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Listen Live: Supreme Court Hears Case On Marijuana Users’ Second

The U.S. Supreme Court is holding a hearing in a case that will determine the constitutionality of a widely contested federal law prohibiting people who use marijuana from owning or possessing firearms. After years of legal challenges to the federal statute, Section 922(g)(3), in courtrooms across the country, justices on Monday are hearing oral arguments…

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Bills on cannabis use in hospitals advance in several states

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Nebraska Medical Marijuana Advocates Press Ahead After Campaign Notary Convicted

“Voters went forward and voted, and it is time to start moving forward and doing something with this issue, rather than trying to stand in the way at every single opportunity.” By Zach Wendling, Nebraska Examiner Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana stood behind its 2024 campaign to legalize and regulate medical cannabis, a day after a…

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‘The West Wing’ Freaked Out About Weed

Three shows, three eras: how cannabis went from a political third rail to a punchline, then to a plausible policy position. In 2001, a career-ending scandal for a top government official was not leaking classified information or committing financial corruption. It was speaking neutrally about marijuana. Or at least, that’s how The West Wing depicted…

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Indiana Won’t Ban Hemp THC Products This Year After Last-Minute

The sponsor of the THC product ban complained that lawmakers would end the session “having done nothing” on hemp. By Leslie Bonilla Muniz, Indiana Capital Chronicle Indiana’s prohibition on intoxicating and synthetic hemp-derived drugs was dead for less than a week before it was resurrected and killed again—this time, until at least next year. Indiana will…

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Bills To Let Patients Use Medical Marijuana In Hospitals Are

Lawmakers in multiple states are considering bills to allow seriously ill patients to access and use medical marijuana in hospitals and other healthcare facilities, with several such proposals advancing this week and one running into a legislative roadblock. While the specific provisions of the legislation differs from state to state, the main goal is same:…

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Monsanto Never Cracked Weed

If corporations own the seeds of almost everything we eat, why hasn’t anyone managed to do the same thing to cannabis? Until now, cannabis has lived in a kind of legal and cultural side universe where the usual machinery of seed monopolies never fully clicked into place. That universe is ending. The changes converging around…

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Virginia Senators Advance House-Passed Marijuana Sales Bill As Reform Nears

Virginia senators have approved a House-passed bill to legalize marijuana sales, adopting changes to make it similar to the version that originated in their chamber as the reform proposal moves closer to the finish line. Members of the Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee on Friday voted 8-7 to advance the legislation from Del. Paul…

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Maryland Senate Unanimously Passes Bill To Extend Psychedelics Task Force

The Maryland Senate has unanimously approved a bill to extend a psychedelics task force through the end of 2027 to develop updated recommendations on expanding therapeutic access to the novel drugs and potentially creating a regulatory framework for broader legalization. Just days after moving through committee—which came on the same day that the House of…

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Louisiana Lawmaker Files Bill To Create Three-Year Marijuana Legalization Pilot

A Louisiana lawmaker has introduced a bill to create an adult-use marijuana legalization pilot program in the state to determine whether the reform should eventually be expanded and permanently codified. Rep. Candace Newell (D)—who has long championed legislation to end cannabis criminalization and filed a similar legal marijuana pilot program measure last session—is sponsoring what’s…

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