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Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California public health officials this evening issued an updated policy on gatherings to protect public health and slow the spread of COVID-19.

Illinois sold nearly $40 million in its first month of legal adult-use cannabis sales, presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg revealed his views on drug policy, Australia’s capital legalizes possession and home cultivation, and more cannabis news from last week.

While Australia continues to prohibit cannabis at the federal level, a cannabis legalization measure that took effect last month now permits possession and cultivation in its nation’s capital.

New Zealand’s medical cannabis program will prohibit edibles when it launches in April.

Bernie Sanders pledges legal cannabis for all, MedMen’s CEO resigns, Cookies opens up its first dispensary outside of California, and more cannabis news from last week.

For many years, China has been the top industrial hemp producer on the planet even though China did not issue the first license for legal CBD until 2017. China’s industrial hemp is used to make everything from clothing to paper and hand lotion, with many of these products exported to other countries.

In 2018, Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that cannabis prohibition is unconstitutional and tasked lawmakers in Mexico with passing and implementing cannabis-legalizing legislation — within one year of the ruling. That did not happen as 2019 came and went without a single legalization measure passing.

After Party and Alumni Reunion Not to Be Missed! Oaksterdam University cordially invites one and all to the Class of 2019 Graduation and Celebration on Saturday, February 1st, 2020. The ceremony is for students that completed classes in 2019, previous students who...

In a recent statement, Canada’s new Health Minister advised citizens to refrain from consuming cannabis, even legal cannabis completely.