cannabis

New Hampshire Lawmakers Approve Bipartisan Bill To Legalize Psilocybin For

New Hampshire lawmakers advanced a bipartisan bill to legalize the regulated use of psilocybin for medical purposes, while rejecting a separate measure on therapeutic access to the psychedelic. Weeks after holding an initial hearing on both proposals, the House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee voted 18-0 on Wednesday to approve HB 1809 from…

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Mississippi Lawmakers Approve Bill To Allow Medical Marijuana Use In

Mississippi lawmakers have approved a bill to allow terminally ill patients to access medical marijuana in hospitals, nursing facilities and hospice centers. As state legislatures across the country consider a variety of similar proposals, the Mississippi House Public Health and Human Services Committee on Wednesday took a step to advance the reform, recommending the passage…

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Second Amendment Groups Urge Supreme Court To Strike Down Gun

A coalition of gun rights advocacy groups is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a lower court ruling that deemed the federal ban on firearm ownership by people who use marijuana to be unconstitutional. In an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court on Thursday, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), California Rifle and Pistol…

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DOJ has no cannabis rescheduling update as rumors swirl (Newsletter:

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Virginia Lawmakers Approve Bill To Provide Marijuana Sentencing Relief To

Virginia lawmakers have approved a bill to provide relief for people convicted of past cannabis crimes, mandating that individuals with certain offenses automatically receive resentencing hearings and have their punishments adjusted. The legislation is similar to proposals passed by lawmakers in recent sessions that were vetoed by former Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R). The current proposal, sponsored by…

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Bipartisan Congressional Lawmakers File Bill Directing VA To Study Psychedelics

Bipartisan congressional lawmakers have introduced a bill to promote research into the therapeutic potential of certain psychedelics in the treatment of serious mental health conditions experienced by military veterans. Reps. Jack Bergman (R-MI) and Lou Correa (D-CA), co-chairs of the Congressional Psychedelics Advancing Therapies (PATH) Caucus, filed the “Expanding Veterans’ Access to Emerging Treatments Act”…

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Florida Lawmakers Approve Bill To Slash Medical Marijuana Card Fee

Florida lawmakers have unanimously approved a bill to significantly reduce the fee for military veterans to obtain medical marijuana registry identification cards, slashing the cost to one-fifth of the current amount. The House Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee on Thursday voted 18-0 to pass the legislation from Reps. Susan Valdés (R) and Michelle Salzman (R).…

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The Promise Of ‘Craft Cannabis’ Has Not Been Realized—Due To

“The central question is no longer whether cannabis will become a major American industry, but what kind of industry it will become.” By Damian Fagon, Parabola Center for Law & Policy For more than a decade, U.S. cannabis legalization has been framed as an opportunity for small producers, local brands and craft cultivation. In most…

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Cannabis Was Built by Breeders

For decades, cannabis breeders grew the plant that everyone profits from. They selected, stabilized and preserved genetics under prohibition, often at real personal risk. Then legalization arrived, and much of that work was absorbed into the commercial market with little credit, less consent and almost no compensation. Strains were renamed. Lineage was blurred. Provenance became…

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Avocados vs Bombs: How Legal Cannabis Markets Beat the Cartels

Remember when they told you that smoking a joint killed a cop in Colombia? That was the propaganda line two decades ago—your personal cannabis consumption was directly funding cartel violence. If you bought weed, you were complicit in murder, corruption, and destabilization. It was bullshit then, and it’s bullshit now. But let’s accept their logic…

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