4 states have a good shot at legalizing recreational marijuana in 2023
At least four states – Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania – have a good chance to legalize adult-use marijuana in 2023, observers and interested parties told MJBizDaily.
South Carolina lawmakers make fresh medical marijuana legalization push
Lawmakers in South Carolina are planning a bipartisan push to legalize medical marijuana this year in the conservative Southern state, one of the few remaining places in America where MMJ is still illegal.
US marijuana stocks up in early trading on midterm election results
Shares of publicly traded U.S. marijuana companies mostly gained value Wednesday morning after the 2022 midterm elections, despite mixed results among the five state MJ ballot measures put to voters.
South Carolina hemp farmer files federal lawsuit over destroyed crops
The first person to be charged with unlawfully cultivating hemp under South Carolina’s Hemp Farming Act is suing several state agencies, alleging he wasn’t given due process before his crops were destroyed.
After legal setback, hemp extractors hope DEA won’t make any big moves
Hemp extractors worried about a federal crackdown over THC levels have dim prospects for getting help from the judicial system.
Instead, they’re looking to the words of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in hopes the agency won’t put much effort into enforcing its 2020 rule about hemp extracts that go “hot,” or beyond 0.3% THC.
DEA prevails in hemp extract fight that one judge calls ‘ridiculous’
Low-THC hemp extracts become illegal marijuana the moment they exceed o.3% THC, a federal appeals court ruled, dismissing a pair of lawsuits challenging a 2020 rule from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
North Carolina lawmakers could consider legalizing medical marijuana
North Carolina lawmakers could take up and pass a medical marijuana bill in an upcoming short session that runs from May 18 to June 30.
