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5 Cannabis MSOs Fined $360K in New Jersey; 2 Companies Respond
<![CDATA[ In February, New Jersey cannabis regulators delayed rolling out adult-use cannabis sales on the premise that existing medical retailers did not have the capacity to serve both customer types at that time. Two months later, when the state’s Cannabis...
Texas A&M University Receives Funding for Hempcrete Research
<![CDATA[ At Texas A&M University, researchers are working on a plan to “3D print new resilient buildings using hempcrete,” according to the Texas A&M Today. The U.S. Department of Energy AdvancedResearch Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Harnessing Emissions...
FDA Bans JUUL Products From US Market
<![CDATA[ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to JUUL Labs Inc., effectively banning the company’s products from the U.S. market. “As a result, the company must stop selling and distributing these products,” FDA...
‘The Clash Between State and Federal Law in the Cannabis Industry’: 4 Key Takeaways on Federal Policy Reform Efforts
<![CDATA[ Will federal law ever catch up to state policy reform that has allowed the cannabis industry to flourish in state-legal medical and adult-use programs across the country? Law firm Cozen O’Connor hosted a June 16 webinar, “The Clash Between State &...
Item 9 Labs Corp. Nears Completion of Cannabis Cultivation and Lab Facility in Pahrump, Nevada
<![CDATA[ PHOENIX, Arizona, June 24, 2022 - PRESS RELEASE - Item 9 Labs Corp., a vertically integrated cannabis dispensary franchisor and operator., announced that its new 20,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art cultivation and lab facility in Pahrump, Nev., is...
Native Roots Launches Gold Label: Small Batch, Handcrafted Cannabis
<![CDATA[ DENVER (June 23, 2022) – PRESS RELEASE – Native Roots has officially launched its Gold, Onyx and Green cannabis labels, comprising 25 strains and now available at the leading independent dispensary chain’s 20 locations across Colorado. Each strain is...
North Carolina House Republicans Kill Medical Cannabis Legislation
<![CDATA[ A medical cannabis legalization bill that gained traction in the North Carolina Senate this year is likely dead for the year after House Republicans voted against advancing it in that chamber. In a closed-door meeting June 22, lawmakers internally voted...
New York Governor Announces Investment Team to Manage $200M Social Equity Cannabis Fund
<![CDATA[ New York bureaucrats are taking big-time steps to advance equity in cannabis as they continue to work toward implementing an inclusive adult-use market by the end of the year. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced June 22 the selection of Social Equity Impact...
Thailand House Committee Limits Home Cannabis Cultivation to 10 Plants
<![CDATA[ Thailand is fine-tuning the regulations for its cannabis industry after legalizing cannabis cultivation, sales and possession earlier this month. The Lower House Scrutiny Committee on the cannabis and hemp legislation has opted to limit home cannabis...
Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana About 50K Signatures Short
<![CDATA[ Barely three weeks following peak optimism, a group of medical cannabis legalization advocates in Nebraska now have dashed hopes of hitting their signature benchmark ahead of a July 7 deadline to appear on the state’s November ballot. Proponents...