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Federal Court Rules That State-Level Marijuana Legalization Creates Exemption To Ban On Paraphernalia Imports

A federal court has issued a significant ruling that could set a precedent allowing marijuana paraphernalia to be legally imported from other countries into states that have enacted legalization. While the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) prohibits the import or export of drug paraphernalia, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) determined in a ruling […]

Former Supervisor Says Trulieve Promoted Safety Manager After Worker’s Death

A former supervisor at a Trulieve cannabis cultivation and processing operation in Massachusetts says that the company promoted the site’s environment, health and safety manager only one month after a worker reportedly died from inhaling marijuana dust at the facility, according to reports from WeedWeek and the podcast The Young Jurks. Trulieve is a Florida-based […]

Missouri NAACP calls on voters to reject adult-use cannabis ballot initiative

The Missouri NAACP is asking voters not to vote for Amendment 3, a ballot initiative that would legalize adult-use cannabis in the state. Despite that decree, NAACP chapters in St. Louis, St. Louis County and St. Charles County have supported the amendment, the St. Louis-Post Dispatch reported. ADVERTISEMENT The Missouri NAACP said in a news […]

Kamala Harris: ‘Nobody Should Have to Go to Jail for Smoking Weed’

Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday urged both Congress and state governments to follow the Biden administration’s lead and decriminalize marijuana. Harris’ comments, made during an interview on “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” came less than a week after President Joe Biden issued pardons to individuals who have previously been convicted of a cannabis-related offense […]

New Mexico cannabis sales top $39 million in September

Cannabis sales in New Mexico surpassed $39 million in September, with recreational marijuana accounting for $24 million of that total. That figure is down slightly from the more than $40.6 million sold in August, the best month for the state yet since legal adult-use sales began in April. ADVERTISEMENT July numbers were similar at $40.3 […]

CBD company Charlotte’s Web signs distribution deal with liquor giant

Hemp-derived CBD product maker Charlotte’s Web Holdings signed a distribution agreement with major liquor distributor Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits. The agreement is described as “multi-year,” although Charlotte’s Web did not disclose the value of the distribution deal or other terms. ADVERTISEMENT “This distribution agreement brings together America’s leading CBD brand with America’s leading wine […]