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New Hampshire Lawmakers Take Up Medical Marijuana Home Grow Bill, With Vote Set For Next Week

As New Hampshire lawmakers work to advance marijuana legalization, a House committee met on Thursday to discuss a more modest reform to allow medical cannabis patients to grow their own plants for therapeutic use. The House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee held a hearing and received testimony on HB 431 from Rep. Wendy […]

Colorado reports 2022 marijuana sales down more than 20% from 2021

Retail sales of legal marijuana in Colorado were worth slightly more than $139 million in December 2022, bringing the state’s medical and recreational sales total for 2022 to almost $1.8 billion — a significant drop from 2021’s record high. The December figure includes recreational marijuana sales of $122.2 million and medical marijuana sales of $16.9 […]

More than 4,200 kilograms of fentanyl seized at U.S. borders in last three months

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Spotlight: Derrick Berney on Ontario’s overlooked cannabis belt and starting a new conference and expo

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Aurora Cannabis records $67.2M net loss in most recent quarter

Aurora Cannabis Inc. announced Thursday that it has completed a transformation plan delivering $340 million in annualized savings since February 2020, but said it still incurred a $67.2 million net loss in its most recent quarter. The plan involved an extensive restructuring and several rounds of layoffs and facility closures over the last three years […]

Cannabis Litigation: The Importance of Litigation Holds

We regularly cover litigation on the blog, but today we’re going to cover how to prepare for cannabis litigation that may or may not come. And while it’s always important to have effective systems in place, it becomes even more paramount when our clients realize how involved the discovery process is in the American litigation […]

Washington Lawmakers Propose Raising Taxes on Higher Potency Weed

Cannabis consumers in Washington state may soon be subject to a “dank tax.”  Lawmakers there have introduced a bill that would tax marijuana products based on the percentage of THC. In other words: the stronger the weed, the higher the price. “Research indicates that between 12 and 50% of psychotic disorders could be prevented if […]

Chinese Police Enlist Drug-Sniffing Squirrels

Forget the hounds. Police in China are releasing the squirrels.  Law enforcement in the city of Chongqing reportedly announced that it is training a team of drug-sniffing squirrels to help locate illicit substances and contraband.  Insider reports that the police dog brigade in the city, located in southwestern China, “now has a team of six […]

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