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New York's Cannabis Advisory Board is meeting now. Chair Belluck says there will be a "robust" update on the Community Reinvestment Fund. totalwebcasting.com/view/?func=V...

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Track-and-trace firm BioTrack responds to recent reporting that out-of-state cannabis products are being sold in NY. NY picked BioTrack as its track-and-trace provider in 2022. It's a crucial part of cannabis supply chain management. mjbizdaily.com/lack-of-trac...

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New York cannabis dispensary chain Gotham has filed lawsuit against the state's Office of Cannabis Management over what they call an "unconstitutional mandate" in the MRTA that requires all NY cannabis companies to execute a labor peace agreement to obtain or renew a license.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is in hot water over steering $10 million of a legal Medicaid settlement into his wife’s charity — which then went to two organizations that successfully fought legalization last year. www.cultivated.news/p/desantis-a...

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How will tariffs impact the #cannabis industry? Well, it's not good. Grow lights, packaging, rolling papers, and vape hardware are mostly manufactured in China and Asia. Read the latest @cultivatednews.bsky.social: www.cultivated.news/p/how-will-t...

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Our March in review @cultivatednews.bsky.social

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Did Canadians consume cannabis more widely, more frequently and at younger ages as it became more accessible and affordable? The answer was mostly no. From @profmjarmstrong.bsky.social theconversation.com/cannabis-ret...

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In today's @cultivatednews.bsky.social The most profitable legal weed states — if the federal government legalizes — are those with more laissez-faire regulations, according to an analysis from UC Davis economist Robin Goldstein. Read it here: www.cultivated.news/p/states-tha...

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In today's @cultivatednews.bsky.social: 🌿Virginia might be for lovers, but it's not for cannabis 🤝 Glass House gets into hemp biz 🥊 Minnesota publishes proposed regs 🤔 Arizona rules all hemp must be sold in dispensaries Read it below and be sure to subscribe. t.co/Gx8mHc9ezL

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Arizona’s attorney general ruled that all Hemp-THC products including beverages and edibles must be sold within state-regulated dispensaries. www.azag.gov/press-releas...

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In today's @cultivatednews.bsky.social, Tennessee weighs a 'pot for potholes' bill to legalize and tax recreational cannabis to pay for road and infrastructure repairs. But Republican lawmakers in the deep-Rep state are against it. www.cultivated.news/p/tennessee-...

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Nice day climbing and skiing with my brother

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You don't say. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/03/10/f...

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Driving while high is hard to detect. States are racing to find a good tool www.npr.org/2025/03/10/n...

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The president, who last week told Congress he had "stopped all government censorship and brought back free speech in America," said today that the government had arrested a student because of his disfavored opinions. "This is the first arrest of many to come," he said.

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PM Justin Trudeau is on his way out of office, to be replaced by Mark Carney. His crowning achievements of nearly 10 years in office? Cannabis legalization, according to a recent poll. Read the latest @cultivatednews.bsky.social www.cultivated.news/p/legalizing...

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Sam Adams maker Boston Beer Co execs revealed how big beer companies are thinking about the cannabis and hemp-derived beverage industry in the US. In short, they're not quite there yet, I write in today's @cultivatednews.bsky.social. www.cultivated.news/p/boston-bee...

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Welcome to our new weekly wrap-up. This Week In Cannabis News, powered by Dutchie. www.cultivated.news/p/this-week-...

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Trump missed a big opportunity to push cannabis reform on the biggest state when he invited Marc Fogel, who was imprisoned in Russia for 17 grams of cannabis and freed last month, to his Wednesday night joint address in front of Congress. www.cultivated.news/p/trump-s-mi...

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In today's @cultivatednews.bsky.social, a new bill introduced in the New York State on Monday would allow legal dispensaries to sell intoxicating hemp products containing THC.

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Our @cultivatednews.bsky.social Sunday Read is a guest analysis from @deepakanand.bsky.social on what the recent German elections mean for the country's experiment with cannabis legalization. www.cultivated.news/p/what-the-g...

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In today's @cultivatednews.bsky.social: 👀 NYT investigates New York's social equity fund 💰 Green Thumb Industries $GTBIF crushes earnings 🍹 Trulieve drops a line of hemp-THC drinks And much, much more. Read it here and be sure to subscribe! www.cultivated.news/p/false-prom...

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The Payload Space team has built a great business. $1.8 million of revenue for a small digital media startup, up from $1 million in '23, is fantastic. They just raised $1.4 million to expand into new, related verticals. www.axios.com/2025/02/25/d...

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Finally solved: how the body's own marijuana spreads through the brain www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

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As Pennsylvania inches toward legalizing recreational cannabis, lawmakers propose selling it in state-owned dispensaries similar to state liquor stores @theconversation.com theconversation.com/as-pennsylva...

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N.J. medical cannabis patients feel betrayed as legal weed business booms www.nj.com/marijuana/20...

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This is interesting: The IRS owes Jushi, a cannabis company, $6 million in COVID-era ERC tax credits. Jushi sold them to a third party for $5.1 million to raise money. mjbizdaily.com/cannabis-mso...

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The new German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said he wants to roll back legalization. In Monday's @cultivatednews.bsky.social, I wrote that uncertainty may put some of the medical supply agreements that Canadian firms have signed in jeopardy. Today, High Tide said it was pausing a planned deal.

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Because I get asked about this: I’m pretty open about my politics and distaste for Trump and his rhetoric. As an independent journalist, I feel I would be doing readers a disservice if they weren’t aware of where I’m coming from. By posting about this, I am being transparent as possible.

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The first results from Health Canada’s Cannabis Data Gathering Program found that nearly half of the 50 samples of legal cannabis tested had THC levels under 80% of their label claim.

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