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Lawmakers in Virginia have given final approval to a proposal that would legalize retail marijuana sales in the state beginning on May 1, 2025. The development, which comes after weeks of sometimes contentious negotiations, now sends the reform to Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R). On Wednesday afternoon, both the House of Delegates and Senate approved identical versions of the legislation, realigning proposals after a Senate committee’s amendments had threatened to upend bicameral agreement on the issue. Later in the evening, each chamber signed off on the bills approved in the opposite chamber, sending them to the governor’s desk. “This is another…

A coalition of drug policy reform advocates is seeking to “correct the record” on the Biden administration’s marijuana policy achievements, calling attention to unfulfilled campaign promises to Black and brown communities on cannabis reform and criticizing the limitations of incremental rescheduling. During a virtual press briefing organized by the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) on Wednesday, representatives of multiple equity-focused cannabis organizations pushed back on the administration’s modest reform steps, contending that anything short of ending federal marijuana criminalization would represent a disservice to the communities most impacted under prohibition. Maritza Perez Medina, director of federal affairs at DPA, stressed during…

New York’s governor is calling on big tech companies such as Google and Meta to “do the right thing” by taking steps to stop promoting illicit marijuana shops that have proliferated across the state. During a press briefing on Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said that social media and search engine companies are passively undermining the legal market that’s being implemented by allowing unlicensed retailers to be featured on their services, giving consumers the false impression that they are legitimate businesses. ‘They’re hurting our legal shops, and we’ve been in touch with these companies, these platforms, and we’ve told them…

Ohio medical marijuana patients and caregivers will soon only need to pay one penny to obtain or renew their registrations, regulators have announced. And in New Jersey, the state is fully eliminating the cost of obtaining a medical cannabis card. As Ohio prepares to implement a voter-approved adult-use legalization law, the Division of Cannabis Control (DCC) says that, effective March 4, the annual fees ($50 for patients and $25 for caregivers) will drop to one cent. Once regulators are able to update vendor software, the plan is to completely remove the fee. “The DCC understands that a one cent charge…

At least four U.S. states are on track to consider adding female orgasmic disorder (FOD) as a specific qualifying condition for medical marijuana, with supporters pointing to a growing body of research showing that cannabis can significantly improve orgasmic frequency, ease and satisfaction in people with FOD. Ohio is already in the process of weighing the change. The State Medical Board earlier this month announced that FOD, along with autism spectrum disorder, would move forward for expert review and public comment following petitions submitted online. Comments are being accepted through Thursday. Regulators in Illinois, meanwhile, are set to meet next…

A Missouri Senate committee has approved a Republican-led bill to legalize the medical use of psilocybin by military veterans and fund studies exploring the therapeutic potential of the psychedelic. The Senate Emerging Issues Committee passed the legislation from Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder (R), with amendments, on Tuesday. As revised, the bill would allow military veterans who are at least 21 and are diagnosed with a qualifying condition such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or substance use disorders to legally access laboratory-tested psilocybin. The veteran requirement was added in committee. In order to receive legal protections under the legislation, participants would…

“Marijuana possession? Nope, we’re just not doing it. Our law enforcement partners have pretty much accepted that.” By Blaise Mesa, The Kansas City Beacon More than 1 million Kansans live within an hour’s drive of Missouri and its dispensaries selling legal cannabis at seemingly every strip mall. Yet even with that new, easy access to legal weed, fewer people face arrest in Kansas on marijuana charges. Prosecutors and police remain obliged to enforce the state’s prohibition on cannabis—Kansas is one of only 11 states that outlaw marijuana even for medical purposes—but generally make it less of a priority. So, while…

A new notice this week from the U.S. Army reminds military members that President Joe Biden’s (D) recent pardons for federal marijuana possession offenses don’t apply to violations of military drug policies. “The proclamation does not cover military drug offenses under 10 U.S.C 112a,” says a blog post that the Army’s directorate of prevention, resilience and readiness published on Monday. “and therefore does not result in a pardon for military personnel, nor does it apply to the civilian drug-testing program.” The post is referring to an pardon proclamation issued by the president in December that expanded a previous round of…

A proposed South Dakota law intended to crack down on products that contain high concentrations of intoxicating delta-8 THC and other cannabinoids also threatens the CBD market in one of the country’s biggest hemp-growing states.The State Senate this week reverted to a highly restrictive version of a House Bill (HB 1125), which was softened by amendment before the lower body unanimously passed it.The version of the bill that ultimately passed the House of Representatives would have prohibited only products containing high-concentration, synthetically processed compounds made from hemp. It would not have prohibited CBD and other extracts that contain the trace…