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Florida Voters Support Marijuana Legalization, New Poll Shows As State

As Florida officials defend their decision to invalidate tens of thousands of signatures for a proposed marijuana legalization ballot initiative, a new poll reaffirms that a majority of Floridians want to see the reform enacted. The Smart & Safe Florida campaign behind the cannabis initiative has found itself fighting in multiple court cases in hopes…

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Virginia Marijuana Bills Near Finish Line With Votes On Legalizing

Virginia lawmakers are nearing the finish line for a series of marijuana reform bills—including proposals to legalize adult-use sales, provide a pathway for resentencing past convictions and allow patients to use medical cannabis in hospitals. The House on Wednesday approved a Senate-passed measure, SB 542 from Sen. Lashrecse Aird (D), to establish a commercial marijuana…

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Hawaii Senators Advance Bill To Create Psychedelics Task Force And

Hawaii senators have taken another step to advance a bill that would create a psychedelics task force responsible for studying and making policy recommendations on providing access to breakthrough therapies such as psilocybin and MDMA. About a week after the Senate Health and Human Services Committee unanimously approved the legislation from Sen. Chris Lee (D),…

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Florida Lawmakers Pass Bill To Provide Discounted Medical Marijuana Cards

The Florida House of Representatives has passed a bill to significantly reduce the fee for military veterans to obtain medical marijuana registry identification cards. The measure from Reps. Susan Valdés (R) and Michelle Salzman (R) was approved in a unanimous 113-0 vote on Wednesday. This comes after the proposal cleared three House panels and as…

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Anti-cannabis ballot measure lacks support in Massachusetts, poll shows (Newsletter:

WI gov pushes Congress on hemp; VA marijuana sales bills advance; CT psychedelics; WA medical cannabis in hospitals 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 read (but…

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Virginia Legislation To Let Patients Use Medical Marijuana In Hospitals

Virginia lawmakers have taken more steps toward enacting legislation that would let certain patients use medical marijuana in hospitals, teeing up the reform to be sent to the governor’s desk imminently. On Monday, the Senate signed off on the House of Delegates’s changes to SB 332, sponsored by from Sen. Barbara Favola (D), and the…

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Virginia House And Senate Lawmakers Advance Marijuana Sales Legalization Bills

The march toward legalizing recreational marijuana sales in Virginia continues on, with the full House of Delegates and a Senate committee advancing a pair of companion bills to create a regulated adult-use cannabis market in the Commonwealth. The House on Tuesday passed a Senate-approved cannabis sales bill on second reading, teeing it up for final…

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Washington Senators Approve Bill To Let Terminally Ill Patients Use

A Washington State Senate committee has approved a House-passed bill to allow terminally ill patients to use medical cannabis in healthcare facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes and hospices. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Shelley Kloba (D), cleared the Senate Ways & Means Committee on Monday after having previously been passed by the full House…

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Trump’s Cannabis Rescheduling Move Alone Won’t Stabilize The Industry Without

“A stable cannabis industry requires more than tax normalization. It requires integration into healthcare infrastructure that governs how therapeutic products are accessed, financed and sustained.” By Gennaro Luce and Matthew Myro Rothman, CannaLnx Momentum around federal cannabis reform has shifted. Following President Donald Trump’s executive order directing the rescheduling of cannabis, investors have interpreted the…

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NORML Defends Cannabis Consumers’ Constitutional Rights

Should one’s status as a cannabis consumer prohibit them from ever legally owning a firearm? That was the question before the US Supreme Court yesterday in United States v. Hemani.  Lawyers for the federal government say ‘yes.’ NORML says ‘no.’ NORML was among several advocacy groups that filed friend-of-the-court briefs urging Justices to strike down…

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