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Feds hand loss to Missouri cannabis operator in labor fight

Producing pre-rolls, data entry and converting dried marijuana into finished goods are more like processing than farm work,…

News May 5
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Judge: Texas THCA flower sales can resume – but there’s a catch

Texas hemp merchants can continue selling THCA flower until at least this summer after a ruling Friday.

News May 4
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Push to allow more hemp THC drinks in Colorado fails as federal ban looms

Senate Bill 164 would have created a legal pathway for sales of hemp-derived THC drinks outside of the…

News May 1
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Cannabis MSO Vireo Growth continues buying spree, acquires Fluent in debt-for-stock deal

Cannabis MSO Vireo Growth is poised to become the third-largest operator in medical-only Florida after its purchase of…

News April 30
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Study: Indiana spends $1.8 billion on illegal cannabis, renewing legalization debate

About 1.3 million residents reported using cannabis in the past year. About one-third are daily or near-daily users.

News April 29
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Lawsuit: Missouri’s largest cannabis retail chain runs a price-fixing ‘cartel’

A new lawsuit brought by two Missouri cannabis cultivators accuses the state's largest retail chain of running a…

News April 29
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Did President Donald Trump accidentally legalize medical marijuana in South Carolina?

States are reacting to federal marijuana rescheduling mostly cautiously, but the policy could have some unintended consequences in…

News April 28
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Florida spars with cannabis MSO Trulieve over alleged pollution at cultivation site

The violations include unpermitted impervious surfaces, standing water in stormwater ponds and erosion caused by prolonged water discharge.

News April 28
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Major Oklahoma cannabis cultivator wins back licenses after state suspension

Suspended by the state in February, one of the largest medical marijuana cultivators in Oklahoma had its license…

News April 27
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Should cannabis remediated with radiation be labeled?

Maine regulations require that cannabis treated with irradiation must be labeled as such, but regulators have not enforced…

News April 27
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