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Pennsylvania cannabis fight set to heat up in 2025, top lawmaker says (Newsletter: November 12, 2024)
Poll: Trump legalization support didn’t move his voters; FL marijuana homegrow; ID legalization in 2026; Baltimore voters OK cannabis reparations fund
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/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW
A new Associated Press poll conducted in conjunction with the election shows that President-elect Donald Trump’s endorsement of a Florida marijuana legalization ballot measure largely failed to convince his supporters in the state to back cannabis reform.
Pennsylvania’s Democratic House majority leader said the chamber is ready to “move forward” with marijuana legalization in the new session, adding that it’s an issue the GOP-controlled Senate “will likely be having to deal with in the very near future.”
A Florida Republican representative is considering filing a bill to legalize marijuana home cultivation following the failure of a broader legalization ballot measure—but the incoming GOP Senate president and House speaker said they do not support expanding legal access to cannabis.
Idaho activists filed a final version of a marijuana legalization initiative they hope to qualify for the 2026 ballot that includes revisions addressing concerns raised by the state attorney general.
Baltimore, Maryland voters approved a ballot measure to create a city fund to support communities disproportionately impacted by marijuana criminalization, with the money coming from tax revenue generated by legal cannabis sales.
Massachusetts’s ousted Cannabis Control Commission chair is asking the Supreme Judicial Court to reinstate her to the position that the state treasurer fired her from over alleged “gross misconduct.”
The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission announced it will begin enforcing portions of a new hemp product ban that were not struck down by a federal judge.
/ FEDERAL
Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tweeted that “veterans are the most deserving of benefiting from psychedelic therapy.”
Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) plans to file legislation to give the Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate hemp-derived products.
/ STATES
The New Mexico legislature’s Interim Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee will hold a hearing on cannabis regulators’ police powers on Wednesday.
An Ohio senator touted legal marijuana sales as a source of revenue.
Arkansas regulators are proposing changes to rules about relocating medical cannabis businesses.
Illinois regulators published a bulletin about local cannabis taxes.
Oklahoma’s top medical cannabis regulator discussed recent rules changes.
Minnesota regulators are accepting applications for 2025 hemp licenses.
The Massachusetts Department of Mental Health touted its support for cannabis research in an annual report.
Missouri regulators discussed marijuana home cultivation and other issues on a podcast.
The Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Advisory Board will meet on Wednesday.
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/ INTERNATIONAL
A Tasmania, Australia lawmaker tested positive for cannabis at a roadside drug test, and police found a small amount of marijuana in his car.
/ SCIENCE & HEALTH
A review concluded that “cannabis-based products for medicinal use (CBPMs) and cannabis-based medicines (CBMs) improve the fibromyalgia symptoms.”
A study found that psilocybin-assisted therapy “is well-tolerated by people with [fibromyalgia], establishing a basis for larger randomized controlled trials.”
/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS
The CEO of Mission Roll Call said it is important to study the medical benefits of cannabis for military veterans but also to provide potentially helpful access on an expedited basis.
/ BUSINESS
Parallel Cannabis’s CEO is being sued by former executives over stock compensation packages they received.
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