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This article was originally published in December 2020. Cannabis regulations vary by state, with license caps serving as one of the more glaring differences. Depending where you are, caps may or may not be imposed on various points in the supply chain, which can include limits on ownership,...

A survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center found that nearly six in ten (57%) of Black Americans favor legalizing medical and recreational cannabis. An additional 28 percent said just medical cannabis should be legal and 11 percent said that marijuana should remain completely...

Argentina’s Congress approved a law that to create a regulatory framework for public and private investments in the production of hemp and cannabis products in early May. The bill needed to be signed by President Alberto Fernández, which he did this week. “This is another...

Just three months ago, Booklyn native and weed entrepreneur Alex Todd griped to Benzinga about how much it "sucks" that recreational cannabis isn't legal in New York. "Our whole brand is an East Coast brand that we had to bring over to the West Coast because there’s no...

Marijuana arrests trend downward in America. Yet, scores of individuals remain imprisoned for cannabis-related offenses on the federal and state levels. This underscores the ongoing disparity between the drug war and the legalized markets. Weldon Angelos was incarcerated for a non-violent...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday his proposal for a legal cannabis program across New York State. The plan calls for a new Office of Cannabis Management. This group would oversee a nascent recreational program as well as New York's current medical marijuana program. The proposal,...

On Friday, the House of Representatives voted 228 to 164 in favor of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act. The legislation — first introduced by Rep Jerrold Nadler and sponsored by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris — is poised to...

Home cultivation has emerged as a clear sticking point in cannabis reform across many states. While it faces pushback, including from several cannabis brands, home grow is making incremental progress in medical and adult use markets, and ushering in a variety of parameters to meet state needs....

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Mexican Senators approved a historic adult use cannabis legalization bill on Nov. 19, with an 82 to 18 vote. This doesn't legalize adult use just yet, but Mexico appears well on its way to becoming the third nation to do so and potentially the largest legal marijuana market in the world....

The state medical cannabis questions that are being decided by voters Nov. 3 have interesting — and potentially troublesome — qualities, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Executive Director Erik Altieri told Benzinga.  South Dakota The Mount Rushmore...

Cannabis legalization advocates often tout the plant's potential to boost state coffers. Among the case studies they cite are Illinois, which reported $52 million in marijuana tax revenue for the first half of 2020; Colorado, which collected more than $244 million from January to...

Last June, Colorado’s Governor Jared Polis signed a bill giving him the power to pardon anyone who has been convicted of possessing less than two ounces of cannabis. The news was celebrated by the cannabis community, but the details are hazy, confusing many when it come to the process for...

New Jersey voters across the political spectrum strongly support the legalization of cannabis and former Vice President Joe Biden for the November ballot. That's according to a new poll from law firm Brach Eichler LLC that surveyed some 500 registered voters in the Garden State....

Cantor FItzgerald has highlighted several key factors in the year ahead for the THC and CBD markets. Pablo Zuanic, a research analyst with the firm, explained that state-level efforts should lead to further adult use and medical reform. He also posits that legislative action will put pressure...