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Rescheduling, Farm Bill trigger cannabis industry lobbying blitz

Encouraged by the first tangible steps toward federal marijuana reform in a generation - and threatened by hemp-derived…

News August 12
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Trump touches on legal marijuana, says he’ll weigh in ‘soon’ on Florida adult use

Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for the 2024 presidential election and a Florida voter, said during an extended…

News August 9
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Alabama to award 2 medical cannabis grow licenses despite stalled process

Alabama regulators will issue business licenses to two medical cannabis cultivators based on the recommendation of an administrative…

News August 9
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Kentucky asks medical marijuana license applicants to create extensive plans

Kentucky is a lottery state that requires substantive and objective, narrative-like information from cannabis business license applicants.

News August 9
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Cannabis MSO Curaleaf swaps CEOs, stakes out new 280E tax position

Boris Jordan is succeeding Matt Darin as CEO at cannabis operator Curaleaf Holdings, which is taking a new…

News August 8
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Michigan outlines penalties for violators of marijuana business rules

Marijuana businesses in Michigan now will have a better idea of the penalties they might face for violating…

News August 8
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Nonpayment is No. 1 reason marijuana firms fail: Q&A with collection expert Brett Gelfand

Brett Gelfand of Cannabiz Collects and Cannabiz Credit Association offers best practices for plant-touching marijuana companies to break…

News August 8
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Missouri regulators recall 2,600 cannabis products over improper testing

Missouri regulators recalled more than 2,600 cannabis products after discovering they weren’t properly lab-tested.

News August 7
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Harris’ vice president pick, Tim Walz, means a pro-marijuana Democratic ticket

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her vice president on Tuesday is…

News August 6
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Leading Democratic senators call for marijuana to be ‘entirely’ descheduled

Marijuana should be removed from the Controlled Substances Act altogether, not just moved to a lower, lesser-policed classification,…

News August 5
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