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Here Are the Cannabis Bills on California Governor Newsom’s Desk
6:50am By Julia Barajas
Last week, the California State Legislature made final decisions regarding several key cannabis bills, many of which are now on Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk, waiting to be signed into law. Together, they could have a significant impact on the world’s…

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Mitch McConnell Pressures the FDA to Go Easy on Hemp-Derived CBD
Wed 6:55am By Julia Barajas
On Tuesday, members of the U.S. Senate’s Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies backed legislation penned by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, which aims to urge the FDA to…

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CannTrust Licenses Suspended, Shopify Enters US, Canopy Ex-CEO’s Next Gigs, & More…
Wed 6:50am By Nushin Rashidian
• Health Canada will suspend CannTrust’s license. The Canadian cannabis company, once considered to be among the top in the world, announced yesterday that it received a Notice of Licence Suspension from Health Canada. To refresh: In July, Health Canada…

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Scoop: What Did Canopy Growth Say to the White House About USDA Hemp Regs?
Sep 17, 2019, 6:50 am By Nushin Rashidian
The global cannabis industry has been eagerly awaiting national hemp production regulations from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) since the 2018 Farm Bill was signed into law nearly one year ago. The USDA submitted its interim final rule,…

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Paraguay Prepares to Issue Licenses for Domestic Cannabis Production
Sep 16, 2019, 6:55 am By Julia Barajas
Late last week, Paraguay’s Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare announced that it will soon begin to process applications for the licensing of cannabis production, industrialization, and commercialization—strictly for medical and research…

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Q&A: What’s Next for Cannabis in Israel?
Sep 16, 2019, 6:50 am By Alyson Martin
The Israel Cannabis (iCAN) conference took place in New York City last week, and given tomorrow’s Israeli election and its implications for the country’s cannabis industry, Cannabis Wire co-founder Alyson Martin caught up with iCAN founder Saul Kaye. …

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Acreage, Harvest Health Join Cannabis Companies Lobbying in Florida
Sep 13, 2019, 6:55 am By Nikitha Sattiraju
As Florida legalization campaigns raise major funds for their 2020 push, cannabis giants like Acreage Holdings and Harvest Health and Recreation are lobbying in the state. They join a long list of cannabis companies that are already lobbying in the state,…

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LA’s Number of Unlicensed Cannabis Shops Is Actually Dropping
Sep 13, 2019, 6:55 am By Julia Barajas
On Thursday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health hosted a webinar delving into the impact of retail cannabis sales, both licensed and not, with recommendations on how to improve current policy. Early on, Will Nicholas, director of the…

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Look Who is Lobbying in Georgia
Sep 12, 2019, 6:50 am By Nikitha Sattiraju
Two major medical cannabis companies—Trulieve, and Curaleaf—are registered to lobby in Georgia, Cannabis Wire has learned. According to state lobbying disclosures, Trulieve was lobbying in the state early this year as legislators worked to pass a bill to…

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DEA Proposes Increase to Research-Grade Cannabis Supply, Again
Sep 11, 2019, 11:07 am By Alyson Martin
The Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing to increase the amount of cannabis that can be grown for research in 2020 by almost a third over 2019’s level, and almost triple what the DEA proposed in 2018. “This will meet the need created by the…

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MedMen-Backed Florida Legalization Campaign Is Raking in Cash
Sep 11, 2019, 6:55 am By Shawn Mulcahy
Adult use cannabis use could soon be legal in Florida, and two groups are competing for a chance to shape its rollout. New campaign finance documents show the campaigns are raking in some major cash, and one is far out-raising the other. Make It Legal Florida,…

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It’s Crunch Time For California’s Cannabis Bills
Sep 11, 2019, 6:50 am By Julia Barajas
California’s cannabis industry could be reshaped by a pile of bills still making their way through the current legislative cycle. But to get a shot at being signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, all remaining bills in California must pass the State…

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California’s Cannabis Bank Bill On Hold Until 2020
Sep 10, 2019, 6:50 am By Julia Barajas
A version of this piece was published on Sept 3 under the headline “California Cannabis Charter Bank Bill Closer to Becoming Law,” and has been updated to reflect the hold on the bill. Senate Majority Leader Bob Hertzberg on Monday announced that he will…

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When It Comes to Cannabis, Congress Is Thinking About More Than Just Banking or Legalization
Sep 10, 2019, 6:50 am By Nikitha Sattiraju
The United State Congress has a wide range of cannabis legislation on its plate as it returns to session this week. There are close to sixty cannabis-related bills, amendments, and resolutions pending consideration, on issues from legalization to banking to…

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Scoop: A Global Food Processing Behemoth Is Lobbying on Hemp
Sep 9, 2019, 11:56 am By Nikitha Sattiraju
One of the world’s largest food processors, the Chicago-based Archer Daniels Midland Company, is lobbying on industrial hemp at the federal level. The company, which is one of the four biggest agribusinesses in the world (the other three being Bunge Ltd.,…

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California Aims to Lift the Burden on Legal Cannabis Businesses
Sep 9, 2019, 11:55 am By Garrett Bergthold
California’s personal income tax law bars cannabis businesses from deducting ordinary business expenses from their state income taxes, a significant disadvantage. A new bill would change that, and could be heading for the governor’s desk early this week. …

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Indigenous Canadians Grapple With the Future of Cannabis
Sep 6, 2019, 6:50 am By Julia Barajas
Canada’s Assembly of First Nations, representing more than 900,000 indigenous people south of the Arctic Circle, held its first-ever National Cannabis Summit in Vancouver this week, where participants discussed the implications of legalization on the safety,…

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A Federal Court Punts an Idaho Hemp Seizure Case Back to the State
Sep 5, 2019, 6:50 am By Nikitha Sattiraju
A federal appeals court refused to rule Wednesday on an interstate hemp transportation case involving Big Sky Scientific, a Colorado-based CBD company whose hemp shipment was seized by Idaho State Police in Ada County in January. The case is closely watched…

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Barbados and Medical Cannabis: A Drive to Keep the Industry Partially Local
Sep 4, 2019, 6:50 am By Clydeen McDonald
As Barbados moves toward the development of a medical cannabis industry, the government is taking steps to try to make sure its citizens are the primary beneficiaries. For one thing, it plans to cap foreign investment in the industry and require a percentage…

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Mexican lawmakers continue working toward cannabis regulations
Sep 4, 2019, 6:50 am By Julia Barajas
On Tuesday, a member of the Mexican Senate introduced another initiative to regulate the adult consumption of cannabis, a move that comes just weeks ahead of a deadline to establish regulations mirroring recent Supreme Court rulings that have deemed the…

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