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Illinois picks new marijuana regulator; Michigan removes chief’s interim tag

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has appointed Erin Johnson as the state's head marijuana regulatory officer, while Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer made permanent Brian Hanna's role as that state's chief regulator.

News December 5
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Aurora Cannabis repurchases CA$103 million worth of debt

Canadian marijuana company Aurora Cannabis is continuing its debt-reduction quest, repurchasing roughly 103 million Canadian dollars ($76.1 million) worth of convertible notes.

News December 5
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Boom times are over: 10 years after Colorado legalized recreational marijuana

When Colorado voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2012, no other state had launched a legal, adult-use market, and there was no road map.

News December 5
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Tilt brings New York tribe’s cannabis brand to Massachusetts

Tilt Holdings is launching Little Beach Harvest, a marijuana brand developed in partnership with New York's Shinnecock Indian Nation, in its home state of Massachusetts.

News December 2
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Biden makes history by signing landmark marijuana research bill into law

President Joe Biden made history on Friday when he became the first American president to sign marijuana-specific reform legislation into law.

News December 2
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Maine taps Brookings’ Hudak to serve as cannabis chief

Maine has hired the Brookings Institution's John Hudak to serve as director of the state's Office of Cannabis Policy.

News December 2
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Los Angeles’ marijuana social equity program latest to be challenged

A Michigan man challenging marijuana social equity programs across the country as unconstitutional has filed another lawsuit against a local licensing program, this time against Los Angeles.

News December 2
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UN report focuses on ‘economic and social potential’ of industrial hemp

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released a special report on industrial hemp, including a focus on how developing economies can "exploit its economic and social potential."

News December 2
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Colorado medical marijuana now can be redesignated as adult use

Marijuana grown under a Colorado medical cultivation permit can now be reclassified as retail and sold in adult-use stores, one of a bevy of new rules that went into effect…

News December 2
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