Jan 06 2024
A bill to legalize personal marijuana cultivation has been filed in the Washington Legislature. Despite being one of the first two states to legalize recreational marijuana, Washington is one of the only legal marijuana states to not allow personal marijuana cultivation. Legislation filed yesterday by State Representative Shelley Kloba would change that. House Bill 2194, …
Jan 06 2024
Multiple medical marijuana-related bills, including one to double the possession limit and several to grow the list of qualifying medical conditions, have been scheduled for public hearings in the New Hampshire Legislature. New Hampshire first legalized medical marijuana in 2013, with the state’s first dispensary opening in 2016. Now, at least five different bills that …
Jan 06 2024
Legislation “prohibiting a court from denying or restricting certain parental rights based solely on a parent’s medical marijuana use” was filed yesterday in the Florida Legislature. “A court may not deny or otherwise restrict a parent’s custody of a minor child or the parent’s visitation rights or parenting time with a minor child based solely …
Jan 05 2024
Legislation to legalize the personal possession and cultivation of psilocybin (“magic”) mushrooms has been filed in the Rhode Island Legislature. House Bill 7047 was filed by State Representatives Brandon Potter Brandon Potter along with cosponsors Representatives June Speakman, Joseph McNamara, Scott Slater, Cherie Cruz, Jose Batista, David Bennett, Robert Craven, Enrique Sanchez and Arthur Handy. …
Jan 05 2024
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today that they will be funding and conducting research on the use of certain psychedelics to treat PTSD and depression. Today, the VA issued a request for applications (RFA) for proposals from its network of VA researchers (in collaboration with academic institutions) to study the use …
Jan 05 2024
Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) today sent a letter to Drug Enforcement Administrator Anne Milgram asking her to act expeditiously on a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommendation to reschedule marijuana to Schedule 3 under the Controlled Substances Act. The letter follows a DEA oversight hearing in July in which Congressman Cohen questioned Administrator …
Jan 05 2024
According to an analysis, federal legislation to allow marijuana banking has a more than two-thirds chance of being enacted into law. The SAFER Banking Act (S.2860) would provide strong legal protections to banks and other financial institutions that provide services to state-legal marijuana businesses. The measure is sponsored by 35% of the entire US Senate, including …
Jan 04 2024
Montana marijuana stores sold $26.8 million in legal marijuana in December, bringing the yearly total to $319 million. According to the Montana Cannabis Control Division, there was $26,886,443 worth of marijuana sold in December. This is around $1.7 million more than the total for November, and $1.2 million more than the previous December. Year-to-date marijuana …
Jan 04 2024
Legislation filed today in Nebraska would make kratom a schedule 1 controlled substance, making it illegal for all uses. Legislative Bill 972, filed by Senator Loren Lippincott, would explicitly prohibit the use, possession and distribution of kratom by placing it at the top of the state’s list of controlled substances. Under current law kratom is …
Jan 04 2024
A newly filed Missouri bill “Prohibits the odor of marijuana alone to give rise to probable cause to search a vehicle, home, or other private property”. House Bill 2132 was prefiled by State Representative Ian Mackey (D) on December 28. Yesterday the measure was passed through its first reading in the House of Representatives, and …
