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New Mexico governor signs adult use into law. New Mexico is officially the 18th state with legal adult use cannabis. On Monday, during a ceremony,  Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed  HB 2, the  As  Cannabis Wire reported, lawmakers sent the bill to the governor’s desk at the end of March, after she called a special session to “get it done.” “We are going to increase consumer safety by creating a bona fide industry. We’re going to start righting past wrongs of this country’s ...

Way back in 2014, our founding editor  Alyson Martin wrote a story for  The Atlantic about cannabis on campus. In short, because colleges receive federal money, and cannabis remains federally illegal, colleges follow federal law, regardless of whether the state chooses to legalize.  Already, following New York’s legalization of cannabis last week,  Cornell University released a statement declaring that “cannabis use remains prohibited on campus.” “Dear Cornell Community,” it...

Last night, the  HB 12, a social justice-focused bill favored by reform advocates, and  SB 288. The former has already passed out of the House, as  Cannabis Wire reported in our newsletter earlier this month. Cannabis Wirespoke with HB 12 sponsor  Rep. Javier Martínez ahead of his bill’s introduction, and he noted that the legislature has become less conservative in recent years, adding, “I believe the path toward legalization has opened up more so than ever before.” HB 12 must...

Last month,  Maryland’s House Judiciary Committee held the first hearing of the session on adult use cannabis legalization. In focus was HB 32, introduced by  Delegate Jazz Lewis, which, as  Cannabis Wirereported, has broad support among advocates.  Also last month, the vice chair of Maryland’s  Senate Finance Committee,  Brian Feldman, introduced SB 0708, another adult use cannabis legalization bill. This bill has strong legislative support, including from  Senate President B...

The  California Bureau of Cannabis Control’s Cannabis Advisory Committee, which advises the Bureau, held its first meeting of 2021 on Wednesday. (Read  Cannabis Wire’scoverage of the culmination of the group’s 2020 work.) The agenda included everything from a presentation on the “state of cannabis equity,” from the  United CORE Alliance, to a discussion of topics for subcommittees to consider this year. Members of the public suggested topics from “mental health risks of marijuan...

Congress members  Rep. Morgan Griffith, a Republican of Virginia, and  Rep. Kurt Schrader, a Democrat of Oregon, have reintroduced their Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD Consumer Protection and Market Stabilization Act.  They introduced an Act by the same name last year. It would, in short: “make hemp, cannabidiol derived from hemp, and any other ingredient derived from hemp lawful for use under the  Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act as a dietary ingredient in a dietary supplement, and for ...

An excerpt from recent editions of the Cannabis Wire Daily newsletter.

Assembly members Benjie Wimberly and Annette Quijano introduced  A 5211, which “updates and clarifies recent legislation passed by both Houses of the Legislature addressing cannabis legalization, and marijuana and hashish decriminalization.”  On Thursday, the  Senate Judiciary Committee released an identical bill,  S3320, passing it 7-3. The discussion in the Assembly lasted less than 15 minutes. The first comments came from  Joe Johnson of ACLU-NJ, who began by saying, “I had prep...

HB 89 will expand the approved conditions list for medical cannabis to include “moderate to severe insomnia.” HB 90 will allow medical cannabis shops in the state, known as “alternative treatment centers,” to “acquire and use in manufacturing hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) isolate.” HB 163 will require medical cannabis shops to “prepare information regarding the risk of cannabis use during pregnancy,” and it will require state health officials to “prepare a brochure relativ...