GOP cannabis bill to get congressional hearing, sponsor says (Newsletter: March 4, 2022)

RI legalization deal introduced; Clinton’s reported CBD feedback; Orgs demand marijuana vote in Congress this month; OH voters again authorized hashish

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/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW

The South Dakota House of Representatives revived a Senate-passed marijuana legalization invoice—utilizing a legislative maneuver known as a “smoke out” someday after it was defeated in committee.

• “We simply smoked out a weed invoice,” the speaker mentioned.

Rhode Island House and Senate leaders launched a compromise marijuana legalization invoice that follows months of negotiations between the 2 chambers.

Former President Bill Clinton reportedly talked up CBD’s potential to “fight ache” and the necessity to develop a “nationwide normal” for testing hashish merchandise—however the article was deleted following alleged stress from the Clinton camp.

• The feedback reportedly have been made in an on-stage chat with CNN’s Sanjay Gupta on the Affect Discussion board final week. An occasion consultant mentioned the dialogue was off the document and wouldn’t affirm quotes. Clinton and Gupta representatives didn’t reply. Hashish & Tech Right this moment, which revealed the preliminary report, mentioned they “by no means wish to retract a narrative and stand by the quotes” however took down the article on the writer’s request following “stress from the Clinton camp PR group.”

A coalition including ACLU, National Urban League, Human Rights Watch, United Food and Commercial Workers Union and other organizations despatched a letter urging Home leaders to schedule a vote on a federal marijuana legalization invoice this month.

A brand new ballot exhibits that most Ohio voters help legalizing marijuana. Activists collected sufficient signatures to pressure lawmakers to think about the reform this session, but when the legislature doesn’t act extra petitions will put it on the poll in November.

/ FEDERAL

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) wrote in a constituent letter that he helps Missouri’s medical hashish regulation however opposes marijuana legalization.

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) tweeted, “I applaud @ClarkCountyNV’s Pathway to Possession program – an initiative to deal with inequities inside the rising hashish trade & increase the variety of minority-owned small companies working on this area.”

Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) spoke about his marijuana banking invoice at a Nationwide Affiliation of Counties convention.

A former staffer for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) recorded himself smoking marijuana in her workplace.

/ STATES

Idaho lawmakers despatched Gov. Brad Little (R) laws to permit sufferers to make use of the cannabinoid spray nabiximols, pending federal approval.

The Oregon Home of Representatives handed a invoice to deal with employee mistreatment and labor trafficking related to unlawful marijuana operations.

A Virginia Home Courts of Justice Subcommittee superior a marijuana resentencing invoice.

The Georgia Home Regulated Industries Committee authorized a invoice to extend the variety of medical hashish enterprise licenses.

The Kentucky Senate Agriculture Committee authorized a invoice to ban delta-8 THC merchandise.

The Maine legislature’s Veterans and Authorized Affairs Committee will maintain a listening to on a invoice to take away restrictions on folks with drug convictions from changing into caregivers or staff within the state’s medical hashish trade on Wednesday.

Right here’s a have a look at the place South Dakota pending hashish payments stand.

A CBD enterprise owned by an Illinois senator paid buyers again greater than $144,000 as a part of a settlement settlement spurred by an investigation by the secretary of state’s workplace.

A Pennsylvania consultant hosted a forum on marijuana and social justice.

An Oklahoma senator authored an op-ed about laws to tighten rules on medical hashish companies.

Colorado regulators issued a well being and security warning about doubtlessly unsafe ranges of lead in marijuana merchandise produced by JEM Dutch Acres, LLC.

Alaska regulators are proposing guidelines adjustments to permit the switch of a marijuana enterprise license to a different location.

Florida regulators selected BioTrack to handle the state’s medical hashish monitoring system.

New Jersey regulators will maintain the primary of three public hearings to obtain feedback on how marijuana tax income must be spent on Wednesday.

The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Fee will meet on Thursday.

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/ LOCAL

Kansas City, Missouri’s mayor tweeted, “Present federal funds have helped fill a spot within the brief time period for this yr and final yr. Long run, we’d like tax revenues from leisure marijuana.”

/ INTERNATIONAL

Argentine President Alberto Fernández mentioned “the event of hashish for medicinal use and industrial hemp will enable us to generate 10,000 jobs.”

Costa Rican lawmakers authorized a revised medical hashish and hemp invoice.

Israel’s well being ministry is transferring to exempt CBD from the record of harmful medication.

UK well being officers discussed the necessity to enhance analysis on medical hashish in response to questions from lawmakers.

Canada’s Nationwide Analysis Council launched a brand new licensed reference materials for dried, floor hemp.

/ SCIENCE & HEALTH

A evaluate concluded that CBD’s “effectiveness in reducing various types of seizures has been confirmed in animal seizure and epilepsy fashions” and that “current randomized, placebo-controlled trials have confirmed its effectiveness in sufferers with drug-resistant epilepsy.”

A evaluate indicated “a therapeutic impact on sufferers with PTSD when utilizing psilocybin.”

/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS

The International Cannabis Bar Association and Americans for Safe Access are urging the U.S. Court docket of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to reverse a Trademark Trial and Enchantment Board choice discovering that Pleasure Tea couldn’t register a mark for a CBD-infused drink.

The president of prohibitionist group Smart Approaches to Marijuana authored an op-ed arguing that U.S. voters don’t truly help legalization.

/ BUSINESS

PharmaCann Inc. accomplished its merger with LivWell Enlightened Well being.

Green Thumb Industries Inc. reported quarterly income of $243.6 million.

Cronos Group Inc. reported quarterly consolidated web income of $25.8 million and a lack of $133.9 million.

Optimi Health Corp. upgraded its frequent shares to the OTCQX Finest Market.

/ CULTURE

Tyler Perry mentioned consuming marijuana edibles calms him down.

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