The Texas Supreme Court rejected regulators’ motion to remove an injunction on their ban on delta-8 THC.

Rhode Island’s House speaker says a final marijuana legalization bill will be ready for passage early in 2022, as negotiators have just one major issue left to resolve.

A New York senator filed a bill that would allow marijuana businesses to deduct expenses from their state tax returns that are not allowed under the federal 280E provision.

The Arizona Department of Revenue reports that recreational marijuana sales hit a record monthly high in October. Adult-use sales are still smaller than medical cannabis sales, but they are catching up.

The House Oversight Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a hearing on law enforcement asset forfeiture practices in marijuana, drug, and other criminal cases.

A spokesperson for North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) said the number of people applying to have marijuana convictions pardoned has “slowed to a dwindle.”

Ohio’s House speaker said he thinks there will be “significant opposition” to marijuana legalization bills in the 2022 session, but that there will also be “some significant support in some corners.”

Indiana’s House majority leader said it’s worth “taking a look” at medical cannabis legislation.

Thailand’s ministry of public health is pushing to remove further restrictions on cannabis.

The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs blocked the chair of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention from presenting a report on abuses in the war on drugs.

A review concluded that “therapeutic potential of cannabinoids as anti-inflammatory compounds is hypothesized for the treatment of COVID-19.”

A study of children with autism spectrum disorder found that “Cannabis-Responsive biomarkers shift toward the [typically developing] mean after [medical cannabis] treatment and can potentially quantify benefit at the metabolic level.”

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