A key Louisiana Senate committee has approved a House-passed bill to streamline expungements for people with first-time marijuana possession convictions. About a week after the House passed the legislation from Rep. Delisha Boyd (D), the Senate Judiciary C Committee advanced it with a favorable report in a voice vote... Read more

Bipartisan congressional lawmakers have filed a new bill to reduce regulations on farmers that grow industrial hemp for non-extraction purposes. Reps. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) are sponsoring the Industrial Hemp Act, which is a House companion to a Senate version that was introduced in March by... Read more

The Nevada Senate has approved a bill that would create a new working group to study psychedelics and develop a plan to allow regulated access for therapeutic purposes, sending it to the Assembly for consideration. The legislation as introduced would have legalized psilocybin and promoted research into the psychedelic,... Read more

The governor of Minnesota has signed a bill to legalize marijuana, making it the 23rd state in the U.S. to end cannabis prohibition. After months of committee hearings and floor votes, Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed off on HF 100 on Tuesday, as he previously committed to doing. “This... Read more

New Hampshire lawmakers appear to be at an impasse over legislation to legalize marijuana through a multitiered system of state-controlled stores, privately operated agency shops and dual-licensed medical cannabis dispensaries. But with the governor’s newfound support for a state-controlled cannabis market, they will be returning to the issue later... Read more