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<![CDATA[The unofficial end of summer saw a crackdown on illegal cannabis operations in Oregon and California this past week.Over Labor Day weekend, law enforcement seized $50 million worth of cannabis at a large-scale facility in Oregon that was disguised as a legal hemp operation and confiscated 1,335 pounds of cannabis from an illegal grow in San Bernardino County, Calif.California's legal cannabis market, on the other hand, has provided $2.8 billion in tax revenue since adult-use sales launched in 2018. Read moreMaine's adult-use market is also booming, with August sales surpassing $10 million—a nearly 50% increase from June. Read moreElsewhere, Illinois regulators admitted a "clerical oversight" error on data entry that wrongfully excluded applicants from the state's three-part lottery process that awarded 185 cannabis retail licenses in July and August. The state will now conduct a corrective lottery to award additional adult-use cannabis dispensary licenses. Read moreIn New Mexico, two of the state's licensed medical cannabis producers speculate that there could be a cannabis shortage crisis when adult-use sales begin next year. Read moreMontana's medical cannabis businesses may get a reprieve after the Department of Revenue revised its proposed advertising regulations for the industry based on public comment it received on its draft rules, which were released in July. Read moreNebraskans for Medical Marijuana is back on track after the state's Supreme Court struck down the group's medical cannabis legalization measure before the 2020 election. The organization filed two new medical cannabis initiatives with the Secretary of State this week. Read moreAt the federal level, the cannabis industry submitted its feedback on the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA) ahead of a Sept. 1 deadline for public comment on the draft bill, which would remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act, federally tax and regulate cannabis, and allow states to keep…

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Source : Law Enforcement Seizes Cannabis from Illegal Grows in Oregon, California: Week in Review

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