Metrc allowing rampant illegal marijuana activity, former employee claims in lawsuit
Metrc, the nation’s leading seed-to-sale tracking software provider, is “participating in a conspiracy” that allows unchecked “illegal interstate” marijuana sales, a former employee is claiming in a federal whistleblower lawsuit. Marcus Estes, who said he worked as an...
Florida Senate approves bill banning hemp-derived THC products
The Florida Senate has unanimously approved a bill that would ban delta-8 and delta-10 products while placing several more restrictions on the sale and potency of hemp-derived THC beverages. Senate Bill 438, according to The Floridian, would install a cap of less than...
SNDL pays CA$32.2M for 32 cannabis stores in 3 Canadian provinces
Canadian cannabis operator SNDL paid 32.2 million Canadian dollars (roughly $23 million) for 32 stores in three provinces. SNDL, which also owns liquor brands, will acquire 27 1CM stores in Ontario, three in Saskatchewan and two in Alberta, according to a Thursday...
Connecticut creates new division to oversee state’s marijuana industry
Oversight of Connecticut’s marijuana industry is shifting from the state’s Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) to a newly created regulatory office within the agency. The move comes only weeks after DCP officials apologized for what was perceived to be a...
Cannabis industry supply chain already feeling effects of Trump’s tariffs
(This is the first installment of a two-part series exploring the wide-ranging effects of tariffs on the cannabis supply chain. Part 2 is available here. This story has been updated to reflect President Trump raising the tariff on China on Thursday.) Licensed cannabis...
House Republicans repeat hemp-derived THC grievances during FDA hearing
Republican lawmakers repeated familiar concerns about hemp-derived THC products Wednesday during a congressional hearing focused on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. But even as hemp advocates begged federal authorities to regulate the industry created by the...
Germany’s marijuana policies likely to remain in place under new government
Conservative and center-left parties reached an agreement Wednesday to form a new German government that leaves the country’s progressive marijuana policies intact – at least for now. German election winner Friedrich Merz, who is set to replace Chancellor Olaf...
Netherlands adds more cannabis growers to experimental retail program
The Netherlands is expanding the number of licensed cannabis suppliers that are allowed to sell products to the country’s famous “coffee shops” that offer patrons marijuana. According to the Associated Press, the European Union country is expanding its government-run...
Lack of track-and-trace system at heart of marijuana ‘inversion’ in New York
An unknown but significant amount of the $1 billion worth of adult-use marijuana sold at licensed stores in New York last year originated from other markets in violation of state and federal laws, operators and regulators agree. But nobody can say with any confidence...
Judge OKs Minnesota adult-use cannabis rules, setting stage for sales to begin
Adult-use cannabis sales in Minnesota moved a step closer to fruition when an administrative law judge signed off on the draft rules that will govern the market. The judge approved the rules without alterations, according to a Monday news release from the Minnesota...
Pennsylvania plan for state-run marijuana sales violates federal law, analysis says
Pennsylvania would run afoul of federal drug law if an adult-use marijuana legalization proposal involving state-run retail outlets becomes law. That’s according to a recent analysis commissioned by the Pennsylvania Cannabis Coalition (PCC), an organization whose...Featured
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