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FBI Says Agents Can Invest And Work In Hemp Companies

FBI agents received specific guidance prohibiting them investing in marijuana companies—but not necessarily those that make hemp or CBD products—according to a 2022 memo that the agency released last week for reasons that are unclear. The allowance for hemp investments and work contains an exception blocking involvement with companies whose packaging  “promotes marijuana”—including any depiction…

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North Carolina Governor Steps Up Push For Marijuana Legalization As

A governor-appointed cannabis commission in North Carolina has issued an interim report after holding months of meetings focused on the issue. The group is recommending that the state move away from a criminalization-based approach to cannabis and toward a system of “robust” regulations that provide for adults’ legal access to THC products. The North Carolina…

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Trump Fired Pam Bondi

Trump just pushed out the attorney general he ordered to expedite marijuana rescheduling and replaced her, for now, with former personal lawyer Todd Blanche. Industry sources say the Schedule III push is still moving, but for cannabis readers the bigger question remains the same: even if it happens, what exactly does rescheduling solve? Pam Bondi…

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Fifty Years After “Legalize It,” the Fight Isn’t Over

How Niambe McIntosh Is Defending Her Father’s Work The song opens patiently, almost sweetly, with a voice that has decided not to raise its voice because the truth does not need volume. Fifty years after Peter Tosh first pressed “Legalize It” to vinyl, the track still lands like a dare you cannot refuse, because the…

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Feds Finalize New Rule Allowing Some Hemp Products As Medicare

Federal officials have finalized a rule that will allow coverage of some hemp products as specialized, non-primarily health-related benefits through Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. In a filing set to be published in the Federal Register on Monday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is clarifying that certain cannabis products that are legal under…

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Trump Proposes To Keep Protecting State Medical Marijuana Laws From

President Donald Trump is requesting that Congress continue to protect state medical marijuana programs from federal interference while also maintaining a policy that has blocked local officials in Washington, D.C. from legalizing recreational cannabis sales. In his Fiscal Year 2027 budget request sent to lawmakers on Friday, the president proposed for the first time to…

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Hawaii Senators Push Congress To Federally Legalize Marijuana And Clear

Hawaii senators have approved a pair of resolutions calling on Congress to federally legalize marijuana, support state efforts to clear people’s conviction records and take steps to facilitate access to banking services for companies in the cannabis industry. “Even though states have made significant policy changes with respect to cannabis, the federal Controlled Substances Act…

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Maryland: Lawmakers Advance Legislation Providing Employment Protections for Firefighters’ Off

Members of the House and Senate have passed legislation (HB 797 | SB 439) prohibiting employment discrimination against firefighters and other rescue workers who use state-authorized medical cannabis products while off-duty. Both bills passed their respective chambers by votes of nearly 3 to 1, with House members advancing its version of the bill on Thursday…

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Massachusetts Marijuana Businesses File Lawsuit To Keep Legalization Rollback Measure

Massachusetts marijuana businesses have filed a lawsuit aiming to block an initiative to roll back the state’s voter-approved legalization law from reaching the November ballot. The proposal to repeal laws allowing legal recreational cannabis sales violates the state Constitution by containing “impermissibly unrelated subjects,” and the state attorney general’s official summary is “misleading and deficient,”…

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DC Mayor Proposes To Let Medical Marijuana And Alcohol Companies

The mayor of Washington, D.C. is proposing to allow medical marijuana companies to partner with local breweries and distilleries to produce cannabis-infused, alcohol-free drinks for sale in the nation’s capital. Under the partnership contemplated by the Medical Cannabis Beverage Product Amendment Act of 2026 proposed by Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), alcohol companies could apply for a…

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