U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) has introduced legislation to remove all federal restrictions on cannabis research, hoping to spark more research into the plant, KHQA reports. The Expanding Cannabis

Proposed cannabis industry regulations by officials in Portland, Maine, would cap the number of dispensaries in the city at 20 and require an annual $10,000 licensing fee, the Portland Press Herald reports.

Construction has begun at the nation’s only industrial hemp seed bank, funded in part with a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Industrial Hemp Germplasm Repository at Cornell

Medical cannabis patients in Louisiana are expected to begin receiving products on Tuesday after agriculture officials cleared cannabis from one of the state-approved growers, the Associated Press reports.

A long-time cannabis advocate in the United Kingdom is joining the administration of new Prime Minister Boris Johnson, according to a Buzzfeed report. Blair Gibbs is leaving his job as policy lead at the

Alaska’s hemp cultivation pilot program has been completely defunded and the crops being grown by the state under the program have been destroyed, according to a KTUU report. The Department of Natural

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) has signed the bill legalizing hemp and CBD in the state, the Columbus Dispatch reports. According to Agriculture Department Spokeswoman Shelby Croft, the agency plans to have

Utah officials and legislative leaders are working on a new way to distribute medical cannabis in the state amid concerns that the current plans to use county health departments as ‘pharmacies’ will run

A federal judge has ruled that the company who owns the rights to the Woodstock music festival – Woodstock Ventures – can use the name for cannabis products, lifting a preliminary injunction against the

The Truweigh Marine is a sleek digital mini-scale capable of finely tuned measurements of up to 100 grams, or just over 3.5 ounces. True to its name, the Truweigh Marine is an IP65-rated scale, meaning

Pennsylvania has revoked the cultivation license of medical cannabis producer Agrimed Industries after regulators said they failed to produce any products for the program two years after receiving its

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has signed the bill expanding cannabis decriminalization in the state, the Albany Times Union reports. The measure also includes provisions to automatically expunge some

The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission is warning the state’s residents and tourists that cannabis products “cannot be possessed or consumed in, or transported through, federal waterways despite

July 25, (Denver, CO) - Leafwire, the largest cannabis business network worldwide, is pleased to announce the closing of a Seed Round of $1 Million. Leafwire has grown rapidly, often with over 1,000 members

Gov. Jared Polis (D) of Colorado on Wednesday signed into law two new cannabis bills that will change the face of the industry: one establishes cannabis delivery regulations for the state, the other legalizes

As cannabis has become legalized medically and recreationally throughout the U.S., the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is requiring interviews by its personnel to be approved in advance by the agency’s

Zimbabwe officials have approved the nation’s first legal cannabis farm – a 10-hectare cultivation site at a prison, the Independent reports. The license was granted to Ivory Medical nearly a year after

The Illinois Senate has approved the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, which would establish a taxed-and-regulated marketplace in the state for adults who are 21 or older. HB 1438, sponsored by state Sen.

Tech giant Google has announced a ban on cannabis transaction apps from its Google Play store on Wednesday “regardless of legality” according to its recently updated policy section. The change was first

The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission has received more than 160 applications for one of the state’s 14 new medical cannabis licenses, the Baltimore Sun reports. The license expansion is aimed at minority-