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Gummies and other products made from hemp were legalized and have become very popular. An attempt by Louisiana regulators to crack down on consumable hemp products – billed as legal THC by some of the thousands of retailers licensed to sell them – has run into swift pushback from the hemp industry

Residents of Washington, D.C. can now take steps to have marijuana-related convictions expunged from their record, thanks to a new law that took effect last week. The measure that was approved by the Council of the District of Columbia late last year mandates an “automatic sealing for non-dangerous

Legislation to legalize recreational marijuana for adults in Minnesota underwent a major rewrite Tuesday with the addition of new language to regulate and protect the state's burgeoning industry in low-potency edibles and drinkables. Low-potency products containing THC derived from industrial hemp

When Columbia and Boone County voters go to the polls April 4 to cast ballots on proposed taxes on the sale of recreational marijuana, it’s unlikely they’ll know whether the taxes, if approved, would stack on top of one another. Both the Columbia City Council and the Boone County Commission have

Members of a Kentucky Senate committee recently approved a medical cannabis legalization bill. On March 14, Senate Bill 47 was reviewed in the Senate Licensing & Occupations Committee voted 8-3, which will now move forward to the Senate floor. One of the bill’s sponsors, Sen. Stephen West, spoke at

BALTIMORE - We’re less than six months away from marijuana being able to be used recreationally in the state of Maryland. Now regulations concerning those potentially distributing cannabis is being discussed. Although many people and business owners are thrilled with the new bill, some CBD business

The first full-time cannabis editor and reporter at a mainstream media outlet, Ricardo Baca is the founder of the Cannabist, which covers the waterfront in terms of marijuana news. As Minnesota moves to legalize adult-use marijuana, Ricardo Baca has some advice for Minnesotans on what to expect. A

Researchers found a major spike in usage since 2013 in this study published by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. With a majority of states now permitting medical cannabis treatment, a new study has found a sharp increase in its usage over the last decade. The study, published this month

COLUMBIA - Over a month has passed since dispensaries have been selling recreational marijuana in Missouri, and the demand is higher than anticipated. According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, marijuana sales in the month of February totaled $102.9 million, with $71.7

As we go through these dark times in cannabis, one thing we haven’t spent a lot of time on is the gap between advocacy and execution. No pun intended, it’s one of the haziest problems in cannabis. Why? Because it’s hard to tell who is who. And even worse, the opposite of the foolish people that

Voters in Oklahoma have overwhelmingly rejected a state-wide referendum to legalise cannabis for recreational use. The state already has a booming medical marijuana industry, but Tuesday's ballot question would have allowed dispensaries across the state to sell cannabis to anyone over the age of 21

MONTE VERA - Argentina's new cannabis watchdog is overseeing more than 50 projects related to the research and development of cannabis and is establishing a regulatory framework as it bids to enter the potentially lucrative weed export market. "The industry has incredible potential," said Gabriel

Voters in Oklahoma have rejected a ballot measure that would have made the state the 22nd in the US to legalize recreational marijuana. In just over a decade since voters approved state constitutional amendments to make recreational marijuana legal in Colorado and Washington, 19 other states have

On Tuesday, Oklahoma slowed the roll of marijuana legalization across the country, voting down full legalization in a referendum by over 20 points. Since 2018, when voters backed medical marijuana legalization by double-digits, the state has earned the nickname “Tokelahoma,” with roughly 12,000

Voters overwhelmingly rejected State Question 820 that would have legalized recreational marijuana in Oklahoma Tuesday. With 100% of the votes counted, there were 349,121 no votes, 62%, and 216,883 yes votes, 38%, the Oklahoma State Election Board reported in unofficial results. Voters across the

This week’s edition focuses on the first series of votes on recreational marijuana, early education legislation that has some bipartisan support and federal legislation to reauthorize the Delaware River Basin Act. Here we go again: Delaware lawmakers to cast first marijuana legalization vote Tuesday

An investor is publicly suing Tilray Brands Inc, the Canadian pharmaceutical and cannabis company and one of the most popular cannabis stocks out there. The Lawsuit: Allegations Michael Hudson, who filed the lawsuit on March 1 in the Southern District of New York, accusing Tilray of “breaches of

The city of San Diego received $880,000 as part of the program. At long last, San Diego is receiving grant money from the state as part of a program designed to help cities bolster their local cannabis industries. The southern California city announced last month that it is receiving $880,000 from

New York Regulators announced on Thursday that the state would double the number of cannabis retailer licenses awarded in the state, bringing the total of recreational marijuana dispensary permits to 300. Regulators in New York announced this week that the state would double the number of cannabis

On January 31, São Paulo’s Republicanos party Governor Tarcisio de Freitas shocked Brazil by ratifying a law that will authorize medical CBD and low-THC products under the country’s universal health care system (SUS). As baffled conservatives looked on, Freitas spoke publicly about the therapeutic