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Cannabis advocacy organization Americans for Safe Access (ASA) on Tuesday released a new medical cannabis patient and caregiver guide designed to help individuals understand and exercise their rights under the federal reclassification of medical cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act.    The guide, “Medical Cannabis Patients: Claim Your Federal Protections & Privileges,” seeks to explain what the federal

The 24% wholesale cannabis tax Michigan lawmakers passed last year generated far less revenue in its first quarter than projected, The Detroit News reports. Lawmakers designed the legislation to fund road construction and repairs in the state, and the nonpartisan House Fiscal Agency estimated that the 24% wholesale tax would generate about $420 million per

An O’ahu, Hawaii business is suing the state over hemp laws that took effect at the start of the year, Aloha State Daily reports. The federal lawsuit claims that the new rules have made it illegal for Lance Alyas, founder of O‘ahu Dispensary and Provisions, LLC, to sell about 80% of the products that were previously allowed.  The lawsuit contends that the regulations

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) has signed a bill that will jail individuals for smoking cannabis within 2,000 feet of high school and college campuses. In a statement posted to X last week, Landry said he was “tired of going…to college and high school campuses and being inundated with the smell of marijuana.”  “And I’m tired of seeing drugs littering our high school and college campuses, hurting out students. These drugs take

A survey published by the Utah Department of Agriculture & Food (UDAF) of 14,600 participants and non-participants in the state’s medical cannabis program found 27% of respondents describing the program’s enrollment cost as a barrier to entry.  The survey included 7,222 respondents with an active medical cannabis card, 2,770 respondents with an expired card, 959 cannabis consumers that have

If the New Jersey Spotlight was any indication, the IgniteIt Cannabis Capital Conference in Chicago is shaping up to be a significant moment for the industry. From Jersey City to the Magnificent Mile IgniteIt‘s recent New Jersey event sold out, drawing more than 500 operators, investors, and service providers to a one-day program in Jersey

The sponsors of Virginia’s recently vetoed legislation to establish adult-use cannabis sales say they want to add the reforms to the state budget, which is still under negotiation, WRIC reports. The lawmakers, state Sen. Lashrecse D. Aird (D) and Del. Paul Krizek (D), both budget-writing committee members, said they are reviewing Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s (D)

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) signed an executive order on Tuesday instructing the Office of Medical Cannabis to dispel doubts about the state’s medical cannabis qualifying conditions and add 15 new conditions to the program. “The law is meant to provide a safe alternative form of pain relief for Kentuckians suffering, yet the law’s lack

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) last week signed into law legislation streamlining the state’s medical and adult-use cannabis supply chains.  The law eliminates the state’s current combination medical and adult-use cannabis license, sets a new plant canopy cap of 38,000 square feet for indoor cultivation – down from the maximum of 90,000 square feet for combination licenses – with 60,000 square feet reserved for medical cannabis products. The bill

The New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division last week ruled – for the first time – that applicants and employees that are denied employment based on a positive cannabis test can sue their employers for violations of the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Market Modernization Act (CREAMMA), the National Law Review reports.   The decision comes in the case