Cannabis Legalization News

The New Hampshire Senate voted to create a commission to study implementing an adult-use cannabis legalization process that would put dispensaries under state control.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has submitted the legalization ballot proposal being circulated by advocates to the state Supreme Court, seemingly to signal she would argue the proposal doesn’t meet legal requirements to appear before voters.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), who opposes general cannabis legalization, said he would sign a legalization proposal into law if the bill included government control of sales, like how the state handles liquor sales.

The New Hampshire Senate voted 14-10 on Thursday to reject a House-approved cannabis legalization proposal.

Lawmakers in the New Hampshire Senate Judiciary Committee voted 3-2 to kill the state’s adult-use cannabis legalization bill. The proposal was already passed by the House.

Activists in Ohio are again collecting signatures to put a cannabis ballot initiative before voters in November after state lawmakers failed to pass a citizen-authored legalization initiative this year.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed a bill on Wednesday to implement the state’s adult-use cannabis legalization policy.

The campaign to put a cannabis legalization question before Florida voters in 2024 has collected 94% of the necessary signatures.

European cannabis advocates their eyes on the Czech Republic, where officials have expressed support for legalizing adult-use cannabis but also recently took measures to crack down on the sale of CBD products.

Lawmakers in the Minnesota Senate narrowly approved an adult-use cannabis legalization bill last week on a 34-33 party-line vote.

A recent survey found about one-third of New Jersey adults have used cannabis products since the state’s adult-use legalization reforms took effect about a year ago.

The Minnesota House voted this week to legalize adult-use cannabis; the Senate is expected to take up its own version of the legislation on Friday.

Lawmakers in Louisiana’s House Criminal Justice Committee this week voted 9-4 to reject a bill to legalize adult-use cannabis in the state.

Adult-use cannabis is now legal in Delaware after Gov. John Carney (D) allowed the state’s legalization proposals to become law without his signature on Sunday.

A recent South Dakota poll found that voters are open to legalizing cannabis despite having rejected adult-use reforms last year.

While Germany’s efforts to legalize and regulate adult-use cannabis suffered a minor blow following last week’s revelations, the country remains on track to launch a five-year adult-use cannabis pilot program and, in the meantime, intends to decriminalize cannabis possession and home growing.

New Hampshire Senate President Jeb Bradley (R) said the chamber is unlikely to approve the adult-use legalization bill passed last week by the House, saying he thinks it’s unwise to pass the reforms “in the middle of a drug crisis.”

Germany announced the watering down of its cannabis legalization efforts after talks with EU officials but the plan is to still legalize possession, allow limited home grows, and establish members-only “cannabis clubs.”

The New Hampshire House voted this week to legalize adult-use cannabis. It was the body’s third such measure and the bill moves next to the Senate, which has never previously passed the reforms.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) last week signed the state’s medical cannabis legalization bill into law; the bill allows patients to access cannabis edibles and concentrates but stops short of permitting smokable products.

Kentucky lawmakers passed a bill to legalize medical cannabis in the state on Thursday, sending the proposal to Gov. Andy Beshear (D) who said he plans to “proudly” sign the legislation later today.

The Delaware Senate passed House-approved adult-use cannabis legalization bills yesterday, sending the legislation to Gov. John Carney (D) who vetoed a similar legalization measure last summer.

A North Carolina legalization proposal would expunge prior cannabis-related convictions, allow adult home grows of up to six plants, and carry a 20% excise tax on cannabis sales.

Pennsylvania’s latest adult-use cannabis legalization proposal would see state-licensed liquor stores control the retail cannabis market.