Feb 29 2024
Federal legislation to fully decriminalize marijuana has gained two new sponsors in the US House of Representatives. Yesterday Congressmembers Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) and Andy Kim (D-NJ) signed on as cosponsors to the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act. The measure, filed in September by Representative Jerrold Nadler (D), now has 84 sponsors. The only marijuana-related …
Feb 29 2024
Legislation filed yesterday in Kentucky’s Senate would legalize the recreational use of marijuana for everyone who’s at least 21 years old. Under the new bill filed by Senator David Yates, those 21 and older would be allowed to possess an ounce of marijuana for recreational use. A Department of Cannabis Control would be established to …
Feb 29 2024
Activists across the United States are working to make their state the next to legalize recreational marijuana. 24 states plus the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana. Although there are activists working to legalize marijuana in all of the other 26 states, some have achieved far more progress towards accomplishing this goal than others. …
Feb 28 2024
A measure “reassigning the accreditation of private cannabis testing laboratories from the department of ecology to the department of agriculture” has been approved by Washington’s full legislature. House Bill 2151 was advanced by the House of Representatives on February 12 in a 96 to 1 vote. Today, the Senate passed the measure unanimously 49 to …
Feb 28 2024
The SAFER Banking Act is now sponsored by 36% of the entire United States Senate. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) has signed on as a cosponsor for the SAFER Banking Act (S.2860), which would give federal protections to banks and other financial institutions (such as credit unions) that provide services to marijuana businesses that are legal …
Feb 28 2024
South Dakota’s full legislature has passed a bill to ban the production, distribution and possession of delta-8 and delta-10 THC. On Monday the full Senate voted 31 to 1 to pass House Bill 1125, which passed the House of Representatives in January by a vote of 69 to 0. Given it was amended slightly in …
Feb 28 2024
Virginia’s Legislature has passed legislation that will allow the licensed distribution of marijuana and marijuana products. Today the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate passed identical bills to legalize recreational marijuana sales. After one final technical hurdle, expected to occur either today or tomorrow, the legislation will be sent to Governor Glenn Youngkin. House Bill …
Feb 28 2024
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), a longtime opponent of legalizing marijuana, announced today they he will step down as GOP leader in November. In a speech on the Senate floor, McConnell said that he will continue to serve in Senate but will allow “the next generation of leadership” to lead the Senate and Republican …
Feb 28 2024
The Ohio Division of Cannabis Control (DCC) has announced that they will soon be drastically reducing the fee to become a medical marijuana patient and to renew the card annually. The DCC says that starting March 4, the cost to become a medical marijuana patient as well as the annual renewal fee for patients will …
Feb 28 2024
An official with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says the agency is “actively” exploring a regulatory framework for cannabidiol (CBD), with plans to prioritize the move in the coming months. At a webinar hosted by Alliance for a Strong FDA, Kimberlee Trzeciak, who serves as the FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Legislation, and International …
