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Curaleaf posted sales of $320 million for its latest quarter. Jeenah Moon/Bloomber The world’s biggest licensed cannabis seller, Curaleaf Holdings , nearly doubled its sales in 2021, and can expect recreational sales to begin in New Jersey, Connecticut, and New York in the next year or so. But the 2022 guidance it released with its December quarter results wasn’t as strong as analysts expected. That won’t help a stock (ticker: CURLF) that has underperformed in the past few weeks. “We had a great year in 2021, growing over 93%,” Chief Executive Joe Bayern told Barron’s Friday. “It really highlights the…

With at least five competing cannabis legalization bills in play this session in Maryland, the state’s Senate president weighed in on Friday about how he’d like to see lawmakers proceed during the remaining weeks of the legislative session. The House of Delegates passed legislation last week that would ask voters whether to legalize cannabis for adults in the state, as well as a separate bill that lays out related criminal justice reforms. On the Senate side, two competing proposals have been introduced and are pending in committee: One that would legalize cannabis directly later this year as well as another…

With at least five competing cannabis legalization bills in play this session in Maryland, the state’s Senate president weighed in on Friday about how he’d like to see lawmakers proceed during the remaining weeks of the legislative session. The House of Delegates passed legislation last week that would ask voters whether to legalize cannabis for adults in the state, as well as a separate bill that lays out related criminal justice reforms. On the Senate side, two competing proposals have been introduced and are pending in committee: One that would legalize cannabis directly later this year as well as another…

The Oklahoma House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill to decriminalize low-level possession of psilocybin and promote research into the therapeutic potential of the psychedelic, sending it to the Senate. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Daniel Pae (R), cleared the chamber in a 62-30 vote. This comes one month after the measure advanced through the House Public Health Committee. The bill is one of two GOP-led psilocybin reform measures that were filed in the Oklahoma House in January. The other is less far-reaching in that it doesn’t contain a decriminalization provision and is more targeted in its research guidelines….

Mar. 3—EAST WINDSOR — A man caught growing 192 marijuana plants in the basement of his home adjacent to East Windsor Middle School, while possessing a cache of illegal weapons, accepted a plea bargain Wednesday in which he was convicted of a number of crimes and can expect a one-year prison sentence. Marc Edward Betancourt, who is in his late 40s and has listed an address on Wesley Road, was convicted in the Hartford Superior Court plea bargain of producing marijuana and possessing the drug with the intent to sell it, online court records show. He also was convicted of…