndiNature Mill, a firm which specializes in hemp-based insulation products.

The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA Pain Medicine) released guidelines calling for all patients to be screened for cannabis use before surgery, citing concerns that regular cannabis consumers can experience more post-op pain and nausea.

Welcome to the first installment of our 2023 Cannabis Industry Predictions series, featuring the voices and opinions of experts in cannabis retail, branding, education, and consumer packaged goods.

A federal survey found 52.5 million Americans aged 12 and older, about 20%, reported having used cannabis over the past year.

Multiple physicians’ organizations in Vermont are urging lawmakers to maintain THC potency caps in state-legal cannabis products — currently, flower products are capped at 30% THC potency and there is a 60% max potency for concentrates.

During the first week of the 2023 legislative session, Minnesota Democrats — who recently gained majority control over both the House and Senate — introduced a plan to legalize adult-use cannabis.

The USDA is awarding nearly $5 million in grant money to a partnership of hemp organizations, universities, and government agencies in Tennessee to advance hemp-focused projects.

Florida activists have collected just under 150,000 valid signatures so far in their bid to put an adult-use cannabis legalization question before voters next year.

Massachusetts cannabis firm Trulieve will pay a $14,502 fine to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) over the death of cannabis worker Lorna McMurrey, who died after inhaling too much “ground cannabis dust” at the company’s Holyoke facility in early 2022.

An annual report found that police in California searched teenagers they perceived to be Black at nearly six times the rate of teens they perceived to be white during 2021 vehicle and pedestrian stops.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) vetoed three proposals related to cannabis at the end of 2022, claiming the bills were “rushed through a lame duck session.”

Kentucky Democrats filed cannabis reform bills on the first day of the state’s legislative session as part of a three-tiered approach to cannabis legalization set to include legislation, executive action, and a proposed constitutional amendment.

With cannabis reforms gaining traction around the world, most predict Germany to be the next major legalization victory — the question is will that happen in 2023, or beyond?

Oregon’s voter-approved psilocybin therapy reforms took effect on January 1. As the first such reforms in the US, they establish psilocybin therapy centers where anyone 21+ can consume psychedelic mushrooms in a supervised setting.

Maryland’s voter-approved cannabis legalization law has taken partial effect and adults aged 21+ will no longer face charges for possessing up to an ounce of cannabis.

The alleged “straw” owner of the Oklahoma cannabis farm where a quadruple homicide occurred last November has been arrested.

South Carolina state lawmakers pre-filed two separate medical cannabis legalization proposals. Both of the measures would give patients access to full-plant medicine.

Lawmakers in the U.S. Virgin Islands have approved an adult-use cannabis legalization measure; the governor is expected to sign the bill into law.

Kentucky’s limited medical cannabis reforms took effect on January 1, allowing patients with a doctor’s recommendation to possess up to eight ounces of medical cannabis if purchased legally in another state.

Iowa medical cannabis sales exceeded $10 million in 2022; there are currently about 15,000 active patient cardholders in the state.

Snoop Dogg is launching a new cannabis brand, this time in California, under the Death Row Records music label, which he acquired in early 2022.

Cannabis researchers published more than 4,300 studies investigating the effects and therapeutic benefits of cannabis this year, more than any other year.