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Headset Settles Federal PPP Loan Claims
SEATTLE – Headset Inc. agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle claims that it improperly received a Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program loan in February 2021, according to an announcement from First ...
Oregon Consolidates Psilocybin and Medical Cannabis Under One Regulator
PORTLAND – The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) officially completes its administrative consolidation of Oregon Psilocybin Services (OPS) and the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP), giving rise to a unified oversight body formally called the Oregon ...
Alaska Calls to Change Cannabis Taxes, Lawmakers Are Slow to Answer
ANCHORAGE – Alaska taxes legal Cannabis at one of the highest rates in the country. Since legalization in 2015, the state has collected an excise tax on every ounce cultivators sell to retailers – a ...
Headset Settles Federal PPP Loan Claims
SEATTLE – Headset Inc. agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle claims that it improperly received a Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program loan in February 2021, according to an announcement from First ...
Oregon Consolidates Psilocybin and Medical Cannabis Under One Regulator
PORTLAND – The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) officially completes its administrative consolidation of Oregon Psilocybin Services (OPS) and the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP), giving rise to a unified oversight body formally called the Oregon ...
Alaska Calls to Change Cannabis Taxes, Lawmakers Are Slow to Answer
ANCHORAGE – Alaska taxes legal Cannabis at one of the highest rates in the country. Since legalization in 2015, the state has collected an excise tax on every ounce cultivators sell to retailers – a ...
CSP C-Store Cannabis Board Teams with Element Training on Hemp and Cannabis Certified Education
CHICAGO – The CSP C-Store Cannabis Board has formalized a partnership with Element Training to deliver structured Hemp and Cannabis Education to convenience store operators and their staff. The program covers product knowledge, age verification, ...
Headset Settles Federal PPP Loan Claims
SEATTLE – Headset Inc. agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle claims that it improperly received a Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program loan in February 2021, according to an announcement from First ...
Oregon Consolidates Psilocybin and Medical Cannabis Under One Regulator
PORTLAND – The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) officially completes its administrative consolidation of Oregon Psilocybin Services (OPS) and the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP), giving rise to a unified oversight body formally called the Oregon ...
Alaska Calls to Change Cannabis Taxes, Lawmakers Are Slow to Answer
ANCHORAGE – Alaska taxes legal Cannabis at one of the highest rates in the country. Since legalization in 2015, the state has collected an excise tax on every ounce cultivators sell to retailers – a ...
Headset Settles Federal PPP Loan Claims
SEATTLE – Headset Inc. agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle claims that it improperly received a Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program loan in February 2021, according to an announcement from First ...
Oregon Consolidates Psilocybin and Medical Cannabis Under One Regulator
PORTLAND – The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) officially completes its administrative consolidation of Oregon Psilocybin Services (OPS) and the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP), giving rise to a unified oversight body formally called the Oregon ...
Alaska Calls to Change Cannabis Taxes, Lawmakers Are Slow to Answer
ANCHORAGE – Alaska taxes legal Cannabis at one of the highest rates in the country. Since legalization in 2015, the state has collected an excise tax on every ounce cultivators sell to retailers – a ...
CSP C-Store Cannabis Board Teams with Element Training on Hemp and Cannabis Certified Education
CHICAGO – The CSP C-Store Cannabis Board has formalized a partnership with Element Training to deliver structured Hemp and Cannabis Education to convenience store operators and their staff. The program covers product knowledge, age verification, ...
SAMHSA Urges States to Prepare for Psychedelic Medicine Approval
WASHINGTON – The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released a detailed policy report urging state officials to begin preparing for the fiscal, legal, and operational realities that federal approval of psychedelic medicines ...
High Times Cannabis Cup Debuts in Montana
HELENA – A competition that helped define American Cannabis culture is coming to a new state. Big Sky Country is preparing for its first-ever High Times Cannabis Cup. The event is set for Saturday, September ...
Canada Is Now the World’s Largest Cannabis Market
OTTAWA – Supported by 3,420 licensed stores and roughly 7.1 million past-year consumers, Canada's legal industry generated C$5.42 billion (approx. US$3.98 billion) in retail sales in 2025, making it the world's largest federally-legal Cannabis market ...
DEA MJ Rescheduling Transcript Goes Public
WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released the complete, corrected transcript from its 11-day marijuana rescheduling hearing, giving the public its first detailed account of the testimony that will guide DEA Chief Administrative Law ...
JARS Cannabis Acquires Sonoran Roots, Claiming Arizona’s Retail Top Spot
PHOENIX – JARS Cannabis and Sonoran Roots have signed a definitive agreement under which JARS will acquire Sonoran Roots, creating Arizona's largest Cannabis retail network – 27 dispensary locations operating under a single platform. The ...
California Tightens Rules on Cannabis Packaging Attractive to Kids
LOS ANGELES – California's effort to draw a sharper legal line around child-appealing Cannabis packaging has cleared the legislature, sending AB 2249 to Gov. Gavin Newsom for final action. The measure, sponsored by Assemblymember Jacqui ...
Massachusetts Opens New Round of Social Equity Applications for Cannabis
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission will begin accepting new applications for its Social Equity Program on September 1, with the intake period running through November 30. The commission will also hold four virtual ...
Fewer Americans Drink Alcohol as Cannabis Shows Up to the Party
LOS ANGELES – For generations, alcohol held an unquestioned place at the center of adult social life. A drink after work. Beer at the game. Wine with dinner. That relationship is now under measurable pressure: ...
Aurora Disputes the Narrative Behind Curaleaf’s Hostile Bid
EDMONTON – Aurora Cannabis Inc. fired back at Curaleaf Holdings Inc., rejecting the claims the Connecticut-based MSO has been advancing to Aurora shareholders to justify its unsolicited takeover bid. In a statement issued today, Aurora's ...
Grown Rogue Pushes East with Planned PharmaCann Acquisition
MEDFORD – Grown Rogue International Inc. announced it has taken the first steps toward the planned acquisition of PharmaCann Inc.'s New York license and assets, through the formation of Grown Rogue New York, LLC (GRNY) ...
Portugal Medical Cannabis Outpaces 2025 Export Run Rate
LISBON – Portugal's medicines regulator, Infarmed, has confirmed that the country exported 66,305 kilograms of medical Cannabis between January and June 2026, equivalent to more than 80% of everything it shipped in all of 2025. ...
