Apr 09 2024
A coalition of 21 members of the US Senate have introduced a resolution calling for the immediate release of several American citizens currently jailed in Russia, including one jailed 14 years simply for possessing medical marijuana. US Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), along with U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and John Fetterman (D-PA), introduced …
Apr 09 2024
Maine’s full legislature has now given approval to legislation to establish a psilocybin task force, with one final technical vote required in the Senate before it can be sent to Governor Janet Mills. Senate Bill 1914 would establish a “Commission To Study Pathways For Creating a Psilocybin Services Program in Maine”. As filed, the bill …
Apr 09 2024
Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has signed into law an ordinance that makes 4/20 a marijuana tax holiday. Bill 25-0760 was signed into law by Mayor Bowser yesterday, less than a week after it was given unanimous approval by the district council. The ordinance was filed by Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie on behalf of Mayor Muriel Bowser. …
Apr 09 2024
Governor Glenn Youngkin has signed into law legislation designed to protect public employees who legally use medical marijuana. Despite vetoing bills to legalize marijuana sales and protect parents who use marijuana legally, Governor Youngkin has signed Senate Bill 391 into law. The measure was passed with overwhelming support in the House of Representatives and Senate, …
Apr 09 2024
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, along with Senators Ron Wyden and Cory Booker, have announced that they will soon file federal legislation to legalize recreational marijuana. The trio of senators is currently circulating a letter to colleagues asking them to join as cosponsors for the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, which they plan to officially introduce …
Apr 08 2024
According to a new study utilizing an animal model, the marijuana-derived compound cannabidiol (CBD) was able to reduce the cognitive deficits associated with Fragile X Syndrome. “Cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychotomimetic constituent of Cannabis sativa, has been recently approved for epileptic syndromes often associated with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)”, begins the study’s abstract. “However, the putative …
Apr 08 2024
According to a new study of hundreds of thousands of patients with spontaneous pneumothora, also referred to as collapsed lung, those with a history of marijuana use had significantly reduced average hospital stays and in-hospital mortality than non-marijuana users. Spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a sudden onset of a lung that has collapsed without any apparent …
Apr 08 2024
A bill to fully deschedule marijuana is now sponsored by 40% of every Democrat in the United States House of Representatives. Filed in September, 2023, the MORE Act (H.R. 5601) would decriminalize marijuana nationwide by removing it as a substance regulated under the federal Controlled Substances Act. This would end federal marijuana prohibition, while allowing …
Apr 08 2024
In Missouri there was over $124 million worth of marijuana sold legally in March, a new monthly record. According to data just released by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, there was $124.7 million in marijuana and marijuana products sold legally through licensed marijuana retail outlets and dispensaries. This breaks the previous monthly …
Apr 08 2024
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has begun seizing massive amounts of marijuana from state-licensed marijuana businesses in New Mexico, while detaining and in some instances arresting employees. Over the past two months the CBP has confiscated hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of marijuana transported by state-licensed marijuana companies as they pass through …
