“I think discovery would be helpful…based on what’s been pleaded.” By Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector A Montgomery County Circuit Judge Wednesday ordered five Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) members and director John McMillan to provide testimony on the licensing process. Judge James Anderson also granted a motion allowing plaintiffs... Read more
A Senate panel in Virginia met Thursday to begin hammering out differences between two separate bills that would legalize commercial marijuana sales in the state, hearing public testimony and digging into issues such as social equity, licensing and regulatory enforcement. While both measures—SB 423 from Sen. Adam Ebbin (D)... Read more
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) are reintroducing a bill to allow people living in federally assisted housing to use marijuana in compliance with state law without fear of losing their homes. As it stands, people living in public housing are prohibited from using controlled... Read more
“I think there should be some regulation, and I think that what this calls for is a slight change in business model as opposed to a complete closure.” By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix Ashley Guy runs a smoke shop in Tallahassee. She says she’s thrived since she moved from... Read more
“We’ve spread a wide net on this. And we believe that this is really the compromise path.” By Ben Botkin, Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon Democratic legislators plan to fight the state’s war on drug addiction and overdoses on multiple battle fronts. They want to build residential facilities to treat... Read more
The governor of Massachusetts is promoting the testimony of activists who spoke in favor of her veterans-focused bill that would, in part, create a psychedelics work group to study the therapeutic potential of substances such as psilocybin. During a hearing before the legislature’s Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal... Read more
Massachusetts marijuana retailers sold a record $158.7 million worth of legal cannabis products in December, according to figures released by the state’s Cannabis Control Commission—bringing the state’s total recorded sales for 2023 to nearly $1.8 billion. Of that annual total, the bulk—more than 87 percent—was from adult-use sales, which... Read more
A Pennsylvania district attorney and gun rights advocates have filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to overturn the ban preventing medical marijuana patients from buying and possessing firearms—the latest in a series of legal challenges to the policy. Warren County, Pennsylvania District Attorney Robert Greene, a registered medical... Read more
The Justice Department has asked a federal court to dismiss a cannabis industry lawsuit that seeks to block the enforcement of marijuana prohibition against state-legal activity—in part, it says, because the court should not get ahead of a possible cannabis rescheduling decision that’s being considered. In a document filed... Read more
Sales of adult-use marijuana in Missouri set a new monthly record in December, capping off total cannabis sales for all of 2023 amounting to more than $1.3 billion. Recreational cannabis purchases last month totaled $106.5 million, shattering the state’s previous $98.7 million record set in July. Since cannabis sales... Read more
