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New legislation introduced in Hawaii seeks to legalize adult-use cannabis and establish the Hawaii Cannabis and Hemp Office, which would oversee the state’s medical cannabis and hemp businesses alongside its future adult-use industry.

Officials with the New Mexico Cannabis Control Division are pushing elected officials to pass legislation creating a task force under the agency dedicated to stamping out illicit cannabis activity.

Indiana House Republicans have rejected a proposal to remove cannabis as a Schedule 1 drug under state law.

A class action lawsuit in Illinois claims that some state-licensed cannabis companies mislabeled cannabis-infused products as concentrates so they could exceed the legal THC limit for certain products.

An Iowa proposal to allow vaporization as a consumption method under the state’s medical cannabis program has advanced from a House subcommittee.

In a letter to Elon Musk, the chairman of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) called for an end to raids by the DEA and CBP on state-legal cannabis businesses.

A U.S. appeals court upheld the Virginia law regulating the sale of hemp products based on total THC amount, regardless of whether the THC they contain is delta-9, delta-8, or any other form of THC.

An explosion and fire at a PharmaCann facility in Stevensville, Maryland injured two workers last week. The accident’s cause is still being investigated.

Massachusetts cannabis retailers set a new annual sales record in 2024 with $1.64 billion in combined adult-use and medical cannabis sales.

Lawmakers in a Virginia Senate committee have advanced a bill funding clinical trials to investigate federally recognized “breakthrough therapies” for veterans’ mental health issues, including psychedelic substances like MDMA and psilocybin.

Canada-based Aurora Cannabis has announced the launch of IndiMed, its first line of medical cannabis products grown and manufactured in Germany, which is the latest EU member state to adopt cannabis legalization policies.

Nebraska state lawmakers are beginning to plan for the medical cannabis program approved by voters last November.

A former executive vice president at Chicago-based cannabis company Verano was recently indicted in federal court for insider trading.

Class action attorneys with Console Associates, P.C. indicated they are investigating the data breach that affected cannabis brand Stiiizy, impacting customer data from four of the company’s dispensaries.

Minnesota officials fined four businesses $10,000 each last year in civil penalties related to illegal cannabis.

Some Kentucky Democrats have introduced bills to put an adult-use cannabis legalization question to voters during the next general election in 2026. The constitutional amendment would legalize cannabis home grows and establish a taxed-and-regulated marketplace.

Missouri cannabis officials have proposed an industry rules update to combat “middleman” business practices by requiring the designated contact for the state’s cannabis microbusinesses to be either the owner or partial owner of the company.

Lawmakers in the Virginia Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee have advanced a bill to create a legal framework for adult-use cannabis sales in the state.

Officials in Toronto said they will stop cracking down on illegal cannabis shops due to budget and safety concerns.

Two cannabis industry groups, the National Cannabis Roundtable and the U.S. Cannabis Council, announced they are combining to form the United States Cannabis Roundtable (USCR), aiming to become “a singular voice” representing the industry.

A group of GOP lawmakers in Indiana have proposed a bill to legalize cannabis and regulate its production and sale throughout the state. If approved, Indiana would be the first state to jump from prohibition straight to an adult-use program.

Despite falling short of the 60% voter support required to adopt a Constitutional Amendment in Florida, advocates are gearing up for a new cannabis legalization campaign in the Sunshine State, aiming to appear on voter ballots in 2026.

A New York Supreme Court Judge has ruled that the New York City Sheriff’s Office and the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) must stop conducting warrantless raids on unlicensed cannabis shops.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) said in a recent address that she plans to use tax revenue generated by the state’s medical cannabis industry to fund free meals in schools around the state.