According to a report in POLITICO, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation to reform medical cannabis research. This bill is the first of its kind to be brought to a sitting U.S. president for signature, having previously cleared the House earlier this year with unanimous assent. The Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act, co-sponsored […]
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Democratic Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear issued an executive order allowing residents with certain severe medical conditions and who fulfill certain qualifications to possess and consume limited amounts of cannabis acquired from a state with legal access. When Beshear signed the order, he became the first governor to do so, making it lawful for residents to
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A petition to exempt bulk marijuana and cannabis tinctures from regulated oversight under a longstanding federal regulation has been rejected by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) more than a decade after it was filed. The FDA received a request from a California doctor and attorney in September 2011 asking for permission to market bulk
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Arkansas voters decisively rejected a ballot effort to legalize recreational marijuana. However, backers have promised to submit a better proposal in 2024. The state was one of five in voting on cannabis legalization. Other states like Missouri and Maryland passed their referedums, making those states the 20th and 21st in the country to do so
In a letter to President Joe Biden, more than 130 immigration and human rights groups begged him to make his pardon for marijuana possession universal. The groups are pressing the President to do more for those who are not citizens or lawful permanent residents, who were specifically excluded from the pardon, as he continues
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The initiative to legalize marijuana in South Dakota was defeated at the polls. While voters in the state approved a reform initiative in 2020, it was later struck down in court. The South Dakota Business for Marijuana Legalization (SDBML) has released a new advertisement reminding South Dakotans that a 2020 legalization initiative supported by voters
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The federal U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC) has stated that it is evaluating potential changes to rules on the use of prior convictions for marijuana possession as a factor in determining the appropriate sentence for new crimes committed. According to a report in Marijuana Moment, the federal judiciary’s 14 policy priorities for the amendment cycle ending
Legislators in Washington, D.C., approved a bill that would fundamentally alter the District’s medical marijuana program in a number of ways, including by eliminating licensing caps for medical marijuana businesses, fostering social equity in the sector, and establishing new regulated business categories like cannabis cooking classes and on-site consumption facilities according to a report by
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According to a recent survey by the American Bankers Association, two out of three Americans want Congress to adopt legislation that would grant state-legal marijuana firms access to conventional banking services like checking accounts and loans (ABA). Two questions about cannabis banking were included in the survey that was made public. The first asked participants
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The federal territory that encompasses Canberra, the country’s capital, has accepted a bill that will locally legalize low-level possession of currently illegal narcotics like psilocybin, heroin, and cocaine according to an article in Marijuana Moment. With certain revisions put forth by the government, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Legislative Assembly (LA) approved the proposal from
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