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Naked Man Allegedly Injured by Exploding Vape Pen Sues Cannabis Businesses

The suit claims the two businesses are liable for negligence, as well as physical injuries and property damage suffered by the plaintiff.

February 12, 2025

Cannabis Rescheduling

Interlocutory Appeal Could Derail Cannabis Rescheduling Hearing

New evidence prompted rescheduling advocates’ second effort to oust the DEA from the hearing; if relief is denied, they will seek the appeal.

January 8, 2025

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Judge Grants Treez Favorable Judgement in Cannabis-Related Visa Lawsuit Against Feds

A federal judge ruled that the Department of Homeland Security wrongfully denied an amended H-1B visa petition to one of the company’s workers.

December 6, 2024

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Cannabis Rescheduling Judge Authorizes Prohibitionist Group to Respond to Collusion Claims

Smart Approaches to Marijuana was accused of working behind the scenes with the DEA before an administrative law judge hearing was granted.

November 21, 2024

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Cannabis Rescheduling Advocates Say DEA Stacked Deck, Colluded With Prohibitionists

An administrative law judge is giving the DEA five days to respond to the allegations—if it wants to—after he already approved the hearing’s participant list.

November 20, 2024

Top Stories

Supreme Court Inches Toward Allowing Fired Truck Driver to Use RICO Law Over Failed Drug Test

The truck driver claims a hemp-derived CBD product he consumed was falsely advertised as having no THC, causing ‘injury to business.’

October 16, 2024

Nebraska

Nebraska Judge Could Dismiss Lawsuit Targeting Cannabis Ballot Measures This Week

Lancaster County District Court Judge Susan Strong is weighing prohibitionist claims about signature validity for two legalization petitions.

September 23, 2024

California

Treez Files Summary Judgement in Lawsuit Against Feds Over Cannabis-Related Visa Denial

The federal government claims Treez must show its software developer from India ‘does not aid and abet activities that violate the CSA.’

September 19, 2024

Nebraska

Former Nebraska Senator Files Lawsuit Challenging State’s Medical Cannabis Ballot Initiatives

John Kuehn is attempting to prevent a pair of legalization petitions from appearing on the ballot, claiming signature fraud; Organizers dismiss the claim.

September 13, 2024

Industry Headlines

MMJ BioPharma Suing DEA Over Cannabis Reform, Medical Research

The biopharmaceutical company filed a lawsuit, citing ‘unjustified’ delays in processing an application for medical research.

September 11, 2024

Texas

Allen Police Department, DEA Raid 9 Texas Vape Shops, Destroy Hemp Products

Local authorities accused the shops of selling noncompliant products, sometimes to minors. An attorney said the police and DEA ‘overstepped their authority.’

August 28, 2024

Massachusetts

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging CSA’s Constitutionality, but Says Cannabis’s Regulation Under CSA Should Be Reexamined

The motion to dismiss a high-profile lawsuit challenging the federal government’s authority to enforce the Controlled Substances Act against state-legal, intrastate cannabis businesses was granted, but the suit ‘alleged persuasive reasons for a reexamination’ of how the CSA regulates cannabis.

July 2, 2024