Cannabis Legalization News

Minnesota lawmakers have delivered a proposal to Gov. Tim Walz’s (D) desk that changes the state’s cannabis legalization law and establishes the state’s adult-use market.

U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (D-FL) and Darren Soto (D-FL) have accused the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration of Medicaid fraud involving political organizations that campaigned last year against the state’s adult-use cannabis legalization initiative

Researchers monitoring Switzerland’s adult-use cannabis pilot program found that legal cannabis access could reduce problematic cannabis consumption.

Lawmakers in a key Pennsylvania Senate committee have rejected the adult-use cannabis legalization proposal recently passed in the House.

Cannabis retailers in the U.S. sold $30.1 billion worth of regulated cannabis products in 2024, a 4.5% year-over-year increase, although cannabis employment fell by 3.4% for the year.

For the third year in a row, Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have removed provisions from Gov. Tony Evers’ (D) proposed state budget seeking to legalize adult-use cannabis.

The Pennsylvania House has given initial approval to an adult-use cannabis legalization proposal that includes state-run dispensaries.

Lawmakers in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives have introduced a new proposal to legalize adult-use cannabis.

Nebraska House lawmakers will reconsider a bill to implement the state’s voter-approved medical cannabis program after initially voting against it; the compromise legislation would allow vaping but prohibits smoking.

The New Hampshire Senate has voted to table a House-approved cannabis legalization proposal, effectively killing the Legislature’s last chance at approving adult-use reforms this year.

Democrat lawmakers in the North Carolina House of Representatives have filed a bill to legalize medical cannabis for debilitating conditions such as cancer, epilepsy, PTSD, and other specified conditions.

Lawmakers in the Nebraska General Affairs Committee voted 5-3 against advancing a bill to implement the state’s voter-approved medical cannabis program.

A bipartisan proposal filed in the House of Representatives would federally legalize cannabis in states, territories, and tribal nations that have already passed adult-use reforms.

Oklahoma cannabis advocates have drafted and filed a constitutional amendment to legalize adult-use cannabis.

Florida election officials are fining Smart & Safe Florida $121,850 for missing the deadline on over 2,000 petition forms submitted for last year’s failed cannabis legalization initiative.

New Hampshire House lawmakers have passed the body’s second cannabis legalization proposal of the session. The bill, however, contains fewer allowances than the proposal passed earlier this year, leaving cannabis retail and home grows out entirely.

For the second legislative session in a row, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has vetoed a proposal to implement a regulated, adult-use cannabis industry in the state.

In a recent poll of Utah residents, 52% of respondents said they would vote for a citizen-led cannabis legalization initiative.

Democratic lawmakers in North Carolina filed a proposal to legalize the possession, cultivation, buying, and selling of cannabis by adults aged 21+.

Twenty-six cannabis companies spent over $1.6 million on lobbying for cannabis reforms in Pennsylvania last year, with over $800,000 coming from multi-state operators.

Idaho lawmakers have passed a House-approved bill that will ask voters to give up their right to pass any citizen-led ballot initiatives to legalize cannabis or enact other drug reforms.

The Republican-controlled Ohio Senate voted in a 23-9 party-line vote to override parts of the state’s voter-backed cannabis legalization law, including removing social equity provisions, reducing home grows from 12 to 6 plants, and setting new THC caps on cannabis flower products and concentrates.

Indiana House lawmakers have failed to advance any of the proposed cannabis legalization and decriminalization bills this session.

The New Hampshire House of Representatives has passed a proposal to legalize personal possession and consumption of cannabis by adults.