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Industry Groups Partner to Conduct Cannabis Corporate Social and Environmental Sustainability Survey In a court petition filed July 20, the federal government is suing the California Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) for cannabis business records in connection with a criminal investigation that Harris Bricken attorney Hilary Bricken says took an interesting turn after the BCC

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U.S. House Approves Amendment to Protect State-Legal Cannabis Businesses from Federal Intervention With Maine’s first adult-use cannabis cultivators, manufacturers and testing labs expected to open this fall, the Office of Marijuana Policy (OMP) anticipates that adult-use sales will launch by the end of the year, according to the Portland Press Herald. The OMP delayed its

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Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board Revokes Six CWNevada Licenses No industry is immune from COVID-19’s impact, not even state-compliant cannabis. When the pandemic began, most states with legal cannabis programs designated cultivation, manufacturing and dispensary businesses and workers “essential.” However, these essential businesses are still illegal in the eyes of the federal government. As a result,

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Cannabis Cafes, Special Occasion Permits Should Be Priority for Province Says Local Advocate [unable to retrieve full-text content] Before the pandemic began, the Ontario government held consultations on whether to allow cannabis lounges, cafes and “special occasional permits” for pot — which would allow for sales at places like festivals. Premier Doug Ford’s government has

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Cannabis Saved My Son’s Life I used to dream of being a normal mother. I would see other mums dropping their kids off at school, waving them goodbye and I’d want to be them. Not the parent with a chronically ill child. For years, this scenario felt unattainable, but since my son Alfie Dingley became

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Australis Capital Faces Lawsuit Over Planned Property Sale, Pivot from Cannabis Cultivation Nebraskans For Medical Marijuana hope to find out by mid-August if enough of the more than 182,000 signatures they submitted July 2 are valid to qualify for a ballot initiative this November. The campaign submitted well over the roughly 121,000 signatures required to

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Penn State Extension Offers Budget Models for Hemp Growers Nebraskans For Medical Marijuana hope to find out by mid-August if enough of the more than 182,000 signatures they submitted July 2 are valid to qualify for a ballot initiative this November. The campaign submitted well over the roughly 121,000 signatures required to put the constitutional

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Several New Cannabis Shops Applying to Open at Locations Across Brampton Only one cannabis store is currently operating in Brampton, but several more could be coming to town soon. According to the Ontario Alcohol and Gaming Commission’s (AGCO) website, there are currently seven proposed stores going through the application process including: — Dab Cannabis (227

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Hemp Trading’s Panakeia CBG Variety Hits Canadian Market NEW YORK, June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -PRESS RELEASE- AWH (formerly Ascend Wellness Holdings), a multi-state, vertically integrated cannabis operator, today announced its partnership with Last Prisoner Project. LPP is a nonprofit organization dedicated to clemency and expungement, re-entry programs and advocacy for individuals with cannabis convictions. The partnership

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Aurora Cannabis Co-Founder Retires From Board of Directors Aurora Cannabis Inc. says co-founder Terry Booth has retired from the company’s board of directors. Booth stepped down as chief executive in February, but had remained a member of the board of the cannabis company. Michael Singer, Aurora’s executive chairman and interim CEO, says Booth helped set

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