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Florida Officials Advance Marijuana Legalization Initiative To Ballot Review After

“Respondents have now sent the demanded…letter to Smart & Safe and submitted the initiative petition to the Attorney General.” By Liv Caputo, Florida Phoenix Weeks after a pro-marijuana group sued the DeSantis administration in the Florida Supreme Court for allegedly slow-walking the process to put an amendment on the ballot, Florida election officials announced that…

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Massachusetts Lawmakers Hold Hearing On Psychedelic Therapy Bills

“It means Massachusetts leads with compassion—the same way we did on cannabis reform and overdose prevention.” By Jack Gorsline, MassWire Last week, members of the Massachusetts legislature’s Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery heard testimony for two competing legislative proposals that would establish pilot programs for psychedelic-assisted therapy in the state. H.2203,…

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Police in These Eight States Made Over 100,000 Marijuana-Related Arrests

Police in Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin made well over 100,000 marijuana-related arrests in 2024, according to data provided by the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer. The overwhelming majority of those arrested were charged with low-level marijuana possession — not cultivation, trafficking, or sales. Texas led the nation in marijuana-related arrests.…

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Go Germany Go! Weed Imports Hit Record High as Growers’

Germany’s cannabis world is moving fast. While the country breaks its own records for medical flower imports, it’s also moving forward—unevenly but steadily—with its system of adult-use cannabis social clubs. Two parallel trends, one story: domestic demand has surpassed all expectations. According to newly published data from the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices…

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Trump DOJ Declines To File Supreme Court Brief In Marijuana

The Justice Department is declining the opportunity to file a brief on whether the U.S. Supreme Court should take up a case from marijuana businesses that are challenging the constitutionality of federal prohibition. In a filing submitted to the court on Monday, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer, who was appointed by President Donald Trump,…

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Trump admin see cannabis as “hazard,” federal prosecutor says (Newsletter:

State-legal marijuana exception in new fed rule; RFK “still uses psychedelics”; Roger Stone talks Trump & hemp ban; VA legalization plan 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… Before…

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States Are Already Rebelling Against Trump’s New Hemp THC Ban

Trump’s shutdown deal quietly recriminalizes most hemp-derived THC products next year, capping them at 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container and banning synthetics. From Texas to Minnesota, governors, brewers and farmers are already signaling they’ll regulate on their own terms instead of treating Washington’s new limit as the last word. TL;DR: Trump’s new law…

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Cory Booker: ‘The Idea That Heroin and Meth Are the

Senator Cory Booker walked into a cannabis conference in Washington, D.C. and went straight for the jugular. Justice, he told the room, starts with descheduling. Booker appeared at the Cannabis Capital & Policy Summit, a one-day event in the nation’s capital produced by IgniteIt in partnership with the U.S. Cannabis Roundtable. The crowd was packed…

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US Attorney Says Feds Will “Rigorously Prosecute” Low-Level Marijuana Violations,

The United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming says his office will “rigorously prosecute” minor marijuana possession violations on federal lands following a reported change in federal guidance. According to a November 13th memo issued by US Attorney Darrin Smith, the Justice Department has “rescinded previous guidance .. [that] directed US Attorneys not to…

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North Carolina Hemp Businesses Brace For Impact Of New Federal

“We have a year to either figure it out or we have a year to just like, crush it and fight for the plant and hope that we can change this with legislation.” By Brandon Kingdollar, NC Newsline For Hannah DeLange, the most rewarding part of managing Redhead Hemp’s Durham location has been “creating a…

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