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Key marijuana tax reforms absent in California budget blueprint

California lawmakers approved a preliminary $300 billion state budget this month, but they left several marijuana business issues…

News June 27
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Employees at California marijuana distributor ratify Teamsters contract

Workers at Oakland, California-based marijuana distributor Nabis ratified their first union contract, the Teamsters Local 630 announced.

News June 24
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Rhode Island cannabis pesticide testing to begin at end of June

All cannabis grown by licensed cultivators in Rhode Island must be tested for pesticides starting at the end…

News June 24
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State AGs urge Congress to clamp down on ‘copycat’ marijuana edibles

Nearly two dozen state attorneys general from across the U.S. signed a letter to congressional leaders this week…

News June 24
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SAFE stripped from omnibus bill; new marijuana banking measure introduced

The SAFE Banking Act has hit yet another wall in Congress and won't be included in the final…

News June 23
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Switzerland set to launch regulated medical cannabis market

Switzerland's seven-member Federal Council has presented Parliament with an amendment to the country's Narcotics Act to remove the…

News June 23
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New York chooses management for state’s marijuana social equity fund

The state of New York has chosen "premier minority-led investment team" Social Equity Impact Ventures to manage its…

News June 23
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22.2 million Europeans consumed cannabis in past year, report says

An estimated 22.2 million adults in the European Union, or 7.7% of the population, consumed cannabis in the…

News June 23
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Adult-use marijuana companies struggle to stay afloat amid overproduction, falling prices

Falling prices and a product glut in more established adult-use marijuana markets are triggering an industrywide scramble to…

News June 23
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Canada’s adult-use cannabis sales rebound to record CA$372 million in April

Canadians bought a record 372.4 million Canadian dollars ($287 million) worth of regulated adult-use cannabis products in April,…

News June 22
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