Anthony Martinelli is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Marijuana Herald, a daily marijuana news and information website that launched in 2018. You can reach Anthony at [email protected].
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Dec 18 2023
Colorado Cannabis Research Institute Announces Six New Marijuana Studies Funded With $800k
Colorado’s Institute of Cannabis Research (ICR) announced that they will be allocating $800,000 to fund six different cannabis studies. The studies will be conducted at Colorado State University (CSU) and the University of Colorado (UC), with funding coming from the state’s Colorado Marijuana Tax Cash Fund. The ICR first opened in 2015, and has since …
Dec 18 2023
Federal Legislation to Protect Legal Marijuana States and Allow Interstate Commerce Gains New Sponsor
Bipartisan legislation titled the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) Act has gained its sixth sponsor. The STATES Act was filed State Representative Dave Joyce (R) earlier this month, with Representatives Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R), Brian Mast (R), Troy Carter (D) and Earl Blumenauer (D) serving as cosponsors. On Friday, Representative Luis Correa (D-CA) …
Dec 18 2023
New Hampshire Lawmaker Prefiles Bill to Legalize Magic Mushrooms, LSD and Mescaline for Therapeutic Use
Legislation that would legalize the therapeutic use of certain psychedelics has been prefiled in the New Hampshire Legislature. Prefiled by State Representative Kevin Verville (R) for the upcoming legislative session that begins in January, House Bill 1693 has been referred to the Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee. The full text of the measure …
Dec 18 2023
DEA Seeks to Place Two Psychedelics on List of Schedule I Drugs
The DEA is seeking to make two currently legal psychedelics Schedule I drugs under the Controlled Substances Act, making them illegal for all uses. “The Drug Enforcement Administration proposes placing two phenethylamine hallucinogens, as identified in this proposed rule, in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act”, states a notice published on the Federal Register. …
Dec 17 2023
“Stop Pot Act” to Withhold Federal Funds from Legal Marijuana States Unlikely to Receive Committee Vote
Federal legislation designed to withhold funds from states and tribes that have or plan to legalize marijuana appears unlikely to receive any real consideration in the House of Representatives. The Stop Pot Act was filed in September by Representative Chuck Edwards (R-NC), and it currently has four cosponsors. The measure would withhold federal funding from …
Dec 16 2023
US Congress: Federal Marijuana Banking Bills Have 131 Sponsors
Legislation to allow banks and financial services to provide banking options to state-legal marijuana businesses has 131 sponsors in the House and Senate. In the Senate, the SAFER Banking Act is sponsored by 34% of the entire US Senate with 34 total sponsors. It also has the support of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), as …
Dec 15 2023
Study: THC May Improve Cognitive Function in Patients With Advanced Cancer
According to a new study, cognitive function improved in a group of patients with advanced cancer who took low-doses of dronabinol, a synthetic THC. The study was published in the journal Palliative Medicine Reports, and it was epublished by the National Institute of Health. It was conducted by researchers at the North Denmark Regional Hospital …
Dec 15 2023
Maryland: Over 1,700 Apply for a Social Equity Cannabis Business License
Maryland regulators received over 1,700 applications during a 30-day window from those seeking to receive a social equity marijuana business license. Maryland legalized marijuana earlier this year, with sales beginning July 1. Up until now, only outlets that were already serving medical marijuana patients are authorized to sell recreational marijuana, but that’s expected to change …
Dec 15 2023
Delaware Bill Would Allow Physicians to Recommend Medical Marijuana for Any Condition, Allow Those 65+ to Self-Certify
Bipartisan legislation that would greatly expand the number of people eligible to become medical marijuana patients in Delaware has been filed in the state’s House of Representatives. Delaware House Bill 285 was filed yesterday by State Representative Edward Osienski along with a bipartisan coalition of eight cosponsors. The measure has been assigned to the House …
Dec 15 2023
Coalition of Former Federal Prosecutors Urges Biden Administration to Keep Marijuana Schedule I
A group of 29 former federal prosecutors have sent a letter to the leaders of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) urging them to retain marijuana as a schedule I drug. The letter from the former prosecutors comes in response to a letter sent in August by the Department of Health …
