Jonathan Wachs joins Dickinson Wright as a member of its intellectual property and cannabis practices in Washington, the firm said Monday.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore pardoned more than 175,000 marijuana convictions, addressing what he said were longstanding inequities in the criminal justice system connected to the recreational drug.

The New Hampshire House killed a compromise bill that would have legalized marijuana and set up retail sales in the state, just hours after the Senate advanced it Thursday.

New York State’s sales of legal cannabis this year will pass the $200 million mark in early June as enforcement of illegal stores ramps up, according to the state’s Office of Cannabis Management.

Thailand has issued a draft regulation to reclassify cannabis as narcotics from next year as Prime Minister <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"00000190-23c8-d5f2-a594-f7ec96370000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Srettha Thavisin’s government seeks to clamp down on rampant recreational use of marijuana.

A district court considered sufficient evidence, witness testimony, and correctly chose not to suppress statements that resulted in two Mexican citizens being convicted of marijuana possession with intent to distribute one hundred kilograms or more, the Fifth Circuit sitting en banc ruled Friday.