Jan 15 2024
The secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has confirmed, for the first time, that their agency has recommended to the DEA that marijuana be rescheduled to Schedule III, while confirming they are in continuing talks on the issue. In a recent interview with the New York Times, Secretary of …
Jan 14 2024
Legislation that would legalize personal marijuana cultivation has been scheduled for a public hearing in the Washington State House of Representatives. Washington remains one of the only legal marijuana states to not allow marijuana to be grown for personal use. House Bill 2194, filed by Representative Shelley Kloba with 12 cosponsors, would change this by …
Jan 14 2024
Combination medical marijuana and opioid therapy “showed statistically significant pain relief and may have the potential for reducing opioid dose and mitigating opioid toxicity”, states a new study. The study is being published in the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, with the abstract published online ahead of print by the US National Library …
Jan 14 2024
The majority of those sponsoring the “Stop Pot Act” are from North Carolina. Filed by North Carolina Congressmember Chuck Edwards in September, the Stop Pot Act would withhold federal funding from states and tribes that have legalized recreational marijuana. The measure was filed with just one cosponsor, with it since gaining three additional sponsors, bringing …
Jan 14 2024
There was a record-breaking $96.4 million in legal marijuana sold in December in Maryland. According to the Maryland Cannabis Administration there was $96,473,978 worth of legal marijuana and marijuana products sold in December, a new monthly record for the state. Medical marijuana sales were $34,967,892 while recreational marijuana sales were $61,506,086. Total marijuana sales for …
Jan 13 2024
According to a new report, there was over 850,000 registered medical marijuana patients in Florida as of the end of fiscal year (FY) 2023. According to the 2024 Physician Certification Pattern Review annual report, there was 859,026 medical marijuana patients as of the end of FY 2023. This is an over 100,000 patient increase from …
Jan 12 2024
Legislation to create and fund a pilot program for the medical use of psilocybin mushrooms was recently filed in the Wisconsin Legislature. House Bill 753 was filed last month by State Representative Nate Gustafson along with a bipartisan coalition of 23 cosponsors, and assigned to the House Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care. Today …
Jan 12 2024
The United States Health and Human Services Department (HHS) has released a 252 page document explaining their rationale for wanting marijuana moved from Schedule I to Schedule III. HHS today released the full, unredacted 252 page document explaining why it sent a letter to the DEA in August requesting marijuana be rescheduled. In the letter …
Jan 12 2024
Polling released today by the Florida Chamber of Commerce shows that a strong majority of voters in the state support legalizing marijuana. The Florida Chamber poll found that 57% of Florida voters support legalizing recreational marijuana. Although this is a significant majority, it’s short of the 60% threshold required for a constitutional amendment to be …
Jan 12 2024
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser today led a group of 12 state attorneys general on a letter encouraging the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to reschedule cannabis to Schedule III under the federal Controlled Substances Act in the interest of public health and safety. In the letter to DEA Administrator Anne Milgram, the coalition of attorneys …
