Feb 13 2024
Today a Hawaii Senate committee gave approval to legislation that would legalize recreational marijuana. Senate Bill 3335 would legalize marijuana for everyone 21 and older, while establishing the Hawaii Cannabis Authority and Cannabis Control Board within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs in order to oversee a legal marijuana market. Today, the Senate Committee …
Feb 13 2024
Virginia’s full Senate has passed a bill to legalize marijuana sales, a day after the House of Delegates approved a competing measure. The Senate has voted 21 to 18 today to pass Senate Bill 448 through its third and final reading. The measure, filed by Senator Aaron Rouse (D), now goes to the House of …
Feb 13 2024
Legislation to decriminalize the possession of up to an ounce of marijuana has been approved through a key committee in the Hawaii House of Representatives. The House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee voted yesterday to pass House Bill 1596, allowing it to move towards a vote of the full House. The measure was filed last …
Feb 12 2024
Virginia’s Senate has narrowly passed a bill that could lead to those in prison for marijuana-related felonies to be released early. The Senate voted 20 to 19 today to pass Senate Bill 696, filed by Senators Angelia Williams Graves, Jennifer Boysko and Saddam Salim. “This bill creates a process by which persons convicted of certain …
Feb 12 2024
Nearly 80% of states in the US have legalized medical marijuana. Of the 12 that haven’t, some are closer to doing so than others. Current there are 38 states that have legalized medical marijuana, with nine more that have passed laws allowing the medical use of low-THC / high-CBD products. Of the 12 states with …
Feb 12 2024
Virginia’s full House of Delegates has passed a bill to legalize marijuana sales. The House voted 52 to 58 today to pass House Bill 698 through a third and final reading, officially sending the measure to the Senate which has been advancing a competing bill. Under current law of the 24 states that have legalized …
Feb 12 2024
According to Delaware’s marijuana commissioner, recreational marijuana sales are likely to begin in March, 2025, a few months after initial projections. Marijuana Commissioner Robert Coupe in a recent hearing of the Joint Finance Committee said that the goal of state regulators is to have rules for the adult-use marijuana program finalized by Jul 11. Following …
Feb 12 2024
In the first month of 2024, Massachusetts marijuana stores sold over $143 million worth of product. According to data compiled and released by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, there was $143.8 million worth of marijuana and marijuana products sold in January. This is a decrease from the record-breaking $158 million sold in December, but is …
Feb 12 2024
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review for an application seeking to use MDMA (commonly known as ecstasy) for the treatment of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Lykos Therapeutics, a company dedicated to “transforming mental healthcare”, announced recently that the FDA has accepted its new drug application (“NDA”) for midomafetamine capsules …
Feb 11 2024
For at least another year Washington State will remain the only legal marijuana state that doesn’t allow personal marijuana cultivation. Late last month the House Regulated Substances and Gaming Committee voted 7 to 4 to pass House Bill 2194, a measure to legalize the personal cultivation of up to four marijuana plants for everyone 21 …
