Justice Department Is Investigating Marijuana-Related Businesses Over COVID Relief Loans, Industry Sources Say: 'This could set off a domino effect of reporting ancillary companies to the feds.'

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New Hampshire Governor Indicates He Won't Sign House-Passed Marijuana Legalization Bill Unless Senate Makes Changes: 'The Governor looks forward to working with the Senate to see if we can get it done,' his office said.

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Amended Nebraska Bill Reduces Proposed Hemp And CBD Tax Rate From 100% Down To 25%: 'The 100% tax was unworkable for CBD companies in our state. They were concerned it would drive them out of business.'

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These Marijuana Companies Are Funding Florida's Legalization Ballot Campaign, New Records Show: Trulieve, the main financial backer of the initiative, led the pack again with another $9.225 million in donations during the first quarter.
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FDA head tells DEA to not delay cannabis rescheduling (Newsletter: April 12, 2024)

NH House passes legalization; PA marijuana hearing; OH gov wants public cannabis smoking ban; Fed study: Massive cannabis patient growth; NORML op-ed

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New Hampshire House Passes Bill To Legalize Marijuana Through 'Agency Store' Model That Senators Oppose: 'The legalization of cannabis will move production and sales from the underground, sometimes dangerous, illicit market.'

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FDA Head Says There's 'No Reason For DEA To Delay' Rescheduling Marijuana: 'I’m a child of the sixties so it’d be nice if, in my lifetime, we came up with a regulatory scheme.'

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Alabama Senate Panel Advances Legislation To Restart Medical Marijuana Licensing Process: “The Cannabis Commission has had three years to get this program going and it’s still dead in the water.”

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Watch Live: FDA Commissioner Testifies On Hemp Regulatory Issues At Congressional Hearing: 'We recognize that consumers want access to these products.'

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Ohio Governor Pushes Lawmakers To Ban Public Marijuana Consumption And Delta-8 THC Products In State Of The State Speech: 'I doubt very many people who voted yes on Issue 2 want one of their kids breathing in marijuana smoke by walking in a public park.'

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Pennsylvania Lawmakers Talk Marijuana Justice And Equity Issues At Hearing Following New Legalization Bill's Introduction: 'In a nutshell, social equity is about addressing the harms of previous policies.'

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Maine Lawmakers Send Drug Decriminalization Task Force Study Bill To Governor: The legislation initially would have enacted drug decriminalization, but it was scaled back amid opposition from Gov. Janet Mills.

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Feds Must Change 'Discriminatory' Marijuana Testing Policies To Address Trucking Industry Labor Shortage (Op-Ed): 'A change in these discriminatory and counterproductive marijuana drug testing policies is long overdue,' NORML says.

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Medical Marijuana Patient Enrollment Grew 610% Since 2016, Showing 'Increasing Cultural Acceptance Of Cannabis,' Federal Study Finds: 'Chronic pain was the most common patient-reported qualifying condition.'

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Ohio cannabis sales could launch early (Newsletter: April 11, 2024)

DC 4/20 marijuana tax holiday; PA legalization bill; Cannabis industry jobs report; ME psychedelics; HI expungements; AMA psilocybin study

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The Legal Marijuana Industry Now Supports More Than 440,000 Full-Time Jobs, Up 5% From Last Year, Report Finds: 'Now more than ever,' the latest jobs report says, 'America's cannabis industry is a state-by-state, region-by-region job market.'

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Use Of Psilocybin For Mental Health Treatment 'Not Associated' With Risk Of Paranoia, American Medical Association Study Finds: Other adverse effects such as headaches 'appeared to be tolerable and resolved within 48 hours.'

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Ohio Recreational Marijuana Sales Could Launch In June Under Regulators' Expedited Plan, Lawmaker Says: 'We should begin to see legal recreational sales of marijuana in Ohio certainly before July 4th weekend.'

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Pennsylvania Lawmakers File Marijuana Legalization Bill Ahead Of Committee Hearing This Week: 'It is our duty to taxpayers to seize the initiative and legalize marijuana concurrently with bordering states.'

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Hawaii Senate Approves Marijuana Expungements Pilot Program: Lawmakers have called the pilot program a 'significant first step” in addressing individuals’ efforts to expunge past cannabis records.

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