Confusion about VA marijuana laws; NC gov & House speaker clash on legalization; HI medical cannabis patients’ gun rights
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/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW
The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Office certified that a ballot measure to roll back the state’s marijuana legalization law has turned in enough valid signatures to appear on the November ballot—but just barely.
Virginia lawmakers and police are scrambling to clarify whether the state inadvertently repealed all marijuana penalties for a year due to unclear enactment clauses in legislation to legalize recreational cannabis sales.
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein (D) is reiterating his support for cannabis legalization, but House Speaker Destin Hall (R) said GOP lawmakers in his chamber have “no interest in doing any sort of marijuana, medicinal or otherwise.”
Jim Berg of Greener Healing Ways argues in a new Marijuana Moment op-ed that the Hawaii Police Department’s move to stop automatically denying firearms permits to medical cannabis patients is a “long-overdue correction.”
/ FEDERAL
Federal prosecutors indicted employees of an Oklahoma medical cannabis business on charges relating to illegal foreign pesticides.
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) tweeted, “The DEA has finally started an administrative hearing over its proposed rule to place marijuana in Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act in recognition of its therapeutic value. Yet, the criminal penalties and mandatory minimums will not change if the DEA adopts the rule.”
/ STATES
Oklahoma’s attorney general touted enforcement actions against illegal marijuana operations.
The Kentucky legislature’s Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture held a hearing on the state’s medical cannabis program.
A Pennsylvania senator tweeted, “You still paying for a medical card once recreational is legal in PA?”
The Michigan Supreme Court issued guidance to courts about a new ruling that judges cannot automatically bar people on probation from possessing or using marijuana.
Virginia regulators published a list of doctors certified to recommend medical cannabis.
The Nevada Cannabis Advisory Commission Subcommittee on Taxation will meet on Monday.
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/ LOCAL
Washington County, Nebraska officials are being accused of stalling a medical cannabis cultivation operation with zoning issues.
/ INTERNATIONAL
Mexican health officials said they will comply with a Supreme Court ruling on the unconstitutionality of a ban on marijuana use.
/ SCIENCE & HEALTH
A study of rats found that “CBD…alleviates METH-induced neuroautophagy… highlighting its potential as a therapeutic agent for METH-related neurotoxicity.”
A study found that “naturalistic psychedelic use on the Fourth of July and other dates of politically salient events may modulate support for partisan violence in directions that depend on the political nature of the events.”
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