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Industry Marijuana Reform Advocates Push Virginia Governor To Remove Public Consumption Penalty Increase From Legalization Bill

As Virginia’s governor weighs changes to budget legislation that lawmakers approved this week, marijuana reform advocates are urging her to cancel out a section that would dramatically increase penalties for public consumption of cannabis—which they say will be enforced on a racially discriminatory manner based on new data they have obtained. The budget bill passed […] The post Marijuana Reform Ad…

Industry White House Pushes Congress To Ensure ‘Fair Treatment Of Hemp Products’ By Calling Off Broad Recriminalization Law Set For November

The White House is pressing Congress to take action to prevent the broad federal recriminalization of hemp products that’s set to take effect later this year. The push comes as part of a request to lawmakers for supplemental funding to address costs associated with the administration’s attacks on Iran and “other critical needs” such as […] The post White House Pushes Congress To Ensure ‘Fair Treat…

Industry DEA Judge Sets Testimony Schedule For Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing Starting Next Week

A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) judge has issued an order laying out the schedule for a hearing on the Trump administration’s move to reschedule cannabis that is set to start next week. Under a previous decision by the DEA administrator, only opponents of the reform are being invited to participate. “Pursuant to the Preliminary Order […] The post DEA Judge Sets Testimony Schedule For Marij…

Industry As An Olympian, Cannabis Use Was Forbidden. Now I Spend My Career Studying It. (Op-Ed)

“Rescheduling will not answer every question overnight, but it will make it easier. It may also help pave the way for more rational healthcare policies.” By Joanna Zeiger, Canna Research Foundation As an Olympian and Ironman 70.3 World Champion, cannabis was something we were warned about. It was a banned substance, a potential career-ending mistake […] The post As An Olympian, Cannabis Use Was Fo…

Industry ‘Hundreds Of Thousands’ Of Missouri Marijuana Conviction Records May Still Exist Despite Deadline To Clear Them, Police Say

There’s “no evidence of these claims was presented to the circuit court,” judges said. By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent Missouri courts were supposed to automatically erase eligible marijuana misdemeanors from criminal records by June 8, 2023, six months after voters legalized recreational marijuana. But in a recent St. Louis case, the Missouri State Highway Patrol […] The post ‘Hundreds Of …

Industry DEA Resists Testimony From Agency Official Linked To Report On Marijuana’s Harms During Rescheduling Hearing

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is resisting a prohibitionist group’s request for an agency official to testify about the harms of marijuana during a hearing on the Trump administration’s move to reschedule cannabis that is scheduled to start next week. The organization Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), which opposes the proposed reform, wants Luli Akinfiresoye, a […] The post DEA Res…

Industry New Federal Report Tracks Nearly $15 Billion In Marijuana Revenue Collected By States Over The Last Five Years

A newly updated federal government report shows that states where marijuana is legal have generated nearly $15 billion in tax revenue from legal cannabis sales since late 2021. The U.S. Census Bureau this month issued the latest periodic update to its Cannabis Excise Sales Tax Collections data to include totals from the first quarter of 2026, […] The post New Federal Report Tracks Nearly $15 Billi…