The governor of Kentucky announced on Thursday that the state has received nearly 5,000 medical marijuana business license applications as of last weekend, a level of interest that has taken officials by surprise. During the two-month application window that opened on July 1, Kentucky’s Office of Medical Cannabis (OCM)... Read more

Financial analysts say they expect the expansion of the marijuana legalization movement will continue to post a “significant threat” to the alcohol industry, citing survey data that suggests more people are using cannabis as a substitute for alcoholic beverages such a beer and wine. A report from Bloomberg Intelligence... Read more

Six years after Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized hemp at the federal level, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is attempting to rein in the proliferation of products that contain intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoids. While many support the aims of the proposal, some stakeholders contend it could ultimately... Read more

A U.S. appeals court has ruled that the hemp-derived cannabinoid THC-O-acetate is federally legal under the 2018 Farm Bill, rejecting the position of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) that the chemical is a Schedule I controlled substance. The opinion, published on Wednesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for... Read more

Ahead of New Hampshire’s primary elections on Tuesday, candidates for governor in the state are weighing in on whether and how lawmakers should legalize marijuana. All three leading Democrats say they’d support the reform—though they differ on key policy details—while top Republicans, unlike outgoing Gov. Chris Sununu (R), say... Read more