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Curaleaf Brand Coming to Recently Acquired Arrow Alternative Care and Grassroots Dispensaries in Groton, Hartford, Milford and Stamford MASSACHUSETTS: Curaleaf Holdings, Inc., a leading vertically integrated cannabis operator in the United States, announced new Curaleaf dispensary branding for all of the Company’s recently acquired Arrow Alternative Care and GR Companies, Inc. (“Grassroots”) dispensary locations in Connecticut. Curaleaf is the largest Read the full article...

ILLINOIS: Sales of legal cannabis continue to grow here in the land of Lincoln, even as the rest of the US economy still struggles to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.  Consumer demand for legal marijuana remains.  According to recently released data from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, adult use cannabis sales reached Read the full article...

VERMONT: Governor Phil Scott today announced action on a range of bills, including the Legislature’s bill to create a regulated cannabis market in Vermont, which will be allowed to go into law without his signature. Throughout the Legislature’s four-year push to create a regulated cannabis market, Governor Scott has consistently called for any legislation to Read the full article...

CANADA: “Of all the projects I have been involved in, the Men of Cannabis calendar is the most important one I’ve been involved with so far,” says Reverend Kelly Addison, founder of Orono’s Kelly’s Green Lounge, “I am pretty sure it was some divine intervention that helped this all come together so perfectly,” she says Read the full article...

El Rey De La Kush suspended for alleged distribution of product out of state WASHINGTON: Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) officers today issued an emergency suspension to Tier 1 producer El Rey de La Kush (license number 428922) located in Riverside, WA. The suspension, effective immediately, is for alleged diversion of product out Read the full article...

Cannabis startups invited to apply for opportunity to present one-on-one to investors in “Capital Connection” program. MASSACHUSETTS: Burns & Levinson will host its fourth annual “State of the Cannabis Industry” conference – which will be held virtually and will focus on critical issues in the multi-billion dollar cannabis industry – on October 29, 2020 from 9:00 Read the full article...

OKLAHOMA: The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority has signed a contract with Metrc, a national company in 14 states, for the implementation of a statewide seed-to-sale tracking system. The contract creates a system to track marijuana plants and products from a plant’s growth stage through sale to patients. It serves as part of OMMA’s larger efforts Read the full article...

Many smokers choose to make the switch from cigarettes to marijuana, whether it’s to simply give up smoking forever or to get more of a “buzz” from an inhalant. Marijuana and tobacco are both derived from naturally-occurring plants, but there’s a common misconception that “naturally-occurring” substances are always healthy. This simply isn’t the case. Comparing Read the full article...

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:  U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), founder and co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, called upon the U.S. Supreme Court to review and proceed with hearing Washington v. Barr, the most significant and potentially consequential cannabis-related lawsuit ever to be filed. The Court will consider the plaintiffs’ appeal at a conference on Friday, Read the full article...

Marijuana Products Tested At Unlicensed Location OREGON: On September 21, 2020, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) issued an Order of Immediate License Suspension to the recreational marijuana lab licensee of Ecotest Labs in Phoenix, OR.  Ecotest Labs must not exercise any license privileges, or engage in any delivery or receipt of marijuana items, at Read the full article...

A cell app, also called a smartphone software or just a mobile application, is essentially a computer software or software package developed for any specific mobile device including an iPhone, Google android, Blackberry or perhaps Windows Mobile phone. This type of program can have a wide variety of functions and features which can help users Read the full article...

COLORADO:Governor Jared Polis today signed an Executive Order granting pardons to those who have been convicted of possessing one ounce or less of marijuana. In June, Gov. Polis signed the bipartisan H.B. 20-1424, sponsored by Rep. James Coleman, Sen. Julie Gonzales and Sen. Vicki Marble, including an amendment sponsored by Sen. Gonzales, which authorizes the Governor to grant Read the full article...

COLORADO:  Gov. Jared Polis released the following statement on the final passage of the Federal Continuing Resolution including an extension of the 2014 Farm Bill which also includes the Hemp Pilot Program. “We worked closely with our federal delegation to ensure this provision to extend the 2014 Farm Bill and the hemp act was included Read the full article...

CALIFORNIA:  The Bureau of Cannabis Control and California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced today the filing of a complaint seeking civil penalties from Vertical Bliss, Inc. also known as Kushy Punch and related people for unlicensed commercial cannabis activity. The complaint was filed on September 23, 2020 by the California Office of the Attorney Read the full article...

CannX 2020 Virtual Conference, 26 October 2020 Online ISRAEL:  CannX has proven itself time and time again as the central meeting point for exploring the latest developments in medical cannabis. With top quality of the conference program and the leading international speakers, CannX Virtual 2020 will provide the latest in scientific research, agricultural practices and Read the full article...

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WASHINGTON: The Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) wants to hear from people in communities of color regarding experiences and concerns when it comes to working within the cannabis system. Please join LCB Member Ollie Garrett and members of the LCB’s executive leadership for a virtual community meeting. In order to gain a broad perspective that Read the full article...

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:  A national hemp trade association and a South Carolina-based hemp company have filed a federal lawsuit against the Drug Enforcement Administration, challenging a rule the agency implemented last month that could have far-reaching consequences for the U.S. hemp industry. The petition filed Friday afternoon in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit asks the Read the full article...

MASSACHUSETTS: The Cannabis Control Commission (Commission) is proud to again partner with the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and City Awake as part of their 2020 Fierce Urgency of Now (FUN) Festival by hosting a virtual panel titled “Cannabis x Equity” on Friday, September 18 at 1:00 p.m. Interested individuals—especially those who have been disproportionately Read the full article...

In honor of World Alzheimer’s Month, we’ve asked educator/author Curt Robbins to provide an overview of how the cannabinoids in cannabis can be helpful in treating this mental illness. By Curt Robbins Discovered in 1906 by Dr. Alois (Aloysius) Alzheimer, a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist, Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in Read the full article...