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NJ sells $24M of recreational cannabis in first month; more licenses issued

In the first month of recreational cannabis sales, New Jersey retailers sold $24 million worth of adult-use products.

News May 25
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Oklahoma recalls 99 medical marijuana products, suspends lab’s license

Oklahoma regulators are accusing a testing lab of reporting passing results for dozens of contaminated medical marijuana products, leading to a recall affecting 33 cultivation and processing businesses.

News May 25
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Canadian cannabis producers’ overdue excise taxes more than triple to CA$52M

Unpaid federal excise duty is piling up in Canada’s cannabis industry, with excise debt more than tripling to 52.4 million Canadian dollars ($40 million) as of March 2022, up sharply…

News May 25
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Rhode Island legislators pass bill legalizing recreational marijuana

Rhode Island is poised to become the 19th state in the U.S. to legalize recreational marijuana, after House and Senate legislators on Tuesday passed limited-license, social equity-focused legislation.

News May 24
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Registration is now open for MJBizCon 2022 in November

Registration for MJBizCon 2022 is now open, as the world’s largest cannabis business event prepares to welcome cannabis industry professionals back to the Las Vegas Convention Center on Nov. 15-18.

News May 24
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Hundreds of cannabis store workers in Quebec go on strike

Upwards of 300 employees at approximately two dozen cannabis stores in Quebec went on strike over the weekend after the province-run Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC) suspended the union's leadership,…

News May 24
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Minnesota lawmakers approve THC from hemp for adult use

Minnesota adults older than 21 will be able to buy intoxicating hemp-derived THC products in grocery and convenience stores under a bill that lawmakers approved late Sunday.

News May 24
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Nerds candymaker sues cannabis company over trademark allegations

Chicago-based Ferrara Candy Co. filed another lawsuit in a federal court against a cannabis company for allegedly infringing on the trademark for its popular Nerds brand.

News May 24
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Marijuana MSO MedMen successfully fends off $60 million Arizona lawsuit

Marijuana multistate operator MedMen Enterprises said it prevailed in a $60 million breach-of-contract lawsuit involving its 2018 purchase of a vertically integrated medical cannabis operation in Arizona.

News May 24
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