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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has signed a bill into law updating the state’s medical marijuana program, with revised rules that grant reciprocity to out-of-state residents, streamline the patient certification process, allow adults 18 and older to grow their own cannabis plants for therapeutic use and more. The legislation from Assembly Majority Leader Crystal…

An association of Massachusetts marijuana businesses is urging voters to tell local officials about any cases of misleading signature gathering tactics and “fraudulent messaging” by a campaign seeking to put an initiative on the ballot next year that would roll back the state’s adult-use legalization law. The prohibitionist campaign, called the Coalition for a Healthy…

A federal court has tossed a firearms conviction against a man because it determined that the underlying alleged crime—possession of a gun while being a user of marijuana—is unconstitutional. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth District on Friday said the crux of the case is “whether the Second Amendment protects a habitual marijuana…

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“I just don’t understand why they thought that prohibition would be the right answer.” By Isiah Holmes, Wisconsin Examiner When Jacob Diener first heard that the status of hemp could be reviewed, he wasn’t too concerned. With his company, A Good Plug, the 32-year-old expected to continue producing small batch hemp products like gummies, brownies…

A Massachusetts campaign seeking to put an initiative on the 2026 ballot to roll back the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law is “confident” they turned in enough signatures this week to qualify—and they’re also pushing back against allegations that some of its petitioners violated election laws by peddling misleading claims about the measure. Wendy Wakeman,…