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Armed robbers last week disrupted a Grass Valley, California-based cannabis cultivation site, holding at least five of the company's workers at gunpoint and ultimately making off with more than 150 pounds of processed cannabis. The Nevada County Sheriff's Office said that when deputies arrived on

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The Yale Center for the Science of Cannabis and Cannabinoids (YC-SCAN²) is awarding over $600,000 in grants to 14 Yale School of Medicine researchers to conduct cannabis research. Specifically, the grants will fund investigations into the impact of cannabis and cannabinoids on neurodevelopment and m

A Minnesota judge has delayed the Office of Cannabis Management's (OCM) licensing lottery for social equity cannabis licenses due to lawsuits filed by applicants whose applications were denied, CBS News reports. OCM officials denied about two-thirds of the state's cannabis social equity applicati

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the city of Dallas over the cannabis decriminalization policy approved by voters there during the recent election. The reforms in Dallas make low-level cannabis possession the "lowest enforcement priority" for local law enfor

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week approved a clinical trial to investigate whether smoking or vaping medical cannabis products can help to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among veterans, The Hill reports. Funded by the Michigan Veteran Marijuana Research Grant Prog

New Mexico lawmakers last week discussed creating a new "Compliance Bureau" arm of the state's Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD) to investigate cannabis operators and take enforcement actions against unlicensed or noncompliant activity, the Sante Fe New Mexican reports. The proposal aims to

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $8.42 million to hemp technology startup Hempitecture to support the creation of an industrial hemp processing and manufacturing facility in Tennessee. The funding was awarded under the Advanced Manufacturing and Recycling Grant Program, offered throug

Oregon voters on Tuesday passed Measure 119, which aims to protect the rights of cannabis workers in the state to join unions, OregonLive reports. The measure passed with about 55% of voters in support and 45% opposed. The campaign behind the ballot initiative was organized by the United Food &am

A district court judge in Nebraska ruled that despite a last-minute legal challenge to the state's medical cannabis legalization bid this year, officials will count votes for and against the state's cannabis ballot initiatives and publish the results, the Nebraska Examiner reports. Whether the resul

A new Arizona rule allowing cannabis dispensaries to provide delivery services for adult-use customers took effect on Friday, AZFamily reports. The new rules require customers who are seeking adult-use cannabis delivery to set up the service in person, verifying they are old enough to purchase ca

The much-anticipated December 2 hearing scheduled by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for expert testimony regarding the rescheduling of cannabis under federal law has been delayed until January or February of next year, Marijuana Moment reports. DEA Chief Administrative Law Judge J

The Garza County Sheriff's Office and the city of Post have agreed to pay $80,000 in settlements to a Texas smoke shop following an "illegal" raid on the location in February, Lonestar Live reports. Per the settlement, the sheriff's office and the city agreed to pay $40,000 each to Abdula Alshaif

The U.S. Army has updated its drug policy to specifically ban delta-8 THC and other intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoids, Marijuana Moment reports. The Army first ruled against the use of hemp products in 2020 due to their potential to cause a failed drug test. However, those guidelines were is

The New York Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) is accepting applications for cannabis-funded grants seeking to benefit the state's youth. The state has $5 million to award and each grant will be worth $100,000. Under New York law, 40% of cannabis tax revenue goes back to the communities most af

Officials with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) have released new rules covering the sale of hemp-derived THC products set to take effect December 26, 2024, WKRN reports. The rules update is aimed at regulating the sale of products containing hemp-derived cannabinoids like delta-8 TH

The California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) this week revoked the license of cannabis vape manufacturer K.U.S.H. Collective and ordered product recalls for the 12 brands associated with the company. Regulators said "the licensee failed to demonstrate that cannabis products attributed to b

Researchers at Brigham Young University in Utah found in a recent study that cannabis use is "significantly associated with higher prevalence of physical activity," and that the prevalence of physical activity was generally much greater in states and territories "where cannabis is legalized for recr

The presidential campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris (D) said on Monday that Harris would federally legalize cannabis if she wins the election. The announcement came via an update to the campaign agenda focusing on the vice president's plan to "deliver for Black men and their families." The

Intoxicating hemp products were to be pulled from New Jersey store shelves on Saturday per the next stage of the rules signed into law last month by Gov. Phil Murphy (D). The products — most typically seltzers containing hemp-derived delta-8 THC and other intoxicating cannabinoids — were sold pro