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The estimated value of the plants was over £1 million. Police have uncovered a large cannabis factory hidden in a warehouse in Pontypridd. Around a thousand plants were seized on Friday, October 27, when officers conducted a warrant at a unit in Treforest Industrial Estate, following thermal images

Nevada's Cannabis Compliance Board Approves Six Conditional Licenses for Consumption Lounges. Nevada’s Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) approved six new conditional licences for consumption lounges last week (October 24). Alongside the issuance of half a dozen new licences, the CCB has reportedly

The Palm Springs City Council has approved a 45-day moratorium on new cannabis business licenses while recommendations to limit the growth of the industry are considered. The Palm Springs City Council voted last week to put a temporary moratorium on issuing new cannabis licenses while civic leaders

Switzerland's health authority has been granted approval to establish the first legal adult-use cannabis dispensaries in Europe amid a pilot project. Germany-based cannabis company Sanity Group and the Swiss Institute for Addiction and Health Research (ISGF) obtained this week the final approval

Survey Reveals Americans' Views on Cannabis and Consumption Habits. Provider of clinically guided cannabis health and wellness solutions EO Care, Inc., released this week's results of its new survey showing Americans' views on marijuana and consumption habits. All of the 1,027 survey participants

Health Canada expects cannabis exports to continue to increase significantly, with more than a thousand applications already submitted as of September 12, 2023. The federal regulator has already received 1,211 applications from Canadian companies seeking to export cannabis since the beginning of the

KDD Society and Ta’ Zelli were granted the licences this month. Two cannabis associations have become the first to be granted a licence to operate, meaning they can legally grow and sell the drug. KDD Society and Ta’ Zelli were granted the licences this month. Leonid McKay, head of the Authority for

Heritage Cannabis Holdings Corp, has officially begun sales of recreational cannabis in New York. The New York cannabis market is currently projected to reach a valuation of over $4 billion within five years, and is expected to be second only to the California market in the country. With this strong

When President Donald Trump signed the 2018 farm bill into law, hemp and hemp-derived products like CBD suddenly became legal across the country. The law created a new market that spurred farmers to grow hemp, and led retailers — including gas stations and bodegas — to start selling everything from

Though cannabis is legal in Arizona, attorneys say weeding through federal laws gets in the way. Recreational marijuana use was approved by Arizona voters in November 2020, but where there's smoke there may not be equal treatment under the law. That's because marijuana is still illegal at the

The state's Office of Cannabis Management hasn't yet published license applications, but they should be available in early 2025. This summer, Minnesota's recreational marijuana law went into effect, legalizing the possession and use of marijuana for Minnesotans 21 and older and opening up a host of

Often packaged like candy and displayed prominently at convenience store counters, delta-8 THC products are popular, profitable and, for now, unregulated. Delta-8 is a psychoactive chemical compound found in the cannabis plant that can be sold in the form of gummies, brownies and other treats, and

Employees at a cultivation and production facility in South Jersey are the latest group of workers in New Jersey’s cannabis industry to unionize. According to United Food and Commercial Workers Local 152, a dozen cultivators at The Cannabist’s grow site in Vineland voted in September to organize as

Massachusetts Social Consumption Sites Face Uncertain Timetable Amid Regulatory Challenges. Tito Jackson hopes to someday turn his marijuana dispensary, Apex Noire, into a place where guests can listen to poetry and music while enjoying cannabis-infused foods and other products on his facility’s

New Jersey Seeks Public Comment on Expanding Edible Cannabis Product Offerings. The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJ-CRC) has stated it is seeking public comment on proposed new rules that would expand the types of ingestible cannabis products available to consumers. The public comment

The Kentucky Center for Economic Policy (KCEP) has released a new report revealing the statistics surrounding marijuana-related offenses in the state over the past two decades. The Kentucky Center for Economic Policy (KCEP) has released a groundbreaking report revealing the shocking statistics

Bank of America, the National Rifle Association, and Mastercard are among the entities that are currently lobbying on the marijuana banking act. As first reported in an article published on Cannabis Wire on October 20, Bank of America, the National Rifle Associaton, and Mastercard included the

Pot is now legal in Michigan, although lots of laws were broken in issuing the first licenses to sellers and growers. Two additional bad actors were sentenced today in connection with a brazen bribery scandal. The person who admits accepting the bribes is Rick Johnson—a former Speaker of the

Developer Withdraws Plans for Marijuana-Friendly Village in Kansas After Controversy. The developer of a marijuana-friendly entertainment district has withdrawn his redevelopment plans for a tiny Kansas City-area village after The Star inquired about a series of connections between the project and

HWY35 was recently approved for a public financing loan of $10 million to fund the cannabis business. One company called HWY35, LLC, currently based in Missouri, recently received funds from the Minnesota Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation’s Advisory board (IRRR) voted 5-3 to