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Florida has fully adopted CanPay, the largest legitimate payment network for cannabis merchants and consumers. The platform is now accepted at 95% of the state's medical marijuana treatment centers (MMTCs). Nearly 100% of Florida's medical cannabis patients can use CanPay to pay for their cannabis purchases.

Louisiana employees who use medical marijuana may soon receive much-needed protection from being fired, reported Marijuana Moment.

Even though medical marijuana is often recommended to help treat sleep disorders, anxiety and some forms of epilepsy, a 

The Department of Justice sentenced dad Kenneth Rhule and son Keith Rhule to five years for breaking some serious federal rules: conspiracy to manufacture and distribute cannabis and money laundering. What the duo had apparently intended to do with an undercover agent made their case even more distasteful. Human Trafficking

Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (OTCQX: TCNNF) (CSE:TRUL) will host a grand opening of a new Trulieve-branded medical marijuana dispensary under the Permit Harvest of SouthEast PA, LLC. in Coatesville, Penn.

New York’s Office of Cannabis Management approved regulations late Wednesday on the packaging and labeling of marijuana products, with strict stipulations that they are not to be attractive to children. That is, no cartoons, no neon colors and no names that are any variation of the word "candy."

According to an audio recording, a top Minnesota House Democratic staffer and other members of the party conspired to influence the outcome of the November elections by giving voters what appears to be a Trump-affiliated party to support on the ballot as an alternative to the traditional Republican ticket.

This article was originally published on Cannabis & Tech Today and appears here with permission.