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“People don’t know what the rules are. They don’t know what is in effect at a certain time . . . There is overall confusion around regulations, and that is the biggest issue.” By Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune Dallas attorney Chelsie Spencer specializes in making sure Texas businesses that sell hemp-derived THC products know how to stay in compliance with state and federal rules and regulations, an area that can be very confusing. She offers them a monthly service where her law firm rigorously vets distributors and helps to independently test their products to ensure they are safe and legal to . . .

The sponsor filed a motion to potentially revive the legislation for future reconsideration. By Barbara Hoberock, Oklahoma Voice Oklahoma House lawmakers on Thursday defeated a measure that would give employers more leeway to fire individuals for using medical marijuana. Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, the author, said House Bill 3127 would not force employers to do anything, but would give them discretion to classify additional jobs as “safety-sensitive” beyond what is in law. State law allows businesses to prohibit employees from using marijuana who work in “safety-sensitive” jobs based on drug . . .

“For the patients that this program is designed to serve, it’s not always worked well enough. This bill is an effort to make sure that for the patients, this program works better.” By Maya Homan, Georgia Recorder A bill aimed at modernizing Georgia’s medical cannabis program passed the House with broad bipartisan support, marking another step in lawmakers’ years-long effort to incrementally increase patients’ access to the program. Senate Bill 220, introduced by Newnan Republican Sen. Matt Brass, would expand the conditions eligible to receive a medical cannabis card, change the limits on the . . .

Virginia House and Senate lawmakers have reached a deal on a final bill to legalize recreational marijuana sales in the commonwealth. While both chambers approved companion versions of the cannabis legislation this session, with amendments adopted along the way that more closely aligned them, there were still key outstanding differences to resolve after the latest votes earlier this month. Among the key areas of dispute were the start date for adult-use sales, the proposed tax rate on marijuana and what agency would be responsible for regulating the market. Now, following bicameral . . .

With Massachusetts voters potentially facing a November ballot initiative to roll back the state’s recreational marijuana law, a new report from officials finds legalization is achieving one of its primary goals: disrupting illicit cannabis sales as adults transition to the regulated market. The report from the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC), released on Friday, found that, among adults who reported past-year marijuana use, an overwhelming 84 percent said they obtained their cannabis from a licensed source. “Consumers of legal age are overwhelmingly turning away from unregulated sources as . . .

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The New Hampshire House of Representatives has effectively killed bills to legalize marijuana and allow the therapeutic use of psilocybin by not bringing them up for floor votes ahead of a key deadline. Meanwhile, separate legislation on those topics has already advanced. As legislators continue to push for a variety of drug policy reform proposals, with mixed results so far this session, the House on Thursday adjourned without bringing up scheduled measures to let voters decide on adult-use marijuana legalization as well as separate bills to end prohibition of low-level cannabis possession . . .

NJ cannabis advocate Michael Brennan wrote a letter to Heady NJ supporting the legislative bill A 1291 to strengthen cannabis product testing to protect patients. The Coalition for Medical Marijuana–New Jersey (CMMNJ) supports Assembly Bill A1291, legislation designed to strengthen laboratory testing standards for both medical and adult-use cannabis products in New Jersey. A1291 establishes [ . . . ] Source: OP ED: CMMNJ Supports A1291 to Strengthen Cannabis Product Testing, Protect Patients from Heady NJ

Lawmakers in the Georgia House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill containing multiple medical cannabis expansion measures, Georgia Recorder reports. First introduced last year by state Sen. Matt Brass (R), Senate Bill 220 seeks to add new qualifying conditions to the program, expand consumption methods to allow patients aged 21 and older to vape cannabis, and create new rules for the medical cannabis card renewal process. The original Senate bill proposed increasing the maximum THC content of medical cannabis products from 5% to 50%. However, the version passed by the House . . .

The Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) said it found more than 650 businesses selling hemp-derived THC products without a license, WKRN reports. Since January 1 of this year, the agency has been tasked with regulating the state’s hemp industry. Agents canvassed more than 4,400 stores during the first months of the year and reported finding over 650 retailers selling hemp-derived cannabinoid products without a license. Tennessee passed its hemp rules in 2023, which require hemp-derived cannabinoid businesses to be licensed by the state Department of Agriculture. TABC Executive . . .

The Delaware Senate has unanimously approved a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to use medical cannabis in hospitals. After advancing through the Senate Health & Social Services Committee, with a clarifying amendment, the full chamber passed the legislation from Sen. Marie Pinkney (D) in a 21-0 vote on Thursday. It now heads to the House of Representatives for consideration. “The legislation essentially requires our hospitals to allow patients to utilize their medical cannabis in the hospital when they are diagnosed with a terminally ill diagnosis,” Pinkney said on the floor . . .

Federal marijuana rescheduling would represent a historic policy change with major implications for cannabis research and industry-but it should be viewed as a “transitional” step that must be followed up with comprehensive reform to better align state and federal law while promoting equity, a new academic paper argues. Professors at the University of California published the analysis in the journal Cannabis & Cannabinoid Research, focusing on the impacts and limitations of moving marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) as federal agencies recommended . . .

Bipartisan congressional lawmakers have filed a bill that would repeal a decades-old federal statute that’s led to the denial of housing for millions of people with prior drug convictions. Reps. Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL) and Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA) filed the legislation-titled the “Fair Future Act”-last week. An earlier version was introduced with a Senate companion last session, but it did not advance to enactment. The measure would strike a section of the 1988 Fair Housing Amendments Act that the lawmakers say has prevented more than nine million people from accessing rental housing no . . .

