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Canopy Growth speeding entry into US cannabis market, but full approval might stretch into 2024

Canopy Growth Corp. is accelerating its entry into the United States through a plan that will trigger full ownership of its American cannabis investments under the umbrella of a new U.S.-domiciled holding company, Canopy USA, in advance of any potential federal reform. But the deal – which the Canadian producer said would make the company […]

Arizonans Benefitting From Biden’s Weed Pardons

More Arizonans with federal convictions for marijuana possession will benefit from the pardons recently announced by President Joseph Biden than past offenders from nearly every other state, according to a report from azcentral.  An analysis from the United States Sentencing Commission found that more than 1,450 people from Arizona were convicted of federal marijuana possession […]

Ontario cannabis company Cronos settles with securities regulators in the U.S. and Canada

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Man knocking on doors to find a lighter discovered with cannabis

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Indiana Gov. Will Not Be Issuing Pardons for Cannabis Offenses, Favors Expungement

Pardons are still a hot topic after President Joe Biden announced on Oct. 6 that he would be pardoning citizens who have federal convictions for cannabis, and asked that state governors do the same to provide relief for people in their regions. However, Indiana Gov. Holcomb recently stated that he would not be pardoning simple […]

Ontario man out of a job for a joint he smoked 33 years ago

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Cannabis and Novel Food Authorizations in the EU: Q&A

We recently got to ask Kai-Friedrich Niermann of KFN+ Law Office some questions about EU Novel Food authorizations. His answers are a must-read for cannabis food businesses interested in the EU market. 1. What is an EU Novel Food authorization? Novel foods are regulated in the European Union by the so-called Novel Food Regulation (Regulation […]

The Great Jamaican Patoo Trip

The World Health Organization (WHO), recently citing one of their fresh, dark-timeline COVID-19 pandemic stats, alerted the world that there’s been a shocking/not-shocking 25% increase in prevalence of anxiety and depression in adults across the world. A number which, frankly, begins to feel light when taking into context the various ugly aspects of these increasingly […]

Griner Denied Appeal, Drug Conviction Upheld by Russian Court

A Russian court on Tuesday denied Brittney Griner’s appeal, upholding the American basketball star’s nine-year prison sentence on drug charges. Griner received the sentence in August, and has been in Russian custody since she was arrested at a Moscow airport in February. “We are very disappointed,” Griner’s lawyers said in a statement, as quoted by […]