ND legalization poll; CA hemp ban challenged; PA marijuana biz tax fix; NY cannabis market report; Portland psychedelics decrim
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/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW
A new poll found that North Dakota likely voters support the marijuana legalization initiative on the November ballot, 45 percent to 40 percent, with 15 percent still undecided.
The Drug Enforcement Administration is trying to disqualify experts from delivering what it says would be “incompetent” testimony at a hearing about its proposed ban of certain psychedelics, arguing that allowing them to discuss harms to research “would result in a waste of judicial time and resources.”
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL) filed legislation to repeal a law that allows housing discrimination against people who have been convicted of manufacturing or distributing marijuana or other illegal drugs.
Hemp industry advocates are asking a court to issue a temporary restraining order blocking California officials from enforcing a new ban on cannabinoid products with any “detectable amount of total THC” while the legality of the policy is challenged.
The New York Office of Cannabis Management published a report on implementation of the state’s marijuana legalization law—noting both challenges in launching the market as well as successes in centering equity in the industry and transitioning consumers to legal purchases.
The Pennsylvania House Finance Committee approved legislation to fix an oversight in a previously passed marijuana industry tax relief law that excluded dispensaries from a partial workaround to the federal 280E penalty on cannabis businesses.
Portland, Oregon activists are launching a campaign to put a measure making possession, use and cultivation of psychedelics the city’s lowest law enforcement priority on the local 2026 ballot.
The Parabola Center’s KC Klens and Shaleen Title argue in a new Marijuana Moment op-ed that Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump should stop “pandering” on legalization and offer “a concrete plan to create an equitable industry and to free cannabis prisoners.”
/ FEDERAL
Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) discussed his opposition to marijuana reform.
/ STATES
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) appointed a temporary Supreme Court justice to replace a member who recused himself from considering a dispute about signatures for a medical cannabis expansion ballot measure. Separately, the attorney general said there are sufficient signatures for the initiative if the process by which they were collected was legitimate, though he does not believe it was.
Indiana gubernatorial candidates discussed marijuana legalization during a debate.
Pennsylvania attorney general candidates discussed marijuana legalization during a debate.
Florida’s prospective House speaker spoke about his opposition to the marijuana legalization initiative on the November ballot.
A former Wisconsin Assembly speaker and a former Senate majority leader discussed tribal leaders’ push to legalize medical cannabis.
A New York inspector general report on an investigation into a cannabis regulator was released through the Freedom of Information Law.
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/ LOCAL
Oakland, California officials published a report on cannabis business taxes.
/ SCIENCE & HEALTH
A study found that THC pills reduce agitation in patients with Alzheimer’s disease by an average of 30 percent.
A study of rats found that “psilocybin increases optimistic engagement over time.”
/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS
The Democratic Governors Association touted Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s (D) mass marijuana pardon.
The Marijuana Industry Group published a voter guide for Colorado elections.
/ BUSINESS
The Cannabist Company Holdings Inc. has been formally notified by FiSai US Management of its concerns about liquidity management, underperformance and strategic missteps.
/ CULTURE
Ozzy Osbourne spoke about how he uses “a bit of marijuana from time to time” and has tried ketamine therapy.
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