LOS ANGELES — The Biden administration's move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous but still controlled drug was hailed as a monumental step in reshaping national policy. But it might do little to ease a longstanding problem in the cannabis industry — a lack of loans, checking accounts and banking services that other businesses take for granted. Reclassifying Marijuana … [Read more...] about New era for pot regulation leaves old problem: Many cannabis companies can’t find a bank
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Hawaii Has Been Debating Marijuana Legalization For Half A Century
State Rep. John Carroll was fed up with Hawaii’s outdated marijuana laws. The Republican lawmaker had recently been at a rock concert where much of the audience had lit up — some right in front of police officers. Thousands of Hawaii’s citizens smoked pot, Carroll told the Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspaper, but nothing had been done to update the legal code to “better fit the … [Read more...] about Hawaii Has Been Debating Marijuana Legalization For Half A Century
Cannabis companies could see millions more in state social equity funds
Dozens of cannabis entrepreneurs were buoyed last month by the announcement of more than $2 million in grant funding from a unique state program for business owners from communities most affected by strict drug prohibition. Millions more may soon follow. The grants represented the first money released from the state’s Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund, which channels money … [Read more...] about Cannabis companies could see millions more in state social equity funds
Kansas Medical Cannabis Proposal Dead for 2024
A bill to legalize medical marijuana in Kansas is dead for 2024 after the state Senate blocked an effort to bring the proposal to the floor for debate. Had it passed, the measure would have legalized the medicinal use of cannabis by patients with certain qualifying conditions in one of the few states that have yet to legalize medical weed. Last month, a Kansas Senate … [Read more...] about Kansas Medical Cannabis Proposal Dead for 2024
What bills are making waves in the last days of the CT legislative session? Cannabis, car searches, dog racing and boats
HARTFORD — In its first late-night action of the legislative session, majority Democrats in the House beat back GOP efforts to unwind some of the 2020 police accountability rules; finally approved the end of dog racing in the state; then morphed a bill limiting the wake of boats in eastern Connecticut into an effort to plant noninvasive species along brooks and streams. During … [Read more...] about What bills are making waves in the last days of the CT legislative session? Cannabis, car searches, dog racing and boats
Kansas Senate rejects attempt to dislodge medical marijuana bill stuck in a committee
Sen. Cindy Holscher, a Democrat, said she was disappointed the Kansas Senate declined to allow a medical marijuana bill to be pulled from committee to the full Senate for debate. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — Republican members of the Kansas Senate crushed with a boot heel Friday an attempt to breathe life into legislation creating the state regulatory framework … [Read more...] about Kansas Senate rejects attempt to dislodge medical marijuana bill stuck in a committee
State senator’s bill would align Pa. law with medical marijuana users’ firearms rights
(The Center Square) ― Legalizing recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania has held legislative attention in recent years, but some problems still pester users in the medical marijuana program. Some clarity may soon come for the legal tensions between Second Amendment rights and state-approved marijuana use. Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, is proposingSenate Bill 1146 to clarify that … [Read more...] about State senator’s bill would align Pa. law with medical marijuana users’ firearms rights
Amended Maine Bill To Establish Psychedelic Research Committee Heads to Gov.
Among the many states currently looking to enact measures to investigate psychedelic regulation and increase psychedelic research, Maine is one of the latest to throw its hat in the ring. Lawmakers supporting the initial reform bill were hoping to usher in a new era of psychedelic drug regulation for therapeutic use, though the amended bill would pump the breaks and instead set … [Read more...] about Amended Maine Bill To Establish Psychedelic Research Committee Heads to Gov.
Massachusetts Lawmakers Consider Psychedelics Therapy Legalization Bill
Massachusetts legislators held a joint legislative committee hearing last week to consider an initiative to legalize the therapeutic use of natural psychedelics. At the hearing, lawmakers heard from both supporters and opponents of the proposal, which can be approved by the legislature or referred to voters to decide the issue this November. The proposed ballot measure is … [Read more...] about Massachusetts Lawmakers Consider Psychedelics Therapy Legalization Bill
New York cannabis farmers may have to throw away 250,000 pounds of product due to retail-store bottleneck
Unsold cannabis in New York state will likely be thrown away because of a lack of retail locations. Fresh Alternative Farms Three years after New York approved recreational cannabis use for adults 21 and older, the rollout of the Empire State’s legal-cannabis program has created a bottleneck of product with limited options to get it to market, people directly involved in the … [Read more...] about New York cannabis farmers may have to throw away 250,000 pounds of product due to retail-store bottleneck