As Congress prepares legislation to reauthorize Job Corps, the nation’s largest residential career-training program for youth and young adults, the chairwoman of a key House panel is urging colleagues to consider eliminating a drug-screening requirement that each year prevents thousands of young people from participating—overwhelmingly for cannabis. “Job Corps enjoysContinue Reading
LA gov: Legal marijuana “is going to happen”; SC medical cannabis vote first thing in 2022; TX psychedelics bill advances in Senate 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. (function()Continue Reading
Just a day after a bill to legalize marijuana in Louisiana stalled in the state legislature, Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) said on his live radio program Wednesday that cannabis legalization “is going to happen in Louisiana eventually.” “In the past, as a legislator and as governor, I’ve been opposedContinue Reading
Hemp was legalized under the 2018 Farm Bill, but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has still not finalized a process to allow derivatives such as CBD to be used in consumable products like foods, drinks and dietary supplements. A new Senate bill introduced on Wednesday seeks to change that,Continue Reading
A Texas Senate committee on Wednesday unanimously approved a House-passed bill that would require the state to conduct a study into the therapeutic potential of psychedelics like psilocybin and MDMA. The move on the psychedelics proposal comes as several marijuana-related measures are also making their way through the legislature thisContinue Reading
The 2021 legislative session in South Carolina ended last week—but the sponsor of a bill to legalize medical marijuana says he’s received assurances from a top Senate leader that his measure will be taken up as the first order of business at the beginning of next year. Sen. Tom DavisContinue Reading
LA legal marijuana stalls; TX penalty reform advances; MS voters: Impeach justices who overturned medical cannabis; Poll: PA voters back drug decrim 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. (function()Continue Reading
74% of Mississippi voters approved medical marijuana legalization. The state’s Supreme Court was aghast—and burned down the house to prevent the new law from taking effect. The post Mississippi meltdown: High court destroys state initiative system to stop medical marijuana appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Mississippi meltdown:Continue Reading
The legislation makes some changes to the voter-approved cannabis measure but is closer to the ballot initiative than some plans lawmakers floated this session. By Arren Kimbel-Sannit, Daily Montanan Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) on Tuesday signed House Bill 701, landmark legislation that implements and regulates the recreational marijuana programContinue Reading
Legislators added new caps on homegrow and THC potency—and moved locals to the front of the licensing line. The post Montana just changed its marijuana law. Here’s what you need to know appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Montana just changed its marijuana law. Here’s what you needContinue Reading