There’s never been a better time to consider personal cannabis cultivation as a hobby. As more states legalize recreational marijuana, homegrowing is becoming a popular alternative to buying weed at a dispensary or on the streets. In fact, some states like my home in New York, allow for a certain number of plants to be grown by individuals seeking to save money and become more self-sufficient. The limit is typically on the amount of plants-but not the size of the plants. In trying times, people yearn to turn back the clock toward the survival practices of our ancestors: raising livestock; . . .

THE BIG IDEA Hi all, Happy Friday and happy almost spring. It was a typically, though not excessively, hectic week in the cannabiz. In the newsletter: DCC “sandbagging” diversion enforcement: Catalyst alleges Hope you find it valuable, Alex Send tips, press releases, concerns, feedback and criticism to hello@weedweek.com. Sensitive material to share? Contact Alex on Signal. FROM WEEDWEEK DCC “sandbagging” diversion enforcement: Catalyst alleges Retailer Catalyst alleges the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) is trying to evade a court order on how it prevents diversion from the . . .

Retailer Catalyst alleges the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) is trying to evade a court order on how it prevents diversion from the licensed market. After more than four years of litigation, in December California judge Lee Gabriel ruled that the DCC “has failed to show” that reports generated by compliance software Metrc, meet their legal obligation to flag irregular activity to DCC analysts. As a result, agency analysts “without the benefit of any objective criteria or definitions, must review manually to look for irregularities.” In its . . . Log in or become a WeedWeek . . .

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Snoop Dogg’s signature catchphrase “Smoke Weed Everyday” cannot be trademarked by the artist because marijuana remains federally illegal and the slogan has become too popular in mainstream culture, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) says. Dr. ETC Holdco, LLC-an entity affiliated with Snoop that owns his intellectual property portfolio-submitted a trademark application for the phrase in 2024. Then, nearly two years later, it received a denial letter from USPTO on Tuesday. The federal agency, which falls under the U.S. Department of Commerce, gave two main reasons for the rejection: . . .

Maryland lawmakers on Wednesday took up a bill to protect firefighters and rescue workers from being penalized over their lawful use of medical marijuana off the job-taking testimony on the unique need to give emergency service professionals the option to use cannabis as an alternative treatment for health conditions that commonly afflict the first responder community. Members of the House Economic Matters Committee met to discuss the legislation, HB 797 from Del. Adrian Boafo (D), about a week after a Senate companion version of the cannabis measure sponsored by Sen. Carl Jackson (D) . . .

Table of Contents Infrastructure: From Overbuild to Smart Build THC Beverages Grow Up B2B Software, Payments, and the Plumbing of Cannabis Commerce Medical, Wellness, and the New Capital Logic Compliance, Consumer Behavior, and the Long Game 2026 is shaping up less like a cannabis land rush and more like a controlled burn. After several years of over‑licensing and margin erosion, capital and innovation are consolidating around three themes: efficient infrastructure, grown‑up infused products (especially THC beverages), and a slow but steady pivot toward medical and wellness channels. . . .

Delaware senators have approved a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to use medical cannabis in hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Members of the Senate Health & Social Services Committee on Tuesday passed the legislation from Sen. Marie Pinkney (D), along with an amendment to clarify its scope. “This is a compassionate measure for patients in acute care settings to seek comfort with the use of their medical marijuana in a safe and dignified manner,” Christopher Otto, executive director of the Delaware Nurses Association, told senators before the vote. Pinkney, the chair of . . .

Bipartisan senators have introduced a bill to provide $30 million in funding annually to establish psychedelic-focused “centers for excellence” at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities, where veterans could receive novel treatment involving substances like psilocybin, MDMA and ibogaine. As Trump administration officials continue to promote the therapeutic potential of psychedelics, with plans in the works to expand access and research opportunities, Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and David McCormick (R-PA) filed the “Innovative Therapies Centers of Excellence Act” this week to help . . .

“Cannabis consumers as a group do not have a political party preference that differs from the general electorate.” By Andrew Graham, NuggMD The persistent assumption that cannabis consumers are not sufficiently loyal to the Republican Party has always stood in the way of progress, to one degree or another, in the fight to end prohibition. With Republicans in unified control of the government and an executive order to complete the process of rescheduling the plant in force, that assumption affects how audiences who are not necessarily in tune with the culture think and act with respect to . . .

Sine die came for Oregon’s 2026 legislative session last Friday, March 6th. I previewed the roster of cannabis bills in play back on February 12th. Two of them passed; two of them failed. Below is a recap of the action, with links to each bill in the headers. HB 4139 (FAILED) This was the session’s omnibus cannabis bill, which I explained had a rough start due to various disagreements between the marijuana and hemp lobbies. On February 16th, HB 4139 was shuttled to the Ways and Means Committee and never heard from again-a fate that befalls many bills in that committee, especially in short . . .

Legal cannabis takes a lot of time. Legal cannabis programs often take years to launch. Advocates may spend years or even decades pushing for reform. Once approved, officials must draft regulations while operators build a supply chain. Delays are common, but for medical marijuana patients in Alabama, it has taken nearly five years for products to reach the market. Now, officials say that wait may soon be over. RELATED: Free CBD for seniors? What the Medicare proposal actually says Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission Chairman Rex Vaughn recently told News 19 the state’s medical cannabis market . . .