FL gov says marijuana initiative will lose; Canadian PM on cannabis & treaties; HI decrim expansion & expungements; AK & ME psychedelics Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day.... Read more
A congressional committee has announced that it is calling in the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to testify on hemp regulatory issues as a way to hold him “accountable” amid ongoing industry concerns. The House Oversight and Accountability Committee, chaired by Rep. James Comer (R-KY), scheduled... Read more
“The legal cannabis cultivation industry is relatively new in the United States, and it is different from all previously analyzed agricultural industries.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent A push by workers in a St. Louis marijuana facility to form a union could have national ramifications on labor law, with... Read more
Missouri’s House of Representatives gave final approval to a budget bill on Thursday that would spend $10 million from state opioid settlement funds to study the use of psilocybin to treat opioid use disorder. It’s part of a growing push by state governments to support more psychedelics research. The... Read more
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is reiterating his intent to pass legislation to “safeguard cannabis banking” as part of a “busy agenda” that he hopes to achieve in the “weeks and months ahead,” though he again stressed the need for bipartisan cooperation. In a Dear Colleague letter on... Read more
Colorado’s governor says that while federal marijuana legalization is the ultimate goal, incremental rescheduling and cannabis banking reform are important “dominoes” that could help pave the way. And he said his state continues to have “very strong conversations with the White House” about the need for policy change. During... Read more
“You still have a large group that still looks at cannabis as the gateway drug where there’s no medicinal benefits.” By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix As the campaign to get recreational cannabis legalized in Florida moves into its next phase, opponents and advocates of the proposal are operating under... Read more
Now that marijuana is legal in Germany, lawmakers are turning their attention to the planned “second pillar” of the reform: establishing a pilot program for commercial sales. And while the timeline for introducing the complementary legislation is unclear, one key lawmaker says she’s hoping to see a draft emerge... Read more
The Justice Department is again asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit from major marijuana companies seeking to block enforcement of prohibition against state-legal activities—in part because the government says cannabis legalization attracts out-of-state tourism, empowering it to intervene under the Constitution. In a filing with the U.S.... Read more
