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Ohio bill to roll back cannabis legalization passes (Newsletter: December

PA lawmakers on legalization chances; ME recriminalization initiative; TX hemp rules; OR marijuana labor lawsuit; VA consumer workplace protections 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 you dig…

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Maine Officials Approve 2026 Ballot Initiative To Largely Repeal Marijuana

Maine officials have cleared prohibitionist activists to begin collecting signatures for a proposed ballot initiative that would roll back the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law. The measure, if approved, would also revise the regulatory structure of the medical cannabis program by imposing product testing requirements. The proposal—titled “An Act to Amend the Cannabis Legalization Act…

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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Basketball Star Avoids Death Penalty In Indonesia After

For seven months, American athlete Jarred Shaw sat inside Indonesia’s prison system, wondering whether a package of THC gummies sent from Thailand would cost him his life. On Tuesday, an Indonesian court sentenced the 35-year-old to 26 months. The decision marks a sharp departure from the death penalty framework that police and prosecutors had floated…

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Ohio: Lawmakers Advance Bill to Governor’s Desk Repealing Key Provisions

Ohio Senators gave final approval today to legislation (SB 56) significantly amending the state’s voter-approved adult-use legalization law. The measure now goes to Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, who is expected to sign it into law. The Republican-spearheaded bill amends existing law in several ways. It criminalizes the possession of marijuana products obtained from out-of-state, including products legally…

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Ohio Lawmakers Pass Bill To Roll Back Voter-Approved Marijuana Law

The Ohio Senate has voted to concur with a House-amended bill to scale back the state’s voter-approved marijuana law and ban the sale of hemp products that fall outside of a recently revised federal definition for the crop unless they’re sold at licensed cannabis dispensaries. The measure from Sen. Stephen Huffman (R) was substantively revised…

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Medical Cannabis Patients Reduce Their Use of Rx Opioids

Chronic pain patients enrolled in New York’s medical cannabis access program reduce their use of prescription opioids, according to longitudinal data published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine. Investigators affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Columbia University in New York assessed prescription opioid use over 18 months…

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Marijuana’s Federally Banned Status Is One Reason Pennsylvania Hasn’t Legalized

Pennsylvania is losing out on critical revenue by not legalizing marijuana, a key Democratic lawmaker says, but it’s up to the GOP-controlled Senate to make the next move. And one top Republican senator says there are “some significant concerns” to address before that happens—including the current federal classification of cannabis that’s under review by the…

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Virginia Officials Publish Guidance On Marijuana Consumers’ Workplace Rights

As Virginia lawmakers prepare to resume efforts to legalize adult-use marijuana sales in next year’s legislative session, state officials have released guidance on a recently enacted law that provides employment protections for workers who use cannabis while off duty. Virginia has a medical cannabis program—and recreational use and personal cultivation were legalized in 2021, but…

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Medical cannabis reduces opioid prescriptions, study shows (Newsletter: December 9,

FL medical marijuana homegrow bill; NH proposal to put cannabis on ballot; Hemp farmers & carbon credits’ MI marijuana tax ruling; NM psilocybin 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…

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Deconstructing Singapore’s Medical Cannabis Misinformation

The Anatomy of Propaganda: Deconstructing Singapore’s “Medical Cannabis” Misinformation Let me show you what state-sponsored propaganda looks like in 2025. Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau recently published an infographic titled “Understanding Medical Cannabis” that’s so packed with cherry-picked data, misleading claims, and deliberate omissions that it deserves a thorough dissection. This isn’t just bad science—it’s a…

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