Connecticut adults 21 and older can officially start growing their own marijuana plants for personal use on Saturday, one of the latest provisions of the state’s cannabis legalization law to take effect. The state Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) published a notice on Tuesday to remind the public about... Read more

Maryland’s marijuana legalization law officially took effect on Saturday, with simple possession and personal cultivation becoming legal as the majority of existing medical cannabis dispensaries opened their doors to adult consumers for the first recreational sales. Meanwhile, a separate law also took effect on Saturday that prevents police from... Read more

A top official with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) says that as more states have moved to legalize marijuana, public opinion has “shifted dramatically” and federal agencies are seeing an “uptick” in positive drug tests for cannabis that’s causing more workers to be fired. In a blog post addressed... Read more

“The solution to saving cannabis social equity programs is thus to concentrate relief to those individuals who were actually arrested, convicted and/or incarcerated (and the immediate families they were separated from), in a completely race-neutral manner.” By Khurshid Khoja, Greenbridge Corporate Counsel The U.S. Supreme Court’s move to strike... Read more

A coalition of government marijuana regulators that works to inform cannabis policymaking has announced new leadership, while touting the expansion of its membership across the U.S. and, for the first time, internationally. As more state and territory marijuana markets come online and lawmakers across the country continue to advance... Read more

Minnesota’s governor is looking to hire a director to oversee the state’s new marijuana regulatory agency that’s being established under a legalization law he enacted last month. A job posting went live on Friday for the executive director of the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM)–a position that Gov. Tim... Read more

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, has signed a bill that expressly prohibits sober living facilities from allowing residents to possess or use medical marijuana, even if the patient is certified by a doctor to legally use cannabis therapeutically in accordance with state law. All... Read more

The New Hampshire legislature has sent a bill to the governor’s desk to create a commission tasked with preparing legislation to legalize marijuana through a system of state-run stores. And because the governor has concluded that legalization is “inevitable” in the state, he’s pushing for the novel regulatory framework,... Read more