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Arizona Lawmakers Will Vote On Bill To Protect Medical Marijuana Consumers, Here's What's In It
Friday, June 17, 2022 - 9:52am | 394A bill advancing through the Arizona legislature will ensure that cannabis customers are getting what they paid for, reported Phoenix New Times. House Bill 2050 would require the Department of Health Services to collaborate with an outside laboratory to check whether medical and recreational...
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Cannabis Reg. Update: GOP And DEM Officials Quarrel Over Marijuana, New Legalization Efforts In MS, CA, PA & LA
Wednesday, June 8, 2022 - 3:48pm | 995Connecticut Gov. Lamont’s GOP Opponent Calls For Attorney General Investigation After Tweet and Song Celebrating Legal Marijuana Bob Stefanowski (R) wrote a letter asking state AG William Tong (D) to investigate whether Gov. Ned Lamont (D) broke a state statute by sharing...
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Cannabis Reg. Update: MN Gov.'s Bill Allows Small Amounts Of THC In Food & Drinks, Cannabis Legalization By End Of Summer & More
Monday, June 6, 2022 - 5:53pm | 1537Morocco’s Agency To Regulate Medicinal Cannabis Holds First Meeting The upper house of Morocco's parliament approved a bill to legalize the cultivation and commercialization of cannabis for medicinal and industrial uses last year. Now, the country’s regulatory body which will...
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Cannabis Regulatory Update: Rhode Island, Minnesota, Colorado, Washington & Thailand
Thursday, May 19, 2022 - 4:41pm | 1056Rhode Island Senate & House Committees Send Cannabis Legalization Bill To Full Chambers Rhode Island lawmakers gave the green light to a bill to decriminalize, regulate and tax adult recreational cannabis use, sending it to the full Senate and House for consideration. Both chambers scheduled a...
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Cannabis Regulatory Update: New York, Nebraska, Ohio, Louisiana & Poland
Wednesday, May 18, 2022 - 1:04pm | 1212NY Bill Stimulating Business To Utilize Hemp For Industrial Purposes Heads To Gov. Hochul The bill that seeks to stimulate hemp use in packaging, construction and other industrial purposes got the green light from the New York Senate and Assembly. Following final procedural...
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GOP Sen. James Lankford Ridicules Oklahoma Marijuana Law During Abortion Discussion, Here's What He Said
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 - 12:58pm | 429While the number of surveys showing pro-legalization sentiment among Republicans is on the rise, some GOP lawmakers are not only opposing the cannabis reform but also mocking it. Last week, Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma said that the state’s medical marijuana makes it too easy to obtain...
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Cannabis Regulatory Update: Delaware's Marijuana Legalization Bill, NY Approves More Cultivator Licenses, New Hampshire
Friday, May 6, 2022 - 10:12am | 880Delaware House Green Lights Marijuana Legalization Bill, Next Stop - Senate The Delaware House of Representatives gave the green light to a bill to legalize cannabis possession and sharing between adults, reported Marijuana Moment. Sponsored by Rep. Ed Osienski's (D), the measure was approved...
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New Hampshire Senate Rejects Two House-Passed Bills To Legalize Cannabis
Friday, April 29, 2022 - 1:52pm | 363New Hampshire lawmakers have struck down two House-passed bills that would have legalized marijuana on Thursday, reported Marijuana Moment. Senate members rejected the noncommercial legislation from Rep. Carol McGuire (R) in a 9-15 vote following a heated discussion on an amendment that would...
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Cannabis Regulatory Update: California Growers Sell Pot Products At Farmers Markets, Legalization Efforts In MO, OH, KS & SD
Thursday, April 28, 2022 - 3:46pm | 1348California To Let Cannabis Growers Sell Products At Farmer Markets, Raises Issue Of Workplace Protections For Cannabis Users A proposed bill will allow cannabis growers in California to sell their cannabis products at licensed events, such as farmer markets. Assembly Bill 269, sponsored by Assm....
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Cannabis Regulatory Update: Federal-State Marijuana 'Policy Gap' Widens, Legalization Push In South Carolina, Georgia, North Dakota
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 - 4:30pm | 1069Federal-State Marijuana ‘Policy Gap’ Continues To Grow As More States Legalizes Cannabis With more and more states legalizing both medical and recreational cannabis, the gap between federal and state cannabis policies seems to be widening, a new report showed. The Congressional Research...
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California Senate Green-Lights Scott Wiener's Bill To Stop Cities From Banning Medical Marijuana, Here's What's Next
Monday, April 25, 2022 - 10:08am | 327California Senate Committee gave the green light to a bill that restores voter-created access to medicinal cannabis by requiring cities to provide patients access to purchase medicinal cannabis via delivery. According to a press release, Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill...
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Cannabis Regulatory Update: Nebraska, Washington D.C., Ohio, Missouri, Wisconsin
Friday, April 22, 2022 - 8:35am | 1261Nebraska Medical Cannabis Campaign Needs More Money As Deadline To Submit Petition Approaches A campaign to get a medical cannabis proposal on the Nebraska ballot later this year is desperate for funding, as a summer deadline to submit a petition to the state is approaching, reported High Times....
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Cannabis Regulatory Update: Delaware, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Tennessee
Friday, April 15, 2022 - 10:42am | 1087Complementary Marijuana & Regulations Bills Get Green Light From Delaware House Committees Delaware lawmakers passed a pair of complementary bills to legalize marijuana and set up regulations for cannabis commerce on Wednesday. Sponsored by Rep. Ed Osienski (D), both measures were approved in...
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Cannabis Regulatory Update: DEA Says Marijuana Seeds Are Considered Legal Hemp If Below THC Limit, New York, South Carolina, Oklahoma
Friday, April 8, 2022 - 5:14pm | 1446DEA Confirms Cannabis Seeds Are Considered Legal Hemp If Consisting Less Than 0.3% THC The 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp from the definition of marijuana in the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Marijuana, on the other hand, remains federally prohibited, which can't be said for the plant'...
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GOP-Led Psilocybin Decriminalization & Research Bill Heads To Oklahoma Senate
Wednesday, March 9, 2022 - 12:38pm | 472A bill to decriminalize low-level possession of psilocybin and promote research into the therapeutic potential of the psychedelic is heading to the Oklahoma Senate after House members gave it the green light. Sponsored by Rep. Daniel Pae (R), the legislation cleared the chamber in a 62-30...