Latest Cannabis News: August 1, 2023
Latest Cannabis News: August 1, 2023
Stay up to date with the latest legalization and cannabis news with the C.B. Advisors. Every week, we will release a snippet of what’s happening with each state in the cannabis industry. Did you miss last week? No worries – click here for last week’s cannabis news.
Medical
Florida: Florida’s attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court for another extension to file briefs in a case that will decide whether voters get the chance to consider a marijuana legalization initiative on the 2024 ballot.
Attorney General Ashley Moody (R), whose office is seeking to invalidate the cannabis measure, is currently due to reply to recent briefs from the campaign and supporters on Wednesday. Now she and outside groups that want to maintain marijuana prohibition are requesting a one-week extension from the court. The attorney general’s office says that they’ve discussed the deadline extension request with the Smart & Safe Florida campaign, which opposes a one-week extension but would accept a shorter two-day delay.
Should the initiative make the 2024 ballot, at least 60 percent of Florida voters would have to approve the measure for it to be enacted. The measure would take effect six months following approval by voters.
Source: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/florida-attorney-general-asks-supreme-court-for-more-time-to-reply-in-marijuana-legalization-ballot-case/
New Hampshire: The New Hampshire Senate again voted to reject legalizing marijuana in the state Thursday, keeping New Hampshire the lone New England state that has not yet embraced recreational cannabis. This decision comes after the New Hampshire House passed a cannabis legalization bill over to the Senate in a 272-109 vote that echoed a long history of unsuccessful attempts to legalize marijuana in the state.
Legalizing marijuana has once again been rejected by the New Hampshire state Senate. On a 14-10 vote Thursday, senators shot down the House bill, signaling their opposition to recreational cannabis. This development has created an impasse among New Hampshire lawmakers over legislation to legalize marijuana through a multitiered system of state-controlled sales.
Source: https://thecannabiswatcher.com/pages/articles/news/2023/7/22/hampshire-senate-rejects-marijuana-legalization
Recreational
Missouri: The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services will start accepting applications for cannabis-related microbusinesses this week.
According to a press release, the department’s application portal will open on July 27 and remain open until Aug. 10. The department will then award six microbusiness licenses in each of the eight congressional districts in the state. The lottery will be conducted by the Missouri Lottery to ensure the integrity of the process. The lottery will take place no later than Sept. 1 and the results will be available on the department’s website as soon as they become available.
Source: https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/marijuana/missouri-cannabis-microbusiness-application-process/63-f819959b-9716-4638-b1e2-b00a37d33f99
New Jersey: A recent move intended to increase the number of cannabis businesses run by people with prior convictions for marijuana offenses or who live in economically disadvantaged parts of the state was rejected by New Jersey’s cannabis regulators Tuesday in a stunning about-face.
The Cannabis Regulatory Commission voted in June to give those applicants—called social equity applicants—the first shot at wholesale, distributor and delivery services licenses for one year starting in September. But Tuesday, the commission voted to limit the time period after critics said the June decision would hurt cannabis entrepreneurs who were harmed by the drug war but do not fit the definition of social equity applicant. Under the new rules approved Tuesday, starting September 27, social equity applicants seeking wholesale, distributor and delivery licenses get priority for three months. Then for the next three months, diversely owned cannabis businesses—those owned by women, minorities or disabled veterans—get priority.
Neither the June decision nor Tuesday’s apply to applicants for cultivation, manufacturing or retail licenses.
Ohio: An Ohio marijuana legalization campaign is just 679 valid signatures short of putting its initiative on the November ballot, sate officials say, but organizers now have 10 additional days to make up the difference to qualify.
The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CTRMLA) turned in more than 220,000 signatures earlier this month. But the secretary of state’s office said in a letter to the campaign on Tuesday that only 123,367 were verified, several hundred short of the 124,046 signature requirement for ballot measures. The secretary of state’s office advised that “petitioners are entitled to 10 additional days from the issuance of this notification to file additional valid signatures.”
Source: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/ohio-marijuana-legalization-measure-falls-679-signatures-short-of-november-ballot-but-activists-now-have-10-days-to-fix-that/
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