Author: Marijuana Moment

[ad_1] A medical cannabis bill passed the Senate last year but stalled in the House. By Alan Wooten, The Center Square Nearly 8 in 10 North Carolinians support the Legislature revisiting and passing a medical marijuana bill in the short session this year. According to this month’s release of the Meredith Poll, 78 percent support passage and only 18 percent said they were opposed. In the long session last year, the North Carolina Compassionate Care Act passed the Senate but did not get a vote in the House of Representatives. Known as Senate Bill 3, some lawmakers are hopeful for…

[ad_1] It would criminalize “any person who willfully publishes any notice or advertisement, in any medium, of a product or service that is illegal under Idaho law.” By Kyle Pfannenstiel, Idaho Capital Sun Idaho legislators introduced a bill on Wednesday to criminalize advertising illegal services or products—like marijuana—in Idaho. Marijuana is illegal in Idaho and in federal law. But states surrounding Idaho, like Washington, Montana, Nevada and Oregon, have legalized marijuana for recreational use in recent years. Rep. Judy Boyle, R-Midvale, told lawmakers on the House State Affairs Committee that there are advertisements for marijuana in Idaho, referencing a billboard…

[ad_1] “They don’t feel like we’re worthy of being part of the political system. They’ve made rules to try to eliminate us.” By Michelle Griffith, Minnesota Reformer The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to decertify the Legal Marijuana Now Party as a major political party. The DFL alleges the Legal Marijuana Now Party hasn’t complied with the state’s new election laws, and that its recent nomination of a presidential primary candidate against her wishes illustrates the party’s disregard for the law. DFL Chair Ken Martin also wants the court to order Secretary of State Steve…

[ad_1] “The resubmission is focused on responses to issues raised in the Attorney General’s rejection opinion.” By Hunter Field, Arkansas Advocate A marijuana industry and patient group has resubmitted language to the attorney general for a ballot measure to expand access to medical cannabis in Arkansas. Attorney General Tim Griffin (R) rejected the first version of the Arkansas Medical Cannabis Amendment of 2024 due to improper formatting and ambiguities about how the measure would affect existing state laws and rules. Arkansans for Patient Access on Monday submitted new versions of the proposed constitutional amendment, ballot title and popular name with…

[ad_1] A senator said his local police chief told him there haven’t been any problems with drive-thru cannabis dispensaries. By Austin Fisher, Source NM By one vote, the New Mexico Senate passed an amendment on Monday afternoon that will continue to allow cannabis businesses to offer their services at drive-thru windows. Sen. Katy Duhigg (D-Albuquerque) is carrying Senate Bill 6, which would make a number of changes to New Mexico’s cannabis law. A substitute bill written by the Senate Judiciary Committee would have prohibited sales of cannabis through a drive-thru window. Sen. Jeff Steinborn (D-Las Cruces) introduced three amendments to the bill on…

[ad_1] Because the raw flower being sold isn’t processed, the Office of Medical Cannabis believes it lacks authority to regulate it, hence the needed law change. By Peter Callagan, MinnPost Minnesota’s regulators will ask state lawmakers for a law to help them police the sale of raw cannabis flower, a product that was left without clear regulation in the 2023 recreational marijuana law. Charlene Briner, the interim director of the Office of Cannabis Management, said this week she’ll ask for legislation to transfer oversight and enforcement of hemp-derived products from the Office of Medical Cannabis to her office this summer…

[ad_1] “The amount of sales that they’ve had with commercial marijuana has been just record-breaking and exceeded all expectations and projections.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent The Missouri Veterans Commission will likely receive about $19 million from marijuana sales revenue before the current fiscal year is over on July 1, Amy Moore, director of the Division of Cannabis Regulation, told a House committee this week. Next year it will be $22 million, she said, if the governor’s budget recommendations are approved. “The governor’s recommendation is quite a bit more than expected,” Moore told members of the House Veterans Committee, “and…

[ad_1] “Fast-tracking the large existing medical marijuana corporations would ring a bell that cannot be unrung, much to their investors’ delight.” By Chelsea Higgs Wise, Marijuana Justice If you are experiencing déjà vu over the marijuana legislation before the Virginia General Assembly this year, you could be forgiven. As was the case in 2023, the General Assembly is currently considering various proposals on how to implement the retail sales of marijuana to adults 21 and over. Specifically, the issue boils down to either fast-tracking adult-use marijuana sales by allowing existing medical marijuana operators—most of which are based out of state—to…

[ad_1] “There can be no credible argument that the federal firearms statute pre-empts New Jersey law when it comes to arming police officers without the need for a federal firearms permit.” By Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor Lawyers representing a Jersey City police union say the city’s federal lawsuit that targets New Jersey for allowing Garden State police officers to use cannabis is nothing more than a “political agenda masquerading” as a civil complaint and should be dismissed. Attorney Peter Paris, who filed the motion to dismiss the case late Wednesday on behalf of the Jersey City Police Officers Benevolent Association, argues…

[ad_1] “Everybody’s becoming more aware of it, and how popular medical marijuana is in Kansas currently and how well it polls.” By Daniel Caudill, KMUW Activists at the Statehouse are renewing a push for state lawmakers to legalize medical marijuana in Kansas. While Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and many state legislators from both parties support the concept, lawmakers have yet to take up the issue this session. The American Civil Liberties Union held an online day of action for marijuana legalization earlier this month. During the event, activists expressed disappointment that Kansas does not have legal medical marijuana, nearly three…

[ad_1] “Only through hemp and its derivatives such as delta-8, delta-9, CBD, its derivatives, and medicinal THC, I’ve been able to actually stand here before you today, prescription drug free.” By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix Kassie Stuart was 17 years old when she was diagnosed with idiopathic genetic epilepsy, which can result in intense seizures. Now 23, the Tallahassee resident says she’s tried 25 different medications to deal with her illness but nothing helped until she discovered delta-8 THC nearly four years ago. That’s a cannabinoid found in the cannabis plant that hemp entrepreneurs created after the passage of the…

[ad_1] “Patients have spent more than $1 billion in Arkansas since the first dispensary opened in May 2019.” By Hunter Field, Arkansas Advocate Arkansas’s medical marijuana industry continued to reach new heights in both sales and patients last year, and pending litigation has cannabis primed for even more explosive growth in 2024. For now, a host of restrictions state lawmakers placed on the medical marijuana market after voters approved the controversial drug for medical use in 2016 have been struck down as unconstitutional, though the Arkansas Supreme Court will have the final say on a promised appeal. A rollback of…