Cannabis Policy

A new report reveals that the Biden White House punished multiple staffers with penalties including suspension, remote work assignments, and requests for their resignation due to their past cannabis use.

A recent Florida poll found a strong majority of respondents disapprove of capping THC content in legal cannabis and that support for medical and adult-use cannabis is continuing to grow.

Colorado state senators have approved legislation allowing children with complicated medical conditions to access medical cannabis while at school.

Lawmakers in Tennessee’s House Health Committee voted to advance a measure that would allow adult cancer patients to consume medical cannabis via THC-rich cannabis oil.

The City Council in Shreveport, Louisiana is considering a measure to decriminalize low-level cannabis possession. If approved, Shreveport would be only the third Louisiana city to adopt significant cannabis reforms.

Colorado is the latest state to consider capping THC content in cannabis products after a lawmaker there proposed a 15 percent THC cap for concentrates.

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) went full Reefer Madness in his remarks on legalization during a press conference last week, saying “If you legalize marijuana, you’re gonna kill your kids.”

New Mexico state senators have pulled the state’s cannabis legalization bill from their agenda just days before the session’s end, citing disagreements over taxation, licensing, and the bill’s criminal justice reform provisions.

An Illinois proposal seeks to block former cannabis regulators and their family members from working and investing in the state’s licensed cannabis industry.

South Dakota’s medical cannabis legalization initiative will take effect as planned after state Senators stymied an attempt by House lawmakers to delay implementation for six months.

New Mexico Senate Speaker Brian Egolf said legalization is a top priority for lawmakers this session and he is “cautiously optimistic” the reforms will pass this year.

Mexican lawmakers have approved a bill legalizing the production and sale of cannabis for adults, setting Mexico up to become the world’s largest legal cannabis marketplace.

As lawmakers mull the legalization of cannabis, the idea of THC caps for cannabis products is gaining steam in legislative circles at both the state and federal levels.

A Rhode Island Senate legalization proposal would establish an adult-use cannabis marketplace with a 20 percent tax rate.

According to a recent poll, two-thirds of Maryland residents support legalizing adult-use cannabis in the state.

Federal regulators have issued their final orders against CBD brands targeted in last year’s “Operation CBDeceit” crackdown.

Minnesota’s Senate Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee voted unanimously to advance a measure giving medical cannabis patients access to cannabis flower.

Evanston, Illinois is ready to start sending $25,000 reparation payments to help Black residents afford housing in the north Chicago neighborhood. The payments will be funded by a 3% tax on adult-use cannabis.

Alabama’s Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a measure that would decriminalize cannabis possession for first-time offenders, reducing penalties from a potential jail sentence to a $250 fine.

A recent poll found that 60 percent of Texans are ready to legalize cannabis “for any use.”

The NAACP’s New Jersey chapter said the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission breaks the law because it does not meet its own social equity requirements.

Gov. Daniel McKee, Rhode Island’s new governor following the confirmation of Gina Raimondo as President Biden’s Commerce Secretary, reportedly said in January that it’s time to legalize cannabis.

Virginia is set to become the first Southern state to legalize after lawmakers advanced legislation to undo cannabis prohibition starting in 2024.

Lawmakers in New Mexico’s House of Representatives voted to legalize adult-use cannabis last week, setting the state up for another legalization showdown in the Senate after a similar attempt failed there in 2019.