Congress considers hashish & psychedelics testimony from veterans (Newsletter: February 28, 2025)

ND marijuana decrim enlargement; CT psilocybin; NJ hashish coaching academy; DC marijuana activist push; Study: Legal dispensaries don’t promote to children

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/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW

The House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees took testimony from leading veterans service organizations about the need to expedite research on the medical value of marijuana and psychedelics—with the American Legion saying Schedule I standing is a “major barrier” to entry and a Disabled American Veterans official speaking about his spouse’s therapeutic use of psilocybin.

The North Dakota House of Representatives passed a bill to significantly expand the state’s existing marijuana decriminalization law by decreasing the offense for possession to a civil quotation punishable by a tremendous of $150.

The Connecticut legislature’s Joint Judiciary Committee filed a bill to decriminalize psilocybin, making possession of as much as one-half an oz of the psychedelic punishable by a $150 tremendous, with out the specter of jail time.

The Montana Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs Committee held a hearing on bills to put a 15 percent THC cap on marijuana products and to reallocate legal sales revenue—whereas skipping a scheduled invoice to require adults to register and pay $200 a 12 months to legally use leisure hashish.

The New Jersey Department of State’s Cannabis Training Academy has now enrolled more than 1,000 students who’re studying concerning the technique of making use of for a marijuana enterprise license, acquiring municipal approval, elevating capital and navigating points like zoning and day-to-day operations.

The Last Prisoner Project and other reform groups are announcing a Cannabis Unity Week of Action in Washington, D.C. this spring to stress Congress and the White House to advance marijuana legalization and reduction for individuals with prior convictions.

The American Academy of Pediatrics published a study showing that licensed marijuana retailers are “significantly more likely to require age verification before store entry and purchase” and that “unlicensed retailers displayed more cartoon signage and sold youth-appealing products.”

• “All licensed retailers verified age with photo ID before permitting store entry, but only 10% of unlicensed retailers required ID for entry.”

The Alabama Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee held a hearing on a bill to alter the medical cannabis business licensing process—with each witness testifying in opposition to the measure.

/ FEDERAL

The Trump administration’s plan to chop federal analysis funding threatens ongoing hashish research.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) objected to a unanimous consent request to move a invoice to completely place fentanyl-related substances in Schedule I, saying, “the parents of dead children are calling for us to step up and do more than the same old thing we have been doing around the War on Drugs since I was a kid myself.”

/ STATES

Washington, D.C.’s lawyer basic touted enforcement efforts over the previous six months which have led to the closure of 25 unlicensed hashish retailers.

Florida’s House speaker shaped a hemp workgroup.

New Jersey’s Senate president spoke about his invoice to recriminalize shopping for marijuana from unlicensed sources.

South Dakota lawmakers rejected a number of payments to repeal or reduce medical hashish protections.

Ohio Democratic senators despatched press releases about their opposition to a Republican-led invoice to considerably alter the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization regulation.

The Montana Supreme Court declined to take up the case of a medical hashish affected person who’s difficult the state’s possession restrict.

Washington State regulators filed proposed guidelines on switch of authority for accreditation of hashish testing laboratories.

New York marijuana regulators testified at a funds listening to.

Massachusetts regulators revealed a memo on the advantages of taking part within the state’s medical hashish program.

Kentucky’s high medical hashish regulator gave a presentation at a Kentucky Chiefs of Police board assembly.

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/ LOCAL

The Wilmington, Delaware mayor’s workplace is evaluating marijuana enterprise zoning proposals.

/ INTERNATIONAL

Hungary’s authorities is proposing placing a prohibition on drug use into the Constitution.

/ SCIENCE & HEALTH

A assessment of analysis on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis discovered that “a few studies suggest that cannabis and CBD, in humans, provide benefits for both motor symptoms, including rigidity, cramps, and fasciculations, and non-motor symptoms including sleep quality, pain, emotional state, quality of life, and depression.”

A examine of mice concluded that “Moroccan Cannabis sativa essential oil shows significant therapeutic potential for managing peripheral neuropathic pain.”

/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS

The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies is urging individuals to contact the U.S. Sentencing Commission in assist of reforms that might cut back sentences for federal drug offenses.

/ BUSINESS

Trulieve Cannabis Corp. reported quarterly income of $301.1 million and a internet lack of $61.6 million. The firm additionally has a brand new president.

Verano Holdings Corp. reported quarterly internet income of $218.2 million and a internet lack of $272.7 million.

Cronos Group Inc. reported quarterly internet income of $30.3 million.

Cookies gained an $18 million preliminary award in a authorized dispute with traders.

Canopy Growth Corporation launched its Tweed model within the German medical hashish market.

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