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Hawaii Senators Take Up Marijuana Legalization Bills After Key House

Hawaii senators have taken up a pair of bills to legalize marijuana—with one proposal contingent on federal reform or changes to the state Constitution and the other omitting provisions allowing for commercial sales. Members of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and Commerce and Consumer Protections Committee took up the measures—SB 2421 and SB…

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Virginia Lawmakers Pass Bills To Legalize Marijuana Sales, Resentence Past

Virginia’s legislature took action on a series of marijuana bills on a key deadline Tuesday—advancing proposals to legalize cannabis sales, provide a pathway to resentencing for prior marijuana convictions and allow medical cannabis access in hospitals for seriously ill patients. On Tuesday’s crossover deadline to move bills from one chamber to the other, the House…

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Massachusetts Hits $9 Billion Recreational Marijuana Sales Milestone With Surge

Massachusetts has reached another marijuana milestone, with officials announcing that the state has surpassed $9 billion in adult-use cannabis purchases since the market launched in 2018. According to the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC), Massachusetts recreational marijuana sales hit the $9 billion mark as of February 4. The update also notes that the state saw $1.65…

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Oklahoma House And Senate GOP Leaders Dismiss Governor’s Push To

Oklahoma Republican leadership in both chambers are voicing skepticism over the governor’s suggestion that the state should put a measure on the ballot to roll back its medical marijuana program. After Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) used part of his State of the State address this month to pitch the idea of shutting down the state’s…

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GOP congressman celebrates cannabis’s ongoing Schedule I status (Newsletter: February

VA marijuana sales legalization votes; NH psilocybin bill passes; Congressional candidates take cannabis pledge; PA marijuana tax op-ed 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… Hold on, just one…

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Florida Marijuana Campaign Asks Supreme Court To Restore 71,000 Legalization

A Florida campaign hasn’t thrown in the towel just yet on its proposal to put marijuana legalization on the November ballot, with an appeal concerning the invalidation of about 71,000 signatures now before the state Supreme Court. While the court recently agreed to close a separate case involving a legal review into the ballot measure…

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Nebraska Congressional Candidates Vow To Fight For Medical Marijuana Access

As the November election approaches, Nebraska candidates for Congress are pledging to stand with voters in support of medical marijuana access—in part by ousting members of the current delegation who have worked to undermine cannabis reform while the state is inexplicably excluded from federal non-interference protections that exist for other states. During a webinar hosted…

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West Virginia Lawmaker Pushes To Allocate Medical Marijuana Revenue That’s

“There were at least 20-some states doing this today, they don’t seem to have a problem with it, and they’re all spending it, right?” By Henry Culvyhouse, Mountain State Spotlight This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. Get stories like this delivered to your email inbox once a week; sign up for the…

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Virginia House And Senate Approve Differing Marijuana Sales Legalization Bills,

Virginia’s House and Senate have given initial approved to two differing versions of bills to legalize marijuana sales in the Commonwealth—teeing up final votes and bicameral negotiations on the reform while also advancing separate legislation to provide a pathway to resentencing for people with past cannabis convictions. On Monday, the House passed a marijuana sales…

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Feds finalize Medicare CBD coverage rule, hemp industry operative says

Trump pardons NFL star for marijuana; New Farm Bill hemp provisions; VA cannabis sales legalization; MD psychedelics; CO medical marijuana access 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… BREAKING:…

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