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Issue #004 brings together the week’s major industry developments, compliance guidance, cultivation education, operational best practices, careers, technology and Jointalism™ Fun & Games.
Start with the previous week’s three consequential cannabis-industry developments, then continue into the complete Issue #004 publication.
BUSINESS
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Governor Hochul signed legislation designed to strengthen New York’s regulated cannabis market. S.10113/A.11217 supports small businesses and advances one of the state’s...
Higher Love Cannabis Co. is consolidating its retail operations to four stores in the Upper Peninsula after the state implemented a new 24% tax earlier this year.
Just eight months into Michigan’s new 24% wholesale cannabis tax, one of the Upper Peninsula’s largest dispensary chains is closing more than half of its locations, blaming a “mounting tax burden” that has made an already difficult market increasingly unsustainable.
The Beverage Regulatory Parity Act would establish a three-tier distribution system and other regulatory standards similar to the alcohol industry.
Minnesota's hyper-regulated cannabis industry is starting to bear fruit—er, flower. But uncertainties remain about whether operators have sufficient breathing room to build viable businesses.
CBD
After eight years, more than $10 million in pharmaceutical development and cannabinoid capsules manufactured by a well known pharmaceutical company, Duane Boise CEO MMJ says
CBD oil is a natural product made from cannabidiol — a nonpsychoactive compound extracted from cannabis plants — mixed with a carrier oil such as coconut or hemp seed oil.
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If you’ve ever struggled to get a good night’s sleep, you may have heard about CBD as a possible solution. Now, researchers at the University of Mississippi are putting that claim to the test.
Patients’ disease severity fell an estimated 2 points on a 7-point scale following eight weeks of cannabinoid treatment.
CRIME
KUALA LUMPUR: A 54-year-old Malaysian man from Perak has been arrested at Chennai International Airport, India, after 4kg of hydroponic cannabis were found concealed in his luggage.
A Bury man has been charged with a number of drug-related offences following a police operation targeting the alleged storage and preparation of…
A Bury man has been charged with a number of drug-related offences following a police operation targeting the alleged storage and preparation of illegal drugs.
The attorney who represents a York man convicted of official misconduct related to medical marijuana petitions claims the case should never have been treated as a crime.
A quiet suburban street was hiding a sophisticated operation.
CULTURE
Vernell Varnado bought his first weed in a red-topped matchbox in 1966. Sixty years later, Snoop Dogg's father walks into legal dispensaries in Arizona and still can't find what he's looking for. On Vietnam, the Post Office, backyard grows and the strains that don't exist anymore.
The legislation opens the door to medicinal and industrial cannabis cultivation under a rigorous licensing regime while keeping recreational use and unauthorised cultivation illegal.
This post was updated Feb. 5 at 7:07 p.m. We pride ourselves on curiosity, questioning mindsets, breaking stereotypes and expanding knowledge at UCLA. Yet one topic is often left in a cloud of haze: cannabis use and its role in higher education.
KASKI: In Gandaki Province, the act providing a legal basis for cannabis cultivation for medicinal and industrial purposes has finally been authenticated. Province Chief Dilli Raj Bhatta authenticated the ‘Cannabis Cultivation (Regulation and Management) Act for Medicinal and Industrial Purposes,’ which was passed for the second time by the Provincial […]
A bill finally passed by the city last month allows cannabis retailers to serve food and beverages. Will SF become a new Amsterdam?
EDIBLES
Georgia hemp shops face shutdown as federal THC rule could wipe out 95% of products
JOBS
Explore August 2026 cannabis job openings across Canada, including roles in retail, cultivation, production, sales, delivery, and more
Parallel says in a letter to state officials that the layoffs are a result of closing two facilities.
Syracuse University, with Green Flower, is teaching aspects of the cannabis industry. Certificate programs in cultivation, product development & medical marijuana prepare students.
A first contract in Columbia and a union vote in St. Louis come as Vibe Cannabis workers prepare for a July election.
Explore July 2026 cannabis job openings across Canada, including roles in retail, cultivation, production, sales, delivery, and more.
POLITICS
Berhampur (Odisha), Aug 11 (PTI) After cracking down on ganja smuggling in Adava and R Udayagiri areas of Gajapati district, Odisha Police has launched an awareness drive appealing to people, especially tribal communities, to refrain from cannabis cultivation and take up cash crops as an alternative livelihood option. Police have also sought help from […]
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Local officials in Houston, Texas are set to decide this week to place a voter-initiated measure to make misdemeanor marijuana possession the “lowest possible enforcement priority” for local police on the November ballot. Activists with Ground Game Texas have submitted nearly 40,000 signatures from registered voters in support of the Houston Freedom […]
A U.S. Senate dispute over whether to implement a forthcoming ban on hemp THC products on time as scheduled or instead delay it in order to give lawmakers more time to craft regulations as an alternative to prohibition has transcended typical partisan and ideological lines. Hemp derivatives with less than 0.3 percent delta-9 THC on
While Democrat Amy Acton and Libertarian Don Kissick favor keeping Ohio's recreational marijuana law, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy's position has been harder to smoke out.
SCIENCE
Although several synthetically derived cannabis products will be banned on July 31, delta-9 THC products will still remain legal.
THC levels in braziers show mourners along the ancient Silk Road inhaled
A coroner has repeated recommendations made in an earlier inquiry into synthetic cannabis deaths to develop a harm reduction strategy.
Research suggests cannabis suppresses REM sleep, raising questions about memory, emotion and the purpose of dreams.
A Christchurch man with a medicinal cannabis licence has allegedly been using cannabis for personal reasons in breach of his licence.
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