Trulieve Cannabis Corp. says it has reached an agreement with OSHA that will lead to additional worker protections after an employee at its Massachusetts facility died from inhaling ground cannabis dust.

Stop the Stigma profits will be donated to Pardons Canada to help individuals with cannabis convictions obtain pardons, record suspensions, U.S. entry waivers, and file destructions.

Voters in Missouri and Maryland approved adult-use cannabis in the Nov. 8 election, while Arkansas, North Dakota, and South Dakota rejected ballot measures to allow it in their states.

President Joe Biden has announced plans to pardon Americans with federal simple marijuana possession convictions and order top officials to review the scheduling of cannabis.

Rootwurks, Inc. has launched an e-learning, training, and compliance management platform to help cannabis companies maintain regulatory compliance through interactive education and a user-friendly operational toolkit.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to five companies for selling products labeled as containing delta-8-THC in ways that violate the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 

The UK has begun to regulate the market for orally consumed legal cannabis extracts, following the release of the Food Standards Agency’s public list of cannabidiol (CBD) products permitted for sale to consumers. 

With cannabis-derived products outpacing the existing science and imposing massive health concerns, in October 2021 the FDA issued a “Cannabis-derived products data acceleration plan” to detect safety signals and accelerate research studies.

California's Department of Cannabis Control has launched CannaConnect, a new resource to connect cannabis license holders to the tools they need to thrive in the state’s legal cannabis market.

Erik Paulson, PhD, lab manager at InfiniteCAL, recently spoke to Cannabis Products Magazine about Colorado's hemp testing facility certification process and what it means for growers and manufacturers.