New Mexico s Ultra Health Wins Favorable Ruling, Judge Invalidates New Cannabis Regulations
A judge has invalidated the Department of Health s rules on license revocation, hemp and testing due to lack of evidence.
SANTA FE, N.M., Feb. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) PRESS RELEASE Ultra Health, a New Mexico-based cannabis company, won a favorable ruling on regulations promulgated by the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) in June 2020. The regulations – including the strictest testing requirements in the United States, arbitrary restrictions on hemp activities, and suspension or revocation of a license without notice – were all invalidated by Santa Fe District Court Judge Bryan Biedscheid.
MN House Democrats Again Try to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
House Majority Leader
Ryan Winkler has authored a bill for cannabis legalization and criminal record expungement. It is the same bill he introduced last year, which did not get much traction.
He says it would set up a regulatory board, create a licensing system, and create an opportunity for small business owners.
Retailers would have to be licensed, they would have to be stand-alone businesses, and go through a rigorous application process. We d make sure that one owner can t own the whole marketplace.
Passage of the bill is a longshot with Senate Majority Leader
Mississippi Supreme Court Set to Hear Oral Arguments in Medical Cannabis Case
The lawsuit, filed by Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler, challenges the initiative process that legalized medical cannabis in the state.
The Mississippi Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in a lawsuit filed by Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler that challenges the initiative process that legalized medical cannabis in the state, according to an AP News report.
The court issued an order Jan. 28 that schedules the hearing for April 14, the news outlet reported.
Butler filed the complaint in late October, just one week before Election Day, to challenge the petition process that qualified Initiative 65, the state’s medical cannabis legalization measure, for the ballot.
Minnesota Takes Another Shot At Legalizing Marijuana
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House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler, has put together a bill for pot legalization, as well as, criminal record expungement. Winkler tried introducing this bill last year with not much success.
In his bill he spells out setting up a regulatory board, licensing system and opportunities for small business.
Retailers would have to be licensed, they would have to be stand-alone businesses, and go through a rigorous application process. We d make sure that one owner can t own the whole marketplace.
Unfortunately, the bill doesn t stand much of a chance of passing, since State Senate Republicans have little interest in passing it. Sort of ironic, in my opinion, if anyone needs to take a few puffs once in awhile, it s State Senate Republicans.
State lawmakers and environmental groups have unveiled a âProve it Firstâ law for introduction in the Minnesota Legislature that would require scientific proof that copper-nickel mines could safely operate and close before being permitted, sparking backlash from Iron Range mining companies and interest groups.
The legislation faces an uphill battle to gain significant traction in the Republican-led Senate or the Democrat-controlled House, which last session rejected bills aimed at new copper-nickel regulations from reaching their respective floors, and underscores the stark differences in priorities among lawmakers in the nationâs only divided state government.
DFL Duluth Sen. Jen McEwen is the lead author of the bill, which would require proof that a similar mine has operated in the U.S. for at least 10 years, and has been closed for 10 years, without pollution. A similar law was passed in neighboring Wisconsin in 1998. Lawmakers repealed it in 2017.