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Following the 2023 passage of HF100, a bill that legalized recreational cannabis use and sales in Minnesota, the OCM now seeks public input as it drafts administrative rules for Minnesota's new cannabis industry.

While Kansas remains reluctant to change its stance on cannabis, with a recent attempt to remove it from the state's controlled substances law being defeated, Arkansas is moving forward with expanding its medical marijuana program. In Kansas, Rep. Silas Miller's amendment was rejected by House members. However, a majority of Kansans support legalizing recreational cannabis. To push for change, groups like the Kansas Cannabis Coalition and ACLU are advocating for policy reform. In contr...

Maine cannabis czar is under attack by a member of the state's House of Representatives who claims Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) Director John Hudak is "unfairly and unjustly executing state law."Republican Rep. David Boyer is behind an online petition that calls on Gov. Janet Mills (D) to fire Hudak, and which has garnered over 600 signatures as of Monday afternoon. To make his point, Boyer listed several instances of Hudak improperly enforcing state legislation. Hudak ...

The Health and Human Services Department (HHS) released more details regarding its recommendation to the DEA to reclassify cannabis to Schedule III under the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA).

A COMPASS Pathways CMPS-backed clinical trial assessing psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for bipolar II disorder has provided preliminary data on the…

A COMPASS Pathways (NASDAQ: CMPS)-backed clinical trial assessing psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for bipolar II disorder has provi

Congressional lawmakers from both sides of the aisle introduced a bicameral bill calling for further federal evaluation of kratom’s health and safety and prohibiting the Dept of Health and Human Services (HHS) from imposing more restrictive requirements on it than those for food or dietary supplements as a way of creating national regulations.

Mississippi Announces Major Cannabis Rule Revisions Mississippi's Department of Health has unveiled extensive revisions to cannabis industry regulations, seeking public input until Oct. 2.

Two petitions are circulating in Oregon to overturn the 2020 voter-approved Measure 110 that decriminalized the simple possession of drugs.