May 29 2024
Michelle Reddish, who has been the chief operating officer of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority for the past year, has been selected to lead Rhode Island’s new cannabis agency. The Senate Committee on Judiciary is set to review Reddish’s nomination to head the state’s Cannabis Office, as reported by the Rhode Island Current. Governor Dan …
May 29 2024
The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted today against concurring with the Senate amendments to a bill that would allow medical marijuana to be prescribed for any condition. The House’s decision to reject the Senate’s amendments to House Bill 1278 comes six days after the Senate passed the bill. The House had previously passed HB …
May 29 2024
Legislation to decriminalize the possession of marijuana paraphernalia throughout Louisiana has been given approval by the state’s full legislature. Louisiana’s full legislature has voted to pass House Bill 165, sending it to Governor Jeff Landry. The bill received final approval by the House of Representatives today by a vote of 69 to 24. It passed …
May 29 2024
Supporters of the the Lockhart Freedom Act have submitted more than twice the number of signatures required to put the measure to a vote this November. At a press conference today, Campaign Director Elle Cross says proponents of the initiative have submitted nearly 1,000 signatures with the city clerk’s office, more than twice the amount …
May 29 2024
The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) proposal to reschedule marijuana is set to be finalized by October, according to a DEA official. On May 21, the DEA published its proposal to move marijuana to Schedule III in the Federal Register, launching a legally mandated 60-day public comment period. Once this period ends on July 22, the …
May 28 2024
Governor Tim Walz has signed into law legislation that makes several significant changes to the state’s recreational marijuana law, which has been in place for a year. Later this year, Minnesota will permit certain commercial cultivators to begin growing marijuana in anticipation of the launch of the state’s retail market. Cannabis business licenses will be awarded …
May 28 2024
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Cannabis for Private Purposes Act (“CfPPA”). The CfPPA regulates the cultivation, possession, and use of recreational cannabis by adults in a private setting. “The consequent regulatory reform enabled by the CfPPA will, amongst others, entirely remove cannabis from the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act”, states …
May 28 2024
Legislation that would alter Delaware’s medical marijuana law has been signed into law by Governor John Carney. House Bill 285 will remove the state’s list of qualifying medical marijuana conditions, allowing physicians to recommend the medicine for any condition they deem appropriate. In addition, the proposal will allow those aged 65 and older to self-certify …
May 28 2024
An ordinance endorsed by a majority of the Atlanta City Council would study the potential of providing ketamine and psilocybin coverage to city employees, including firefighters, cops and city staff. Sponsored by Councilmember Liliana Bakhtiari and cosponsored by a majority of the council, the resolution states that “that the Department of Human Resources is hereby …
May 28 2024
There are 24 states that have legalized recreational marijuana, but several are vying to become the 25th. Although proponents of marijuana legalization are actively trying to change state law in nearly all of the 26 states without legal marijuana, a handful of efforts have a real possibility of succeeding this year. In particular, there are …
