More Patients Sign Up For Texas Medical Marijuana Program As New Dispensary Licenses Are Issued
“We’re absolutely laser-focused on doctors, because they are really the patients’ first entry point into the program, by asking your physician if you qualify.” By Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune After lawmakers blunted expansion for years, Texas’s medical marijuana industry is slated to see more marijuana operators coming online, current ones opening more facilities and […]
Feds Defend Decision To Block Companies That Work With Marijuana Industry From Participating In Loan Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is defending its decision to adopt a rule adding restrictions on companies that provide services to marijuana businesses, making it so participants in a particular government loan guarantee program are prohibited from receiving income from cannabis operations. After posting the finalized rule in October 2024—amending a guaranteed loan program […]
New Jersey Medical Marijuana Program Sees Steep Drop In Registered Patients
Most other states allow people to grow their own marijuana at home, particularly medical marijuana users, while New Jersey still fully bans it. By Sophie Nieto-Muñoz, New Jersey Monitor New Jersey’s steep decline in medical marijuana patients continued with another 20 percent drop since the beginning of 2025. Between January and December, roughly 14,000 people […]
Details on feds’ CBD Medicare coverage program (Newsletter: December 29, 2025)
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Alabama Officials Approve Medical Marijuana Dispensary Licenses, Readying Program For Sales To Start In 2026
“I am absolutely elated today because we’re on the cusp of having a working program.” By Anna Barrett, Alabama Reflector The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission Thursday approved three dispensary licenses, which members of the commission hailed as a critical step toward making medical cannabis available in Alabama nearly five years after the Legislature established the […]
Texas Officials File Revised Rule Banning Hemp THC Sales To People Under 21 As State Expands Medical Marijuana Program
Texas officials have released a revised proposed rule to ban the sale of hemp THC products to people under 21. After the governor issued an emergency order barring such sales, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) put forward temporary emergency rules to codify the policy change—and now it’s planning to adopt an amended regulation on […]
New Mexico Officials Move To Launch Psilocybin Therapy Program A Year Earlier Than Expected
“We are experiencing a new renaissance…of psychedelic medicine.” By Leah Romero, Source NM New Mexico Department of Health experts on Friday announced an expedited timeline for the state’s new medical psilocybin program during the program’s first advisory board meeting. The seven members of the newly formed Medical Psilocybin Advisory Board met virtually with DOH experts, […]