USDA hemp form changes; WV speaker: Fed rescheduling boosts marijuana reform; DE public use decrim; NH cannabis legalization hearing
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/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who was President Donald Trump’s first pick for attorney general during this term, said he has been told the Drug Enforcement Administration is drafting a marijuana rescheduling rule “and moving it ASAP.”
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking White House approval for updates to a series of hemp forms it distributes to farmers and regulators to better understand the state of the industry.
West Virginia’s House speaker said President Donald Trump’s federal marijuana rescheduling order could boost efforts to enact cannabis reform at the state level.
The Delaware House Health & Human Development Committee approved a bill to decriminalize public use of marijuana—which if enacted would change the fact that Delaware is the only cannabis legalization state in the U.S. that still imposes the threat of jail time for such consumption.
The New Hampshire House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee held a hearing on a proposed constitutional amendment to put the issue of marijuana legalization on the November ballot for voters to decide.
Nebraska senators filed a bill that advocates fear would allow the Medical Cannabis Commission strip rights and protections from patients.
The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission extended a stay on a dispensary license due to ongoing litigation.
/ FEDERAL
The U.S. government is being sued by family members of people killed in a Trump administration military strike against a suspected drug boat.
/ STATES
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed an executive order directing state agencies to take steps to crack down on synthetic THC products.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced that officials have seized and destroyed more than $1.2 billion worth of illicit marijuana products since 2022 through the Unified Cannabis Enforcement Task Force.
The Mississippi House Public Health and Human Welfare Committee approved a bill to add new medical cannabis qualifying conditions.
The West Virginia House Health and Human Resources Committee approved a bill to allow prescription of psilocybin following federal legalization.
A Vermont senator filed a bill to require towns to put referendums on the ballot to allow marijuana dispensaries to operate.
Florida officials are investigating petitions for a proposed marijuana legalization ballot initiative that were processed by the Broward Supervisor of Elections Office.
Michigan cannabis regulators published an annual statistical report.
New Jersey regulators posted an FAQ on a new hemp product restriction law.
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/ LOCAL
The Humboldt County, California Board of Supervisions voted to repeal a cannabis cultivation tax.
/ INTERNATIONAL
Brazilian regulators are moving to expand permitted uses of cannabis-based therapies.
/ SCIENCE & HEALTH
A study suggested that cannabis sativa dichloromethane extract “holds potential as an anti-breast cancer therapeutic and warrants further preclinical and clinical investigations.”
A study found that “CBD exerts its neuroprotective effects by inhibiting neuronal oxidative stress and apoptosis.”
/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS
Strategies 64 published a white paper with a “roadmap…for ending federal cannabis prohibition and the currently bifurcated approach to federal cannabis policy—the separation of ‘marijuana’ and ‘hemp.’”
/ BUSINESS
Vireo Growth Inc. entered into a nonbinding memorandum of understanding with The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company to acquire its cannabis-focused Hawthorne Gardening Company LLC.
Cannara Biotech Inc. received conditional approval to uplist its common shares to the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Curaleaf Inc. was ordered to pay nearly $600,000 to a man who claims he was fired without cause.
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