Trump price range director: marijuana a “gateway drug”; HI legalization stalls; Rescheduling listening to participant withdraws; IL gov touts $2B hashish gross sales
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/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW
Newly confirmed White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought said marijuana is a “gateway drug” and has pushed to roll back state legalization laws. His workplace would play a key position in vetting any hashish rescheduling rule beneath the Trump administration.
Sens. James Lankford (R-OK) and Pete Ricketts (R-NE) filed a bill to continue blocking marijuana businesses from taking federal tax deductions under the 280E penalty—even when hashish is rescheduled.
The Connecticut Office of the Cannabis Ombudsman has withdrawn from participating in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s federal cannabis rescheduling hearings, with the official telling Marijuana Moment that “behind-the-scenes shenanigans between the DEA and only certain parties caused us to lose faith in the process.”
Sen. Pete Ricketts (R) said he met with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to discuss the “importance” of “preventing the expansion of marijuana” if he’s confirmed as President Donald Trump’s well being and human providers secretary.
The Hawaii House of Representatives voted to delay consideration of a marijuana legalization bill until next year, although companion laws remains to be technically alive within the Senate.
The Arkansas Senate passed a bill to set aside revenue from medical marijuana taxes to pay for free breakfast for students—a plan that Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) endorsed throughout her State of the State handle.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) is touting the state’s “record-setting” $2 billion in legal marijuana sales in 2024, saying it exhibits the “economic impact of a thriving cannabis industry.”
A Florida Republican senator has refiled a bill to legalize home cultivation of medical cannabis after withdrawing an earlier version that had additionally included separate provisions to enact new restrictions on sure hemp-derived cannabinoid merchandise.
A new study conducted in part by a federal official at the National Cancer Institute and funded by the state of Pennsylvania found that “medical marijuana was comparatively more effective than prescription medications for the remedy of power ache.”
- “While we cannot conclude that medicinal cannabis is opioid sparing,” the research continues, “our results do point to possible use as an adjunct in trying to wean opioids successfully.”
Tennessee Democratic lawmakers filed legislation to legalize marijuana, with one saying the state is “potentially leaving more than $155 million dollars annually on the table by ignoring what poll after poll shows Tennesseans overwhelmingly support.”
Missouri House and Senate committees approved legislation to ban intoxicating hemp edibles and vapes from being sold outside of marijuana dispensaries whereas permitting low-dose intoxicating hemp drinks to proceed to be bought in grocery and liquor shops.
The South Dakota Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to defelonize the ingestion of illegal drugs on first and second offenses.
A Florida Republican representative asked a witness during a hearing whether the state’s medical cannabis program is “causing more harm than good.”
/ FEDERAL
Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) tweeted, “Decades of harsh sentences didn’t stop overdoses. Locking people up didn’t end addiction. The War on Drugs only accomplished mass incarceration & broken communities. We have the tools to save lives—if Republicans stop clinging to failed policies that target Black & Brown folks.”
/ STATES
South Dakota’s lawyer common despatched a warning about marijuana allegedly laced with opioids.
A Pennsylvania Republican senator expressed issues about marijuana-impaired driving after legalization.
Colorado regulators printed a bulletin on hashish enterprise decreased testing allowance attestations and certification charges.
Minnesota regulators printed steerage on hashish enterprise license sorts.
Oregon regulators printed a report saying that the state is constant to see an oversupply of marijuana.
California hashish regulators touted their efforts to “improve consumer protection.”
West Virginia regulators posted a listing of registered hemp merchandise.
Georgia regulators will contemplate issuing medical hashish dispensary licenses on Wednesday.
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/ LOCAL
Baltimore, Maryland’s mayor is supporting state laws to decriminalize drug paraphernalia.
A choose is anticipated to rule on a problem to the Colorado Springs, Colorado City Council’s effort to put a query to repeal the voter-approved legalization of leisure marijuana gross sales on the April poll on Monday.
The Coconino County, Arizona lawyer is launching a course of to simplify and expedite that marijuana file sealing petition course of.
/ INTERNATIONAL
Malta’s Authority Responsible for the Use of Cannabis signed an settlement with the University of Malta to hold out marijuana analysis.
/ SCIENCE & HEALTH
A research discovered that “no significant effects were found in cannabis-, alcohol-, or opioid-related [emergency department] visits following the allocation of cannabis retailers.”
A evaluation concluded that “the global academic panorama shows the growing recognition of psilocybin as a promising alternative in psychiatric treatment.”
/ BUSINESS
Canopy Growth Corporation reported quarterly internet income of C$74.8 million and a internet lack of C$121.9 million.
Cresco Labs is being sued by a former employee who claims she was wrongfully fired after a office damage.
iAnthus Capital Holdings, Inc. subsidiaries are promoting three dispensaries and two processing/cultivation amenities in Arizona to Pitchfork Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Sonoran Roots and its associates.
Aurora Cannabis Inc. entered right into a strategic provide settlement with SNDL Inc.
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