cannabis

Hawaii Lawmakers Approve Bill To Let Patients Access Medical Marijuana

Hawaii lawmakers have approved a bill to allow patients to immediately access medical cannabis once their registrations are submitted, instead of having to wait until their cards are delivered as is the case under current law. At a joint hearing of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and Commerce and Consumer Protections Committee on…

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Virginia cannabis bills passed by House and Senate (Newsletter: February

Former White House drug czar bashes rescheduling; OK GOP divided on medical marijuana; MD psychedelics vote; MA cannabis sales milestone Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… Free to…

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Pennsylvania Lawmakers Should Legalize Marijuana This Year, Pittsburgh City Council

Local officials in Pennsylvania’s second most populous city are calling on state lawmakers and the governor to urgently agree on a plan to legalize marijuana this year. The Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution noting that despite legalization being enacted in surrounding states and the Trump administration’s “historic” move to federally reschedule marijuana,…

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FDA Misses Deadline To Publish Cannabinoid List And Define Hemp

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has missed a congressionally mandated deadline to publish a list of known cannabinoids as federal hemp laws are set to change later this year in a way that stakeholders argue will upend the existing market. As part of appropriations legislation that President Donald Trump signed last year, many hemp…

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South Dakota Will Begin Issuing Digital Medical Marijuana Cards, Officials

The shift to digital medical cannabis cards will “enhance convenience for patients and caregivers,” the state health secretary said. By John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota medical marijuana cards will soon be primarily digital. The cannabis card news came Tuesday at the Capitol during a meeting of the House of Representatives’s Health and Human…

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New York Cannabis Cup Winners: The Brands and Products That

From dialed-in flower to standout vapes, edibles, and drinks, this year’s Cannabis Cup results highlight the operators setting the pace for New York quality. Best Sativa Flower: Doobie Labs, White Widow Doobie Labs brought their flower to market in 2024 after a relentless pursuit to perfect their product. And clearly, it’s paying off. For a…

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Cannabis in the Old Farmer’s Almanac? It’s Old News

This article originally appeared on the High Adam newsletter. Subscribe here. After the plant’s inclusion in the 234-year-old publication’s planting and gardening guide caused a bit of a buzz last month, editor-in-chief Carol Connare helped put it in perspective. The Old Farmer’s Almanac garnered some serious attention on canna-centric social media last month when it…

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Hawaii Senators Take Up Marijuana Legalization Bills After Key House

Hawaii senators have taken up a pair of bills to legalize marijuana—with one proposal contingent on federal reform or changes to the state Constitution and the other omitting provisions allowing for commercial sales. Members of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and Commerce and Consumer Protections Committee took up the measures—SB 2421 and SB…

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Cannabis Use by Young People Continues Decades-Long Decline

The percentage of young people consuming cannabis products has decreased dramatically over the better part of the past two decades, according to an analysis of youth survey data published in the journal Addictive Behaviors. Researchers affiliated with the University of Connecticut assessed data from the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey. They analyzed over 254,000 high-school…

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Virginia Lawmakers Pass Bills To Legalize Marijuana Sales, Resentence Past

Virginia’s legislature took action on a series of marijuana bills on a key deadline Tuesday—advancing proposals to legalize cannabis sales, provide a pathway to resentencing for prior marijuana convictions and allow medical cannabis access in hospitals for seriously ill patients. On Tuesday’s crossover deadline to move bills from one chamber to the other, the House…

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