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- Medical
Democrat senators ask Biden to deschedule cannabis, issue pardons
PLEA TO THE PRESIDENT Senators call for Biden to issue pardons In a letter to President Joe Biden’s administration, Sens Sens.
- Cultivation
Congressional lawmakers file amendments to improve veteran access to cannabis
VETERAN ACCESS More cannabis reform amendments to the NDAA filed by bipartisan lawmakers Congressional lawmakers filed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act that would both protect veterans who use cannabis who seek employment with federal bodies and would allow Veterans Affairs (VA) doctors to authorize medical cannabis use, per Marijuana Moment.
- CBD Market
New York hemp cultivators get a head start on cannabis
CASH CROP New York hemp cultivators get a head start on cannabis More than 200 outdoor hemp cultivation companies are hard at work growing the state’s first adult-use cannabis products after being granted the first run of “conditional cultivator” licences, reports the Press Herald.
- Cultivation
As many as 250,000 cannabis possession criminal records could be erased in Canada
ERASE CRIMINAL RECORDS A proposed amendment could erase hundreds of thousands of cannabis possession criminal records in Canada An amendment created by the New Democratic Party to a bill designed to reduce firearm and drug incarceration would mean hundreds of thousands of criminal records for personal possession of drugs would be deleted, reports the Toronto…
- Hemp Industry
Low-dose edibles are now legal in Minnesota—some potentially by accident
MISUNDERSTOOD EDIBLES Some edibles are now legal in Minnesota but some legislators didn’t understand the law Cannabis edibles with up to 5 mg of THC are now legal in Minnesota, per the Washington Post.
- Markets & Stocks
Democrats rushing to pass cannabis reform before midterms
SCALED BACK PLANS Are Senate Democrats giving up on federal legalization?
- CBD Market
Cannabis banking reform not included in America COMPETES Act
BANKING EXCLUDED SAFE Banking not in America COMPETES Act Cannabis banking reform language will not be included in the scaled back America COMPETES Act, reports Marijuana Moment.
- Hemp Industry
The Texas Republican Party supports rescheduling cannabis but not legalization
SLIGHTLY MORE PROGRESSIVE? Texas Republican platform is anti-legalization, but supports rescheduling cannabis The new platform for Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Republican Party opposes cannabis legalization, reports Marijuana Moment.
- CBD Market
More than half of the most popular delta-9 THC products are mislabelled
DELTA-9 TESTING Some of the most popular hemp delta-9 products are mislabelled, lack child protection A study commissioned by CBD Oracle in partnership with InfiniteCAL tested 53 of the most popular hemp-derived delta-9 THC products on the market and found that more than half were mislabelled—and some are even stronger than marijuana-derived cannabis products on…
- CBD Market
Oklahoma is ‘committed to eradicating’ illegal cannabis businesses
SETTING AN EXAMPLE Oklahoma lawyers charged with helping non-residents set up cannabis businesses Lawyers Logan Jones and Eric Brown have been charged by Oklahoma’s attorney general with a list of charges relating to their alleged involvement in helping non-local cannabis entrepreneurs skirt laws so they could open businesses, per MJBizDaily.
- Policy & Regulation
What’s in a name? Cannabis strain labels aren’t reliable, according to May study
A STRAIN BY ANY OTHER NAME Study shows the same strain name doesn’t mean the same cannabis.
- Cultivation
Hexo announces it will be laying off 450 people after revenue fall
LOSSES AND LAYOFFS Hexo to cut 450 jobs, failed to meet Q3 projections Despite having the largest segment of market share in Canada, Quebec-based Hexo Corp. announced it will be laying off 450 people after revenue fell 14% in Q3 from the previous quarter, per BNN Bloomberg.
