Latest Cannabis News: November 19, 2024

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.

No Legalization

Idaho: Advocates in Idaho, arguably the least-cannabis-friendly state in the United States, are laying ambitious plans to skip over medical marijuana and go straight to adult use.

At least, that’s the goal of the proposed 2026 ballot initiative that campaign organization Kind Idaho recently filed with Idaho’s secretary of state, according to The Inlander.

Source: https://mjbizdaily.com/adult-use-legalization-effort-launches-in-anti-marijuana-idaho/

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Georgia: With the number of people enrolled as medical marijuana patients in Georgia hitting 25,000 over the weekend, the state agency that operates the program can authorize more dispensaries to open. Under Georgia’s MMJ law, each of the companies will receive an additional license with every increase in the registry of 10,000 patients.

Source: https://mjbizdaily.com/georgia-to-allow-more-medical-marijuana-dispensaries/

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Alabama: The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled against the state’s Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) last Friday, allowing Jemmstone Alabama LLC to proceed with claims that regulators mishandled its application for an integrated facility license, according to court documents obtained by the Alabama Political Reporter.

Source: https://www.greenmarketreport.com/alabama-court-blocks-cannabis-commissions-bid-to-dismiss-license-challenge/

Hawaii: After last legislative session’s push to legalize adult-use marijuana in Hawaii fell short, advocates are hopeful that the coming session could finally bring about the reform. O’Keefe at MPP told Marijuana Moment that she thinks the state is perhaps the most likely to adopt legalization in the year ahead.

Source: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/in-elections-aftermath-pennsylvania-and-hawaii-appear-most-likely-to-legalize-marijuana-in-2025-advocates-predict/

Nebraska: The deadline is here. All the attorney paperwork is in. The medical cannabis trial over signatures is now in the hands of a judge in Lincoln. In the meantime, Lancaster District Court Judge Susan Strong will now decide one of two things. First, she could throw out the case, if she believes the Secretary of State didn’t prove there were enough questionable signatures to disenfranchise tens of thousands of people who signed the petition. After all, it had nearly 90,000 signatures. Or, Judge Strong could say she believes there was massive fraud, and in turn, force another trial, where medical cannabis ballot sponsors would need to prove each signature in question is valid.

Source: https://www.wowt.com/2024/11/19/state-petitioners-still-awaiting-judges-decision-nebraska-medical-marijuana-trial/

Pennsylvania: Despite the divided legislature, many advocates are optimistic that Pennsylvania could be in the next wave of states to pass adult-use legalization. House Leader Matt Bradford has said there’s a “will in the House to move forward” on marijuana legalization, though he noted the proposal could run into pushback from the GOP-controlled Senate.

Polling suggests bipartisan support among voters for marijuana legalization in Pennsylvania, including in at least two jurisdictions where races were tight between House candidates of opposite parties.

Source: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/in-elections-aftermath-pennsylvania-and-hawaii-appear-most-likely-to-legalize-marijuana-in-2025-advocates-predict/

Texas: Just a day into the period during which Texas lawmakers can begin prefiling bills ahead of the forthcoming 2025 legislative session, elected officials have already proposed a number of cannabis-related reforms, including measures to legalize cannabis for adults, expand the state’s restrictive low-THC medical program and impose new restrictions on hemp.

Source: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/texas-lawmakers-prefile-bills-to-legalize-marijuana-in-2025-and-expand-low-thc-medical-cannabis-program/

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