Pennsylvania officers discuss hashish legalization (Newsletter: March 3, 2025)

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/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW

Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) said welfare recipients need to “get off the couch, stop eating the Cheetos, stop buying the medical marijuana and watching tv,” including that “you’re going to actually contribute now, because the American taxpayer is fed up.”

Pennsylvania’s agriculture secretary said his department is “in a really good place to manage” adult-use cannabis under Gov. Josh Shapiros’s (D) legalization plan—mentioning that no different state has its Department of Agriculture run a leisure marijuana program.

The Hawaii Senate rejected a bill to quintuple the amount of marijuana that is decriminalized in the state—a improvement that comes as broader hashish legalization laws additionally seems useless for the session.

A judge denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) request for a temporary injunction to block Dallas’s local marijuana decriminalization law that was authorised by voters from taking impact.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) said it’s “absolutely appropriate” to make psychedelic therapy available as an alternative treatment option, notably for navy veterans.

The New York Office of Cannabis Management is set to launch a grants program this week to aid businesses run by people harmed by prior marijuana criminalization by reimbursements for bills equivalent to point-of-sale programs, safety {hardware} and insurance coverage.

The California State Fair will again feature a cannabis exhibit and competition at this year’s event—this time with new award classes for blunts, hash and sweets.

A new study of older people found that medical marijuana is a “relatively safe and cost-effective therapeutic option for adults dealing with age-related health conditions” and that “most patients experienced clinically significant improvements in pain, sleep, and quality of life and reductions in co-medication.”

South Dakota lawmakers sent Gov. Larry Rhoden (R) a bill to defelonize the ingestion of illegal drugs on first and second offenses.

Missouri lawmakers are weighing several bills to restrict and regulate intoxicating hemp products—with the competing measures laying out numerous buildings for the place and the way they are often bought.

Minnesota lawmakers, local officials and businesses are expressing concerns over pending compacts that will allow tribal nations to license off-reservation marijuana operations—together with dispensaries in addition to cultivation and manufacturing services.

The Tennessee Fuel and Convenience Store Association and the Tennessee Grocers and Convenience Store Association are opposing legislation to restrict intoxicating hemp products, saying it’ll “have a financial impact.”

/ FEDERAL

President Donald Trump implied that new tariffs on items and companies from Canada, China and Mexico going into impact on Tuesday will assist to deal with drug overdose deaths.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) is pushing to raise the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy to Cabinet-level standing.

/ STATES

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) introduced {that a} hemp firm is receiving tax incentives because it expands its operations within the state.

The Missouri House Budget Committee authorised a invoice chopping an allocation of $11.7 million in marijuana income to help the Office of Public Defender.

The Texas Senate State Affairs Committee will maintain a listening to on a invoice to ban THC merchandise on Monday.

Nevada lawmakers are contemplating a invoice to take away marijuana offenses as a barrier to changing into a foster guardian.

An Ohio Republican consultant mentioned he opposes making main adjustments to the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization regulation.

California regulators introduced a recall of marijuana merchandise as a result of presence of microbial contamination.

Florida officers launched a public schooling marketing campaign to discourage driving underneath the affect of marijuana and different medication.

Illinois regulators are internet hosting a hemp summit on March 27.

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/ LOCAL

The Easton, Pennsylvania City Council authorised amendments to a proposed marijuana decriminalization ordinance.

The Wilmington, Delaware City Council authorised a 90-day moratorium on retail marijuana enterprise licenses.

/ INTERNATIONAL

Mexico handed over custody of 29 drug cartel operatives to the U.S.

A brand new Victoria, Australia coverage defending driving rights of medical hashish sufferers took impact.

/ SCIENCE & HEALTH

A research of the results of marijuana legalization fashions discovered that “both the pharmaceutical and permissive policy bundle scales are associated with mental health improvements, whereas greater fiscalization has a negative impact on mental health.”

A research discovered that “cannabidiol reshapes the gut microbiome to promote endurance exercise in mice.”

/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS

NORML has a brand new board chair.

/ BUSINESS

High Times’s mental property is up on the market once more.

Compass Pathways plc reported a quarterly internet lack of $43.3 million.

Canopy Growth Corporation established an at-the-market fairness program permitting it to subject and promote as much as $200 million value of shares.

The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc. entered into an settlement to increase the maturity date of its senior secured notes.

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