Latest Cannabis News: November 5, 2025
Latest Cannabis News: November 5, 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.
No Legalization States
Idaho: A coalition of Idahoans supporting the legalization of medical cannabis for people with debilitating medical conditions has received the go-ahead to begin collecting signatures for a ballot initiative for the November 2026 election. The Boise-based group Natural Medicine Alliance of Idaho, which was created this year, announced Oct. 29 it is beginning to collect signatures attempting to qualify the Idaho Medical Cannabis Act to go before voters in the 2026 general election. The Idaho Medical Cannabis Act seeks to establish a regulated licensing system for Idaho-based producers and dispensaries.
Low-THC, High-CBD States
Indiana: A Republican state representative plans to introduce a bill to legalize medical marijuana during the next legislative session.
https://mynews4.com/news/nation-world/veterans-advocate-for-medical-marijuana
Medical
Florida: Legalization backers must collect 880,062 valid signatures from registered voters to qualify for the November 2026 ballot.
But before that, once the campaign gathers 25% of the required signatures, the Florida secretary of state is required to send a letter confirming that fact and trigger a state Supreme Court review of the voter initiative.
And it’s that “mandatory ministerial duty” that Secretary of State Cord Byrd is refusing to fulfill, Smart & Safe’s lawsuit alleges.
The suit names Byrd and Elections Division Director Maria Matthews as defendants.
It seeks a court order compelling state officials to process the voter initiative as required.
Nebraska: All three commissioners skipped last week’s legislative hearing, which was meant to weigh how successfully the commission has been rolling out medical cannabis. There, State Sen. John Cavanaugh contended the regulations actually violate the law by capping how much THC a patient can possess and ruling that only practitioners who are primarily in Nebraska can recommend cannabis.
“The Medical Cannabis Commission has no authority to regulate any conduct explicitly allowed under the Patient Protection Act,” Cavanaugh said on Friday.
Nevertheless, the commissioners are keeping those rules in place, a move that could open them up to lawsuits down the road.
The commission discussed Dispensary Applications in yesterday’s meeting, voting to open Dispensary Apps in February/March of 2026.
New Hampshire: New Hampshire House lawmakers have given initial approval to a bill that would legalize marijuana in the state—despite expectations that it’s destined to stall out in the opposite chamber or otherwise get vetoed by the governor.
Source: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-hampshire-house-lawmakers-approve-marijuana-legalization-bill/
Adult-Use States
Maine: There’s another effort brewing to undermine a state voter-approved marijuana law—this time in Maine, where a citizen initiative backed by GOP operatives has been submitted in hopes of rolling back the commercial adult-use market. Almost 10 years after Maine voters passed a recreational legalization measure at the ballot, a group of voters—including a Republican state senator and a former top staffer to then-Gov. Paul LePage (R), a staunch prohibitionist—filed a petition to repeal much of the law with the secretary of state’s office last month.
Ohio: The Senate voted unanimously on Oct. 29 to reject the 228-page legislation, Substitute Senate Bill 56, that House members passed one week earlier in an 87-8 vote. The Senate’s non-concurrence means a conference committee, with members appointed from each chamber, could convene to resolve the bicameral differences. The House’s version of the bill scaled back many of the changes to Ohio’s 2023 voter-approved cannabis legalization initiative compared to what the Senate approved. In addition, the House proposal would establish a tightly defined regulatory framework for manufacturing and selling intoxicating hemp products.
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