A key Senate panel has for the first time advanced a bill that would make the Department of Veterans Affairs research marijuana as a treatment for chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder. The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee voted in a closed-door session Thursday to advance the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act,... Read more
The Hawaii Capitol can be full of surprises. At a joint hearing Thursday, Republican Sen. Brenton Awa first voted “no” then voted “yes” on a bill that would legalize marijuana in Hawaii. Awa said he supports legalizing marijuana. In fact, he helped introduce Senate Bill 375. The measure would set... Read more
Gov. Glenn Youngkin said on Thursday it’s up to lawmakers to resolve an impasse over recreational cannabis sales and declined to say whether he’d ever sign legislation related to the issue during his tenure. His comments come after the administration spoke out against the sole surviving bill to legalize cannabis sales for adults... Read more
Twitter announced this week that the platform will now allow licensed cannabis businesses to run purchase advertising campaigns—provided that those businesses are targeting only those users who live within a given state market. The sudden move opens a major marketing opportunity for licensed operators. The social media landscape has... Read more
Rep. Jessica Gonzalez, D-Dallas, filed a measure Feb. 7 that would allow local legalization of adult-use cannabis in Texas. The measure, House Bill 1937, would permit “counties and municipalities to adopt an order or ordinance that would legalize the recreational use of cannabis within their jurisdiction” and would direct... Read more
The path for Minnesota to legalize adult-use cannabis in 2023 continued to progress this week as legislation advanced through additional House and Senate committees. Most recently, the Minnesota House Education Committee adopted House File 100 as amended on Feb. 16. That was the ninth committee in the lower chamber... Read more
A U.S. Senate committee approved a bipartisan bill on Thursday to promote marijuana research for military veterans—becoming the first piece of standalone cannabis legislation ever to advance through a committee in the chamber. Because the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee did not have a quorum present to act on the... Read more
A bill to allow Washington State adults to grow marijuana at home cleared its first legislative hurdle on Thursday, passing out of the House Regulated Substances and Gaming Committee on a 7–4 vote. The proposal, HB 1614, would make it legal for people 21 and older to grow up... Read more
A pair of bills to legalize marijuana were approved in Hawaii Senate committees on Thursday, and a House panel has separately advanced legislation to promote research into psilocybin and MDMA. The Senate Judiciary Committee took up one of the cannabis bills from Sen. Joy San Buenaventura (D), passing it... Read more
