Latest Cannabis News: October 22, 2024
Latest Cannabis News: October 22, 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.
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Kansas: The Kansas Special Committee on Medical Marijuana held its first of two meetings on Wednesday where lawmakers heard from law enforcement, health care officials and activists about a potential medical marijuana program in the state. The Kansas Speaks Poll, conducted by Fort Hays State University, found that 67.2% of respondents supported legalizing recreational marijuana for people over the age of 21, and only 16.9% were opposed. Another committee meeting on medical marijuana is scheduled for Oct. 28. Lawmakers indicated that at the next meeting they’ll want to hear more about how the industry intersects with banking, how products are tested and estimates of the costs the state could incur if it created a program.
Nebraska: Newly released polling results out of Nebraska suggest that nearly 6 in 10 registered voters favor legalizing medical marijuana through a pair of initiatives on the ballot next month. Another third say they’re opposed to the policy change, while fewer than 1 in 10 remain undecided.
CBD
Indiana: The candidates in Indiana’s gubernatorial election this year have each backed some form of cannabis legalization in the state but have different views on what the industry should look like.
Medical
Alabama: A judge has appointed a mediator to try to negotiate an end to a long-running dispute over who gets licenses to grow and sell medical marijuana in Alabama. “The mediation is an attempt to get people to agree on a new set of rules to do the investigative process. It’s really intended to speed the process up,” Somerville said.
Arkansas: Arkansas voters won’t get to weigh in on a ballot initiative to expand medical marijuana after the state Supreme Court ruled the measure didn’t fully explain what it would do, tossing out the initiative just two weeks before the election. It’s too late to remove the measure from the ballot — early voting began Monday — so the court has ordered election officials not to count any votes cast on it. The proposed constitutional amendment would have broadened the definition of medical professionals who can certify patients for medical cannabis, expanded qualifying conditions and made medical cannabis cards valid for three years.
Recreational
Delaware: Several Delaware towns and cities have taken advantage of a provision in the law that created the legal market by banning retail stores, along with growing, manufacturing and testing sites.
Minnesota: Minnesota’s recreational marijuana market is on track to launch in 2025, even as some potential businesses say they’re concerned that the process is taking too long. The agency is accepting more feedback on the second version of the rules before they’re expected to be finalized by the first quarter of 2025. Businesses will be able to begin operations after those rules are set. Briner told WCCO that her office is taking the time it needs to thoroughly review applications to ensure they comply with the law and to identify “any potential predatory practices within those ownership structures.”
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