Trump taps marijuana biz owner for job; Senator slams Trump cannabis inaction; FL legalization lawsuit; OH marijuana & hemp bill; NY psilocybin
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/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether a federal law restricting the gun rights of people who consume marijuana or other illegal drugs is constitutional, taking up a case where the Trump administration said such individuals “pose a clear danger of misusing firearms.”
President Donald Trump appointed Mark Savaya, who founded the Leaf & Bud chain of marijuana dispensaries in Michigan and caused local controversy with an aggressive billboard marketing strategy, as his special envoy to Iraq.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) told Marijuana Moment that it’s “extremely concerning the Trump administration continues to drag its feet” on a pending cannabis rescheduling proposal that President Donald Trump pledged to enact during his campaign last year.
A Florida marijuana campaign is suing the secretary of state to reverse an effort to invalidate upwards of 200,000 voter signatures on petitions to place a legalization initiative on the 2026 ballot.
The Ohio House Judiciary Committee is expected to consider legislation to revise the state’s marijuana and hemp laws this week, with the House speaker saying that “the prohibitionists have largely lost this discussion.”
Former narcotics prosecutor Victoria Cvitanovic argues in a new Marijuana Moment op-ed that New York lawmakers should pass a bill to legalize psilocybin therapy, saying psychedelic reform is “the seed of a new paradigm: replacing fear with healing, stigma with science, punishment with care.”
/ FEDERAL
President Donald Trump called Colombian President Gustavo Petro “an illegal drug leader.”
The Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control will hold a hearing titled, “Global Gangsters: Hezbollah’s Latin American Drug Trafficking Operations” on Tuesday.
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner described himself as a “psychedelics taking socialist” in a 2021 Reddit post.
/ STATES
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed a cannabis compact with a third Indian tribe.
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) spoke at a screening of clips from a new documentary about ibogaine.
A New Hampshire representative said he expects his marijuana legalization bill to pass the House of Representatives but fall short in the Senate.
A Pennsylvania senator tweeted, “Interesting fun fact: most hospitals won’t allow medical cannabis that you need a state issued medical card and a prescription for.”
A Washington, D.C. appeals court upheld a ruling that a woman needs to stop smoking medical cannabis because it creates a nuisance for neighbors.
New York regulators took action against a cannabis processing and distribution business over an alleged scheme that allowed unlicensed operators to hide under its license and produce marijuana to be sold to retailers across the state.
Massachusetts’s newly reinstated top marijuana regulator discussed plans for social consumption businesses and testing labs.
Rhode Island marijuana regulators published an annual report.
California regulators sent updates on various cannabis business issues.
Colorado regulators will hold a hearing about changes to marijuana rules on Wednesday.
Washington State regulators will host a Public Health Roundtable with the Cannabis Community on Wednesday.
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/ INTERNATIONAL
A Canadian member of Parliament authored a blog post detailing how the country’s marijuana legalization law “has mostly been a success.”
/ SCIENCE & HEALTH
A case report found that “insomnia diminished after replacing the conventional pharmacotherapies with full spectrum Cannabis sativa oil, rich in cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).”
A review concluded that “psilocybin is associated with dynamic and temporally distinct neuroplastic changes linked to clinical improvement.”
/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS
The Scottish Greens adopted a resolution in support of legalizing and regulating drugs.
The Economist editorial board said “the most effective single way to reduce the death, violence and corruption would be to legalise and regulate the production and consumption of cocaine.”
/ BUSINESS
New Jersey retailers sold $284.4 million worth of legal marijuana products in the second quarter of this year.
/ CULTURE
Former basketball player Allen Iverson’s hemp beverage brand will be carried in Circle K stores.
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