Wisconsin GOP lawmakers working on medical pot legalization

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North Carolina Lawmakers File Bill To Create $5 Million Psychedelic Research Grant Fund

A Republican North Carolina lawmaker and a bipartisan group of cosponsors have filed a bill to create a $5 million grant program to support research into the therapeutic potential of psilocybin and MDMA and to create a Breakthrough Therapies Research Advisory Board to oversee the effort. The legislation from Rep. Edward Goodwin (R) wouldn’t legalize […]

Colorado Lawmakers Introduce Delta-8 THC Regulation Bill

Two Colorado lawmakers have introduced bipartisan legislation to regulate intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoids including the increasingly popular compound delta-8 THC. The measure, Senate Bill 271, was introduced earlier this month by Republican Senator Kevin Van Winkle and his Democratic colleague, Senator Dylan Roberts. Last year, Colorado lawmakers passed legislation authorizing the Colorado Department of Public Health […]

New York Governor Launches Campaign Urging Consumers To Buy Legal Weed

New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday launched a new statewide campaign to encourage consumers to purchase cannabis from the state’s regulated recreational marijuana market. New York legalized adult-use cannabis in 2021, and regulated sales of recreational marijuana began at the state’s first licensed dispensary in Manhattan in late December 2022. “To bolster the public […]

DE gov signals legal cannabis is inevitable (Newsletter: April 20, 2023)

CO psychedelics law revisions; Fed marijuana legalization for military vets; Congressman: 280E could generate more revenue; OR psilocybin licenses Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… Never let a […]

Employee numbers up at some cannabis MSOs despite challenging conditions

News of widespread layoffs at cannabis companies across the United States has dominated headlines, but an analysis of employee counts at America’s largest multistate operators shows several actually grew their payrolls last year. The fact that employee payrolls were up for some marijuana MSOs at the end of 2022 but down for others underscores how […]

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