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Apr 01
Press Release – Curaleaf Launches New “THC energy drink” + don’t forget the caffeine too.. in Arizona and Maine

Here’s the blurb [PRESS RELEASE] – STAMFORD, Conn., March 31, 2025 – Curaleaf Holdings Inc., a leading international provider of consumer cannabis products, announced an exciting category extension in hemp beverages with Select FormulaX, a hemp-derived THC energy drink. Select FormulaX is a fast-acting, flavor-filled, 10-milligram THC experience with the added boost of caffeine, sold in […]

Apr 01
Florida Bill to Restrict, Regulate Hemp Products Advances to Senate Floor

Cannabis Business Times Nearly a year after Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed legislation aiming to ban hemp products containing constituents like delta-8 THC, Florida lawmakers are upping their efforts to clamp down on the state’s cannabinoid market. The Florida Senate Fiscal Policy Committee voted unanimously, 18-0, on March 27 to advance Senate Bill 438, which aims to prohibit all products containing […]

Apr 01
New Online Portal Now Live

Today the Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) expanded our online Portal with new features making most of LCB’s Licensing services accessible online. These changes will improve and streamline doing business with LCB. What will the Portal do? You can check your application status and submit documents for pending applications, including packaging and labeling approval. You […]

Apr 01
Board meeting recap – approvals can be found in the latest Executive Director’s Report.

Board meeting recap The March Board meeting took place last week. Click here to watch a reply of the meeting. Under its usual business, the Board approved applications for initial and renewal licenses. Those approvals can be found in the latest Executive Director’s Report. The Board also reviewed the current rules regarding cannabis competitions (YouTube timestamp: 48:10) […]

Apr 01
MJ Biz: How a Colorado operator stumbled onto ‘blueprint for laundering marijuana’

What a tangled web they weave…. Justin Trouard thought he was doing a favor when he agreed in January to look at the books of a struggling, licensed Colorado marijuana cultivation company to see if he could help turn the business around. Instead, the CEO of licensed outdoor cultivator Mammoth Farms stumbled onto “the blueprint […]

Apr 01
German Woman Inherits Property In Bad Harzburg, On Inspection Learns It Is A Cannabis Growhouse!

Too Bad !! In Lower Saxony, the heiress of the property decided to inspect the semi-destroyed house that she had just inherited. However, she discovered that it was locked. The woman called the police and law enforcement officers helped her open the locked doors of the house. Upon entering the building, everyone was greatly surprised: […]

Apr 01
Holland & Hart: the buzz: Cannabis News & Policy Update | March 2025

Welcome back to the buzz, our monthly cannabis news and policy update. Your at-a-glance source for regulatory developments, agency announcements, and trends impacting the cannabis industry. In this edition of the buzz, highlights include: Federal Updates: CTA update—no BOI required for US companies; no progress on rescheduling – Around the states: Major enforcement against unlicensed […]

Apr 01
Trump White House Says Marijuana Decriminalization ‘Opened The Door To Disorder’ In Washington, D.C.

That’s about as plain speakin’ as you get from the Trumpster – beware! In DC cannabis will soon become an unknown pleasure, post punk fans out there will know there’s a double pun in here, actually there a another lit and music reference  in here as well but let’s just stick with the Manchester thing! […]

Apr 01
The Guardian: Oregon abandoned its radical drug law. Then came the mass arrests

Oregon abandoned its radical drug law. Then came the mass arrests Last year, the state ended a trailblazing law decriminalizing possession. Drug users in some counties are now in and out of jail, without lawyers, struggling to get treatment At 7.45am on a cool February morning in Medford, Oregon, six police officers pulled up to a […]

Apr 01
2025 Drug Policy Executive Course

The first Module of the 2025 Drug Policy Executive Course organised within the Pompidou Group’s International Drug Policy Academy brought together participants from 19 countries from Europe, America and the Southern shore of the Mediterranean. Hosted by the University of Malta, Valletta Campus, it took place from 25 to 28 March. The programme of Module I focused […]