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Trump advisor pushes cannabis rescheduling as step toward legalization (Newsletter: August 29, 2025)
Court win for marijuana users’ gun rights; Military starts psychedelic drug testing; PA legalization dispute; Study: CBD improves cognitive decline
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/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled that the federal government must prove that people who use marijuana “pose a risk of future danger” if it wants to justify applying a law banning cannabis consumers from owning firearms.
The U.S. Department of Defense is expanding the list of drugs that military service members will be tested for to include the psychedelic compound psilocin, one of the two main constituents in psilocybin mushrooms.
As the chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Law and Justice Committee is urging the House to pass his marijuana legalization bill instead of taking it up in his own panel, a representative is pushing back, saying “the ball is in your court” and the Senate has “yet to show anyone you have skin [in] the game.”
Republican political operative Roger Stone argues in a new Marijuana Moment op-ed that President Donald Trump should immediately reschedule cannabis as a step toward eventually fully descheduling it.
- “Rescheduling cannabis is not the end game, but it is the critical next step. The move would do more than signal a new direction—it would unlock immediate, measurable relief for patients, entrepreneurs and state programs.”
A government-funded study shows that CBD “improves cognitive decline associated with aging” and “reduces inflammatory response in the brain.”
- “These results suggest that oral CBD treatments can improve memory processes that are impaired due to aging.”
/ FEDERAL
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network published an advisory and report on Chinese money laundering networks noting that they often launder proceeds from illegal marijuana grow house operations.
The Department of Veterans Affairs posted tips on “how to smoke drugs safer.”
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) tweeted that Joe Rogan “is right. Trump wins Rescheduling Marijuana.”
/ STATES
An Ohio representative said the House of Representatives is unlikely to agree to major Senate-proposed changes to the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law.
A Pennsylvania representative said she’s “always surprised at how clean and sterile and secure” medical cannabis businesses are.
New Mexico regulators filed changes to hemp rules.
Michigan regulators published guidance on marijuana product multi-packs.
Minnesota regulators sent a reminder that the window for businesses to register to sell hemp-derived cannabinoid products will close on Sunday.
The Colorado Department of Transportation posted resources urging people not to drive under the influence of psychedelics.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Cannabis Restoration Grant Program awarded more than $3.9 million to the Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project.
New Jersey regulators sent a cannabis newsletter with various updates for municipal governments.
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/ LOCAL
A judge invalidated Menominee, Michigan voters’ approval of a measure to cap the number of marijuana dispensaries, saying the issue must go on the November ballot instead.
Yakima County, Washington State voters will decide on a ballot measure on whether a ban on cannabis production, processing and retail sales in unincorporated areas should continue in November.
/ INTERNATIONAL
The Cayman Islands Law Reform Commission is considering a cannabis decriminalization proposal.
/ SCIENCE & HEALTH
A study found that “there was an associated improvement in health-related quality of life [patient-reported outcomes measures] and reduction in prescribed opioids in individuals with [substance use disorder] treated with” cannabis-based medicinal products.
A study found that “there was no independent association between cannabis use and adverse kidney outcomes over time.”
/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS
Grunt Style posted a video telling Texas’s lieutenant governor to “eat a dick” over his support for a ban on consumable hemp products with any amount of THC.
/ BUSINESS
Agrify Corporation is changing its name to RYTHM, Inc. after acquiring a portfolio of brand intellectual properties from Green Thumb Industries Inc.
Tilray Brands, Inc. regained compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum bid price requirement.
Lykos Therapeutics is reportedly changing its name to Resilient Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Curaleaf units are asking a federal appeals court to reverse a $32 million verdict in a lawsuit alleging the company breached a contract with a cannabis farm.
/ CULTURE
Former football and baseball player Deion Sanders said he’s “never been high a day in my life.”
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