AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoCourtroom Wins for Cannabis Ballot Measures: Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court let a repeal initiative move forward for the November ballot, saying the AG’s ballot summary was fair and the measure’s parts were sufficiently related. Regulatory Enforcement in Focus: New York’s appeals court cleared the way for warrantless inspections of hemp stores, while a separate NY federal judge rejected an attempt to block retail marijuana licensure. Illinois Hemp Crackdown: Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill aligning “intoxicating hemp” sales with the 21+ age limit and adding cannabis-style rules like child-proof packaging and anti-misleading marketing. Industry & Business Moves: Avicanna closed a non-brokered private placement to fund working capital, production, and R&D; NewLake Capital Partners approved a $0.43 Q2 dividend tied to its real-estate portfolio serving licensed cannabis operators. Product Claims Under Fire: Lil Baby’s hemp company countersued over allegations of elevated THC and contamination, while Bay Smokes disputes the claims and points to its own lab testing. Compliance & Operations: Oklahoma’s enforcement teams seized 49,257 marijuana plants in Nowata County, with ICE detaining seven people amid allegations of illegal cultivation and black-market trafficking.
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