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DEA promotes ad warning of cannabis laced with fentanyl (Newsletter: October 31, 2025)
OH Senate rejects changes to marijuana & hemp bill; ME recriminalization ballot measure; Mike Tyson talks cannabis with PA leaders
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/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW
The Drug Enforcement Administration is promoting an ad campaign from a Trump-linked nonprofit that blames marijuana laced with fentanyl for overdose deaths.
- “Best birthday party ever. Well, except for the weed. Turns out it was laced with fentanyl.”
The Ohio Senate rejected the House’s changes to a bill to amend the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law and add new restrictions on hemp products—setting the stage for a conference committee to potentially resolve differences.
Maine prohibitionist activists filed a proposed ballot initiative to repeal key aspects of the state’s marijuana legalization law—recriminalizing sales and home cultivation but leaving legal possession and medical cannabis intact.
Joanne Caceres and Hannah King of Dentons argue in a new Marijuana Moment op-ed that the cannabis industry “can’t afford” to sit back while prohibitionists work to qualify ballot initiatives to repeal legalization in Maine and Massachusetts.
- “National trade groups, operators and investors should help fund and coordinate local opposition now.”
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) and legislative leaders met with Mike Tyson to discuss marijuana as the push for legalization in the state heats up.
A new study found that nearly one in five young adults in the U.S. use marijuana to help them fall asleep.
/ FEDERAL
The U.S. military carried out another deadly strike on a boat suspected of carrying illegal drugs.
/ STATES
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) touted law enforcement against alleged criminal activity associated with vape and electronic cigarette retail establishments, including sales of marijuana and THC products.
Georgia’s attorney general sent a press release about a letter he signed calling on Congress to recriminalize intoxicating hemp products.
A Missouri representative said a new hemp report from a cannabis industry association is “a coordinated propaganda effort by the marijuana lobby to crush lawful federally regulated competition.”
A Pennsylvania judge is blocking regulators from enforcing a rule to require medical cannabis dispensaries to employ a pharmacist, doctor or nurse practitioner to consult with patients while a legal challenge to the policy proceeds. Separately, a grand jury published a report on allegedly illegal hemp and marijuana-related activity at smoke shops.
A Michigan court is considering a motion to institute a preliminary injunction against a marijuana tax increase.
Kentucky regulators are being sued over their medical cannabis business licensing process.
Arizona regulators expanded a recall of marijuana products due to potential aspergillus contamination.
Oklahoma regulators published guidance about a new medical cannabis licensing portal.
Massachusetts regulators are seeking feedback on identifying areas that were disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs.
California regulators sent updates on various cannabis issues.
Rhode Island regulators will host a workshop on the marijuana dispensary license application process on Tuesday.
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/ LOCAL
Chicago, Illinois’s mayor is proposing a plan to tax and regulate intoxicating hemp products.
The Sonoma County, California Board of Supervisors gave initial approval to new proposed cannabis industry rules.
/ INTERNATIONAL
A Colombian lawmaker said the government’s move to allow medical cannabis flower is “good progress” but “does not replace the need to regulate adult cannabis use.”
A Victoria, Australia lawmaker criticized the government for rejecting cannabis reform recommendations.
/ SCIENCE & HEALTH
A study found “an inverse, associative relationship between cannabis use and sinonasal disease.”
A study found that medical cannabis “can improve mental health, sleep, appetite, and pain in cancer patients and decrease nausea, vomiting, and the use of other medications, such as opioids.”
/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS
A poll of U.S. voters found that decriminalizing drug possession has net support of −17 percent.
The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is seeking public feedback on cannabis regulations.
/ BUSINESS
Cybin Inc. announced an offering of common shares for aggregate gross proceeds of $175 million.
Washington, D.C. businesses sold $7.8 million worth of medical cannabis in September.
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