California Opens Applications For $15 Million Marijuana Equity Grant Round To Local Jurisdictions
Marijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News November 30, 2023 0
California officials have begun accepting applications for the Cannabis Equity Grants Program for Local Jurisdictions for the coming fiscal year. The grants are part of the state’s effort to use cannabis tax revenue to fund equity programs for people disproportionately impacted by the drug war. The purpose of the... Read more
Congressional Researchers Caution That Differing Hemp Industry Interests Could ‘Complicate’ Debate Over Next Farm Bill
FeaturedMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News November 30, 2023 0
As lawmakers prepare to take up possible changes to federal hemp laws as part of the next Farm Bill, congressional researchers are cautioning that differing policy priorities among industry stakeholders could complicate the task. In a hemp-focused primer on the large-scale agriculture legislation that was published on Wednesday, the... Read more
Nearly 70 Percent Of Florida Voters Support Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative, With Majorities Of Every Demographic In Favor
FeaturedMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News November 30, 2023 0
Nearly seven out of ten registered Florida voters say they support a marijuana legalization initiative that may appear on next year’s ballot depending on the outcome of a legal challenge, with majorities of every demographic surveyed in favor of the reform. The University of North Florida (UNF) poll, released... Read more
Supreme Court Weighs Whether Hemp Legalization Affects Gun Possession Mandatory Minimums For Man With Marijuana Convictions
FeaturedMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News November 29, 2023 0
The Supreme Court on Monday heard the case of a defendant seeking to reduce his criminal penalty for firearm possession as the result of the federal government’s legalization of hemp in 2018. At issue are the boundaries of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), a 1984 law that imposes... Read more
Cory Booker Says Marijuana Criminalization Is One Of The ‘Root Problems’ Fueling Environments Where Gun Violence ‘Proliferates’
Marijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News November 29, 2023 0
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) says that addressing the country’s gun violence epidemic requires a holistic understanding of the “root problems” that are “correlative of violence”—from poverty to housing security to mass incarceration driven by discriminatory marijuana criminalization. At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, the senator said that,... Read more
New York Marijuana Lawsuit Settlement Could Let Hundreds Of Dispensaries Open Soon, But Some Operators Are Wary
Marijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News November 29, 2023 0
“I feel like you can never get too excited until you make your first sale. There’s just been so much disappointment.” By Rosalind Adams, THE CITY This story was originally published by THE CITY. Sign up to get the latest New York City news delivered to you each morning. Hundreds of... Read more
Fetterman Says Pennsylvania Is Getting ‘Lapped’ On Marijuana Legalization By Nearby States Because GOP Opposes ‘Common Sense’ Policy
FeaturedMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News November 28, 2023 0
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) says marijuana legalization is “inevitable.” But yet another one of his home state’s neighbors enacts the reform, he concedes that the path in Pennsylvania has proved more challenging amid GOP resistance to the “common sense” policy that’s backed by the majority of voters. The senator—who... Read more
New Hampshire Marijuana Legalization Commission Fails To Reach Consensus, Votes Against Recommending Bill For 2024
FeaturedMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News November 28, 2023 0
A New Hampshire commission charged with drafting legislation to legalize marijuana through a system of state-controlled stores decided at its final meeting on Monday not to issue recommendations at all. The conclusion leaves open questions about how lawmakers will proceed with cannabis reform in the coming 2024 session. After... Read more
Ohio Republican Lawmaker Files Bill To Allow Cities To Ban Marijuana Use And Home Grow One Week Before Legalization Takes Effect
FeaturedMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News November 28, 2023 0
With just over a week until Ohio’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law takes effect, a Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill that would allow individual municipalities to locally ban the use and home cultivation of cannabis in their jurisdictions. The legislation would also revise how state marijuana tax revenue would... Read more
USDA Threatens To Revoke Hemp Licenses For Farmers Who Also Grow Marijuana Under State Programs
FeaturedMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News November 27, 2023 0
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is reportedly revoking hemp licenses for farmers who are simultaneously growing marijuana under state-approved programs, underscoring yet another policy conflict stemming from the ongoing federal prohibition of some forms of the cannabis plant. After hemp was federally legalized under the 2018 Farm Bill,... Read more
