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Hemp Policy Item Tabled Amid Concerns at Meeting of U.S. Ag Regulators
Thu 10:55am By Alyson Martin
National agriculture leaders are again tackling issues related to hemp at their annual meeting. The 2022 National Association of State Departments of Agriculture meeting is taking place this week in Saratoga Springs, New York. The meeting draws a crowd of…

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FDA nabs new cannabis advisor • Canopy divests from retail in Canada • Illinois’ cautionary…
Wed 1:23pm By Cannabis Wire Editors
FDA hires Norman Birenbaum, former regulator in NY and RI, to advise on cannabis This week, the FDA’s Deputy Director for Regulatory Programs, Douglas Throckmorton, sent out an email to the colleagues at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER),…

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New York’s Cannabis Equity Fund Is Looking for a Bank
Mon 5:44pm By Alyson Martin
Equity applicants in New York will soon have access to a $200 million public-private fund as they build out state-legal cannabis businesses. But who will bank the New York Social Equity Cannabis Investment Fund? The answer could come as soon as next month.…

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Canadian Government Launches Review of Cannabis Legalization
Sep 23, 2022, 1:58 am By Alyson Martin
How is legalization working for Canadians? On Thursday, the Canadian government kicked off a review of how legalization has unfolded since the country launched adult use cannabis sales in October 2018. During a press briefing, Minister of Health Jean-Yves…

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NIDA Welcomes Proposals From New Cannabis Suppliers
Sep 21, 2022, 6:29 pm By Nushin Rashidian
Today, there are more federally-approved cannabis growers than ever before, but still only one federal supplier of research-grade cannabis. That, however, might soon change. The National Institute on Drug Abuse, within the National Institutes of Health,…

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New York Regulators Approve Home Grow Rules for Cannabis Patients
Sep 20, 2022, 8:28 pm By Alyson Martin
During the New York Cannabis Control Board’s first in-person meeting in New York City on Tuesday, regulators approved rules that will allow the state’s medical cannabis patients to grow their own medicine starting next month. The approved rules only…

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In Congress, a bill to let small growers ship to consumers • Vermont’s first adult use retailers…
Sep 19, 2022, 10:17 pm By Cannabis Wire Editors
New bill would let small cannabis growers ship across state lines. U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman introduced a bill that would allow small cannabis producers to sell and ship cannabis products directly to consumers. The Small and Homestead Independent…

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Thirteen Cannabis Bills
Sep 19, 2022, 7:12 pm By Nushin Rashidian
After the most ambitious year for cannabis reforms in California since adult use was made legal in 2016, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s message to lawmakers is: there’s more to be done. Newsom signed 10 cannabis bills into law on Sunday, bringing the total number…

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New York: A Consensus Builds for a Crackdown on Illegal Cannabis Shops, Though Not on How To Do It
Sep 15, 2022, 7:27 pm By Alyson Martin
Pressure is building for New York’s cannabis regulators and officials to address ballooning unregulated cannabis sales across the state. Lawmakers passed the Marihuana Regulation & Taxation Act last year. It decriminalized cannabis possession and set the…

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Meeting: California’s New Cannabis Advisory Committee Gets to Work
Sep 14, 2022, 10:55 am By Nushin Rashidian
Every year, as new laws and regulations are passed in California, the state’s cannabis industry shapeshifts. But there is one priority that has remained top-of-mind for regulators and lawmakers, and inspires many of their proposals: quashing the unregulated…

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Hemp Policy Item Tabled Amid Concerns at Meeting of U.S. Ag Regulators

FDA nabs new cannabis advisor • Canopy divests from retail in Canada • Illinois’ cautionary…

New York’s Cannabis Equity Fund Is Looking for a Bank

Canadian Government Launches Review of Cannabis Legalization

NIDA Welcomes Proposals From New Cannabis Suppliers

New York Regulators Approve Home Grow Rules for Cannabis Patients

In Congress, a bill to let small growers ship to consumers • Vermont’s first adult use retailers…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Thirteen Cannabis Bills

New York: A Consensus Builds for a Crackdown on Illegal Cannabis Shops, Though Not on How To Do It

Meeting: California’s New Cannabis Advisory Committee Gets to Work

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