“I’m just looking at this as kind of an encroachment, where maybe one day they can come back and make marijuana illegal again.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent A Missouri House committee discussed a bill Thursday meant to mirror Illinois’s open-container law for having marijuana in vehicles. The bill from Rep.... Read more
The Maryland House of Delegates on Friday passed a bill to create regulations allowing for adult-use marijuana commerce following voter approval of legalization last year. Meanwhile, the Senate companion version received its first committee hearing on Thursday. In the House, members approved the legislation from Del. C.T. Wilson (D)... Read more
“We have sort of a ‘wild west’ situation. It’s a gray area. Delta-8 is being sold around the state, and it’s being sold in gas stations, health food stores.” By Liam Niemeyer, Kentucky Lantern After a court decision last year clarified the legality of an intoxicating compound derived from... Read more
Bipartisan congressional lawmakers have refiled a bill to combat illicit marijuana grows on federal lands, framing it as a way that the federal government can help protect cannabis consumers’ health from banned pesticides that are often used in unregulated cultivation. While the idea of yet another stepped up federal... Read more
As a Florida cannabis industry-funded campaign makes progress in getting a marijuana legalization initiative placed on the state’s 2024 ballot, a new poll shows that seven in ten voters support the reform. The survey from the University of North Florida’s (UNF) Public Opinion Research Lab (PORL) found that 70... Read more
The Oklahoma House of Representatives has approved a bill to promote research into the therapeutic potential of psilocybin while providing legal protections against prosecution for people with eligible conditions who possess the psychedelic. The legislation from Rep. Daniel Pae (R) cleared the chamber in a 66-32 vote on Thursday,... Read more
The Delaware House of Representatives has approved a bill to create regulations for adult-use marijuana sales, sending it to the Senate just days after passing a complementary possession legalization measure. The chamber cleared the regulatory legislation from Rep. Ed Osienski (D)—which advanced through two committees before reaching the floor—in... Read more
The Washington State Senate has approved a bill to create a task force promoting research into psilocybin and developing a pathway for legal access to the psychedelic. The legislation from Sen. Jesse Salomon (D)—which was effectively gutted in an earlier Senate committee to exclude original regulated access provisions—cleared the... Read more
The head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says the agency remains committed to “expeditiously” carrying out a scientific review of marijuana as part of President Joe Biden’s scheduling directive last year—but he’s making clear that the final decision is up to the Drug Enforcement... Read more
