Latest Cannabis News: December 3, 2025
Latest Cannabis News: December 3, 2025
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.
Federal
The Supreme Court has scheduled a closed-door meeting on December 12, 2025, to consider whether to take up a landmark case brought by state-legal cannabis businesses challenging the constitutionality of federal marijuana prohibition. The petitioners, backed by the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, argue that continued enforcement of the federal ban in states that already allow legal cannabis violates the Commerce Clause.
As one of the lead attorneys put it, “Time is of the essence … We think that this is the right time for this case because of the need — the industry needs to get relief from federal oversight at the moment.” If justices agree to hear the case and ultimately rule in favor of the plaintiffs, the decision could trigger a major shift in federal cannabis policy, potentially undermining decades-old prohibition laws.
Low-THC, High-CBD States
Tennessee: Tennessee regulators have agreed to let hemp-industry businesses with existing licenses continue selling hemp-derived products, including THCa, until their licenses expire on June 30, 2026. This temporary reprieve comes after the state passed a new law that would have banned THCa and similar cannabinoids starting in 2026.
Medical
Florida: The group Smart & Safe Florida remains determined to place a recreational-marijuana amendment on the 2026 ballot, despite a judge ruling last week invalidating roughly 200,000 of its petition signatures. The invalidation stemmed from election officials’ finding that the petitions lacked the full amendment’s text — a formatting change Smart & Safe said was lawful.
Undeterred, the campaign announced it will resubmit petitions, insisting it still has over one million signatures statewide, well above the minimum needed to qualify. If accepted, this would mark the second attempt in as many years to legalize adult-use cannabis in Florida, after a 2024 proposal failed to meet the 60% supermajority threshold.
Texas: Texas officials have finalized new rules that expand the state’s medical-marijuana program: under the changes, doctors may now recommend additional qualifying conditions for patients, and physicians may prescribe low-THC cannabis via approved inhalation devices.
The updated regulations create a pathway for patients, beyond last year’s limited list, to access medical cannabis for a broader range of conditions, and for more convenient delivery methods (vapes or other inhalation devices), though physicians aren’t required to prescribe inhalation. The finalized rules were adopted by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) November 30, 2025, bringing the changes into effect immediately under the state’s medical-use program
Adult-Use States
Minnesota: Minnesota’s governor says the state is “exploring” ways to respond to a federal ban on hemp-derived THC products, a policy change that threatens a “thriving” hemp industry in the state. Officials and lawmakers in Minnesota express concern that the ban could disrupt businesses, jobs, and consumer access to hemp-based edibles and beverages that have gained popularity under the state’s regulatory regime. With many in Minnesota’s hemp economy mobilizing, the state may push for alternative regulatory solutions or other measures to preserve what has become a substantial local industry before the 2026 federal implementation date.
Ohio: Ohio lawmakers approved an overhaul of the voter-approved 2023 cannabis law, narrowing legalization and aligning state hemp rules with the new federal ban signed by President Trump last month. The bill would recriminalize possession of cannabis not obtained from a state-licensed dispensary or legally grown at home, eliminate anti‑discrimination protections for lawful cannabis use, and ban public smoking of cannabis at outdoor locations and allow landlords to prohibit vaping. The bill would also ban hemp products containing more than 0.4 mg total THC per container or any synthetic cannabinoids from being sold outside of a licensed marijuana dispensary setting, while temporarily allowing regulated cannabinoid beverages until December 31, 2026.
Virginia: Virginia lawmakers took another decisive step Tuesday toward launching a legal cannabis retail market in 2026, unveiling a revised legislative blueprint that scraps local opt-outs, tightens ownership rules and aims to favor small, independent operators over deep-pocketed national brands.
The proposed legislation, sponsored by House and Senate legislators, reportedly removes the controversial local-opt-out clause, increases local taxing authority, and establishes a licensing regime designed to favor small, independent Virginia-based businesses over large medical-marijuana operators.
As one sponsor explained: “The goal has been to make sure it is a decentralized market structure, competitive, sustainable, prioritizing independent Virginia-based businesses.” If passed, the bill could establish Virginia’s first legal retail cannabis market, shifting the commonwealth away from the illicit-market status quo under which sales remain prohibited.
Source: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/bill-to-legalize-marijuana-sales-in-virginia-in-2026-will-be-unveiled-this-week
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