Federal
DEA registers 900+ medical dispensaries, then limits who they can trade with
Federal protection arrives for a fraction of applicants, with a supply-chain rule that could split state markets in two.
Hemp
Illinois hemp THC cliff hits next Thursday as federal ban slips to December
Illinois starts enforcing its 0.4 mg total-THC cap on 12 November, a month before the delayed federal rule reaches the rest of the country.
Markets
Organigram moves to buy Aurora for C$561M as Curaleaf keeps its hostile bid alive
A friendly all-Canadian deal at C$7.80 a share now competes with Curaleaf's amended hostile bid, and Aurora's board has picked a side.
Voters keep legal cannabis as repeal pushes fail in Massachusetts and Idaho
Massachusetts kept its adult-use market by roughly three to one, and Idaho voters refused to give lawmakers sole power over legalization.
What to watch
- Illinois Department of Agriculture's advised date for hemp manufacturers to apply for licences
- Delaware lets growers make and wholesale their own pre-rolls
- Illinois begins enforcing its Hemp Act; synthetic cannabinoids lose federal hemp status
- Bucharest Court of Appeal rehears prosecutors' appeal in the Wiz Khalifa case
- Georgia opens medical dispensary license applications (to 20 Nov)
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- PolicyVoters keep legal cannabis as repeal pushes fail in Massachusetts and Idaho
- FederalDEA registers 900+ medical dispensaries, then limits who they can trade with
- HempIllinois hemp THC cliff hits next Thursday as federal ban slips to December
- MarketsOrganigram moves to buy Aurora for C$561M as Curaleaf keeps its hostile bid alive
- EuropeRomanian court cancels Wiz Khalifa's prison sentence over festival joint
- StatesState desk: new licenses in Georgia, pre-rolls in Delaware, a store cap fight in Washington
- SciencePain relief, better sleep and less drinking: this week's research
- MarketsSNDL books record free cash flow while it reviews its grow business