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Suffolk County Sheriff Arrested For Allegedly Pressuring Cannabis Firm To Buy Stock

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Suffolk County Sheriff Arrested For Allegedly Pressuring Cannabis Firm To Buy Stock

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins, 67, has been charged with Two Couns of Extortion for Allegedly Pressing A Boston-Based Cannabis Company to Sell Him Stock While It Was Preparaing For An Initial Public Public Offer In 2020. Federal Prosecutors Allege The Company Feared Rejectioning Tampkins Could Jeopardize its Partnership with a Sheriff’s depratment program that placed former in jobs there – poantially threatening its exploit license and iPoo. Trial submission states that Tampkins have connected $ 50,000 from its retirement account to buy stocks that initially grew at the price before declining. When the actions fell in 2021, he allegedly demanded and received a full return issued through five checks marked as “repayment of the loan”.

Tampkins, who oversees about 1000 employees, was taken to Federal Trustees in Florida and will appear in the US District Court in Boston. The sheriff, which previously fined $ 12,300 in 2023 for counters and the use of staff for personal instructions, threatens up to 20 years in prison for each count, three years under oversight and fine of $ 250,000. Neither his lawyer nor the Sheriff’s department commented on the case.

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A bipartisan coalition has filed legislation to repeal the recently introduced tax

Democrats and Republicans in the Michigan Senate are teaming up on legislation to stop the governor’s plan to fix “damn roads” by making licensed cannabis businesses and consumers pay for it.

A bipartisan coalition of eight senators filed legislation that Senate Bill 810Feb. 26 to repeal Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Comprehensive Road Funding Tax Act. The act, included in the state’s $81 billion budget, implemented a 24% wholesale tax on hemp in early 2026 to raise revenue to repair roads, bridges and other infrastructure throughout Michigan.

This new tax is in addition to the state’s 10% retail cannabis excise tax and 6% sales tax.

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Missouri Rolls Out Decals To Identify Licensed Cannabis Dispensaries

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Missouri Rolls Out Decals To Identify Licensed Cannabis Dispensaries

A new initiative designed to help cannabis patients and consumers identify licensed cannabis dispensaries and products is being implemented by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ Division of Cannabis Regulation.

The initiative is called “Verified Dispensary: ​​We’re on the List.”

It aims to provide tools to support informed purchasing decisions, including a government sticker attached to an interactive dispensary map and guidance on how to identify regulated products, according to a news release.

“Missouri residents should be able to make informed decisions about where they access cannabis products if they choose to do so,” said department director Amy Moore in a news release. “The sticker shows that the cannabis business is licensed and regulated by the state and that its products meet health and safety regulatory requirements.”

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Marijuana operators lobbied to ban hemp-derived THC

For more than a decade, the cannabis industry believed that legalization was a one-way street. Victory after victory occurred at the state level with few exceptions. Now that momentum is faltering as the industry faces a new reality: Prohibition’s “muscle memory” has returned, and the industry’s own internal rifts may be providing ammunition to prohibitionists.

In November 2025, the US Congress effectively banned the intoxicating hemp cannabinoids, leaving the sector fighting for legislative fixes as the industry seeks to survive the new constraints. Congress gave the hemp industry a year to comply with the ban. The hemp industry is hard at work trying to get legislation passed to save itself. As of this writing, no such legislation has become law.

Simultaneously, coordinated efforts in Massachusetts, Maine, and Arizona are working to repeal adult-use laws and eliminate legal retail markets. These campaigns are primarily conducted by SAM Action Inc., the campaign’s political arm Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM)led by President and CEO Dr. Kevin Sabet.

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