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Congress Postpones MORE Act Vote That Would Decriminalize Cannabis

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019 (MORE Act) was scheduled for a floor vote in the House the...

Cannabis and Coronavirus: As Multiple Crises Hit the U.S., Cannabis Remains Resilient

NATIONWIDE – As summer turns to autumn, the U.S. is confronting natural disasters and crisis on several fronts, in addition to the ongoing COVID-19...

IRS Publishes Tax Information for the Cannabis Industry

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has posted an online resource page for the legal cannabis industry. The action comes after the...

Legislators Introduce Bill to Allow CBD in Dietary Supplements

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Representatives Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) and Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) on September 4 introduced the Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD Consumer Protection and...

CDFA Kicks off California Cannabis Promotional Campaign

SACRAMENTO – Got cannabis? The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) launched its “This is California Cannabis” promotional campaign, offering educational resources and...

House Set to Vote on Federal Marijuana Decriminalization

WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. House this September will vote on the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019, or MORE Act, which...

6 CBD Products to Combat Back to School Stress amid COVID-19

Are we having fun yet? If you said “no,” you’re not alone. Anxiety is a perfectly normal reaction after months of pandemic protocols—and for...

Border Patrol Agents Find More than 5K Pounds of Cannabis

LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Border patrol agents from the Laredo North Border Patrol Station in Laredo, Texas, seized more than 5,350 pounds of cannabis,...

Cannabis and Coronavirus: Surviving the Strange Summer

NATIONWIDE – Politics, protests, and natural disasters threatened to take the spotlight off the continuing COVID-19 crisis in the U.S., where infection and death...

DEA Interim Final Rule Sparks Concern Over Hemp, CBD Product Manufacturing

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued an interim final rule (IFR) regarding provisions implemented by the 2018 Farm Act and,...

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