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Nebraska judge’s ruling moves the state closer to legalizing medical marijuana

November 27, 2024
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Nebraska
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Three weeks after Nebraska voters overwhelmingly approved medical marijuana the state moved a step closer to allowing it Tuesday when a judge ruled that the petitions that put the question on the ballot were valid. The decision by Lancaster County District…

Winners for medical marijuana dispensary licenses in most KY regions announced. See the list

November 26, 2024
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Kentucky
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Kentucky's Office of Medical Cannabis and Gov. Andy Beshear announced the first group of dispensary business license winners for most commonwealth counties in a lottery drawing Monday afternoon. The drawing, which covered Regions 3-11, but did not include drawings for…

Colorado

Colorado cannabis companies have a new strategy to attract more hesitant customers: weaker weed

November 26, 2024
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Colorado
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“Low-dose cannabis products are one of the products in demand right now,” industry leader says At Terrapin Care Station, a Denver dispensary on Broadway, area manager Adam Shepler stood behind a counter displaying an array of more than 20 low-dose…

Minnesota

Judge halts cannabis license lottery that is precursor to Minnesota marijuana retail launch

November 26, 2024
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Minnesota
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A planned lottery to give some would-be cannabis business owners a licensing head start won’t go forward early this week after a judge halted the process Monday. Ramsey County District Court Judge Stephen Smith sided with a group of applicants…

This industry is high on the thought of Matt Gaetz as attorney general

November 20, 2024
Rob Meagher
Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana, Federal
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The president-elect’s attorney general pick was one of the most pro-cannabis lawmakers on Capitol Hill. There’s one group that’s thrilled with Donald Trump’s embattled pick for attorney general: weed companies. Trump’s first administration took an adversarial approach to cannabis policy,…

Cannabis regulator faces heat after rejecting over a thousand initial applicants

Minnesota cannabis regulators say they’ll hold a lottery in the coming weeks to determine who will operate the state’s first legal marijuana businesses, but the Office of Cannabis Management is facing pushback this week after it rejected around two-thirds of…

Cannabis Control Commission doubles down on hazardous dust after worker death

The state agency released a bulletin Wednesday advising cultivators to expand protections inside growing facilities. Nearly three years after a worker died from marijuana dust at a cannabis production facility in Holyoke, the Cannabis Control Commission issued a bulletin requiring cultivators keep…

Joe Rogan Says Harris Campaign Barred Discussion of Marijuana Legalization as Condition for Interview

November 14, 2024
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Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana, Uncategorized
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When Kamala Harris’s campaign team was haggling with Joe Rogan over the conditions that would be placed on a prospective interview, they relayed that the nominee wanted to avoid answering questions about marijuana legalization, likely because of her record of prosecuting…

Trump plans to revoke many Biden policies. Where does that leave marijuana?

November 12, 2024
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Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana, News & Insights
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President-elect Donald Trump is expected to come to the White House with a laundry list of policies he wants to change or reverse. The Biden administration has moved to ease longtime restrictions on cannabis — so, what might Trump's arrival…

Group for small pot farmers sues N.Y. and warns industry ‘at risk of collapse’

November 12, 2024
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New York
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The Cannabis Farmers Alliance says the rollout of the retail market "has been disastrous" for participants at all levels of the industry. A lawsuit filed Monday on behalf of the Cannabis Farmers Alliance accuses the state Office of Cannabis Management…

New Rule, December 5: Oregon Cannabis Retailers, Processors and Labor Peace Agreements

November 12, 2024
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Oregon
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Vince Sliwoski, Managing Partner, Harris Sliwoski Oregon’s Measure 119 passed last week, as expected. This means that as of December 5th, every OLCC licensed retailer, processor, researcher and testing lab must secure a labor peace agreement before OLCC will approve a new or renewal…

Missouri’s $1.4 billion cannabis market outpaces states with older programs

November 11, 2024
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Missouri
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In less than two years of selling legal recreational weed, Missouri’s cannabis market has grown to $1.4 billion — outperforming states with a longer history of marijuana legalization like Arizona, Colorado and Nevada. “Those are mature marketplaces, and you are…

Florida Rejects Adult-Use; Measure 3 Fails to Reach 60%; Other States Report

November 6, 2024
Tom Hymes
Florida, Nebraska, News & Insights, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas
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In addition to the presidential race and all the down ballot state races that were decided Tuesday, voters in Florida, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Texas also made their voices heard on state and local marijuana-related ballot measures. As…

Marijuana Rescheduling: Delays, Adverse Participants… It’s All Good

By Vince Sliwoski, Last Thursday, we learned that the DEA’s marijuana rescheduling hearings are delayed until early next year. We also saw the list of 25 participants invited by the DEA to testify at those hearings. The takeaways here are:…

How Municipalities Crush Rogue and Regulated Intoxicants

Despite complete state and federal legality, municipalities are increasingly prohibiting and prosecuting hemp-derived intoxicating product sales imposing civil and criminal penalties on both the business and its owners. By Steve Schain, Forget about the Feds and states, for cannabis companies,…