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Marijuana MSO Vireo Health sues Minnesota over new edibles law

Marijuana multistate company Vireo Health, one of two licensed medical cannabis operators in Minnesota, filed a lawsuit against the state alleging that a new law allowing hemp-derived edibles sales unfairly discriminate against MJ-derived edibles makers. A number of state agencies and officials are named in the complaint, including Attorney General Keith Ellison and Jan Malcolm, […]

Newsom Signs Bill Protecting California Workers Who Smoke Off-the-Clock

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed several bills into law designed to “strengthen California’s cannabis laws, expand the legal cannabis market and redress the harms of cannabis prohibition.” One of those measures, per local news station ABC10, will protect “workers from employment discrimination based on their use of cannabis while off-the-clock” by stopping companies […]

Tommy Chong and his son settle lawsuit over a cannabis marketing deal

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Key Congressional Committee Will Vote On Marijuana Record Sealing And Other Drug Policy Reform Bills This Week

A key House committee will meet on Wednesday to vote on a series of criminal justice reform bills, including bipartisan proposals to clear records for prior federal marijuana convictions, provide funding for states that implement systems of automatic expungements and codify retroactive relief for people incarcerated due to on crack-cocaine sentencing disparities. The House Judiciary […]

House Bill 837 Aims to Legalize Pot Possession, Home Grow in Maryland

Activists behind a ballot referendum to legalize cannabis in Maryland launched a new ad campaign last week, urging voters to support the proposal when they go to the polls on November 8. If passed, the ballot measure would make Maryland the 20th state in the union to legalize recreational marijuana for adults. In April, the […]

OPP seize $1.7M worth of cannabis in small eastern Ontario town

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have discovered an illegal cannabis grow-op housing 1,700-plus plants estimated to be worth almost $2 million in a small community in eastern Ontario. Last week, members of the Central Hastings OPP, the Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team, the Community Street Crime Unit and the Emergency Response Team executed a warrant […]

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