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12 States That Could Legalize Cannabis in 2025

12 States That Could Legalize Cannabis in 2025 Image Cannabis NewsFebruary 27, 2025

Cannabis legalization largely stalled out in 2024 amid cross-chamber disagreements in state legislatures and ballot measure letdowns on Election Day. Nebraska was the lone state to advance reform last year via overwhelming support behind a pair of medical cannabis legalization measures in November

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A growing industry: How cannabis is moved across the state

A growing industry: How cannabis is moved across the state Image Cannabis NewsFebruary 26, 2025

After over 15 years as a police officer, Ralph Miller took up a new job. In some ways, it’s familiar work: driving around with a partner and staying alert for potential threats. But his new ride is an unmarked van filled with cannabis. Every week Miller pulls up to a cultivator and loads up the van

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Cannabis Freedoms Are Under Attack

Cannabis Freedoms Are Under Attack Image Cannabis NewsFebruary 26, 2025

In recent weeks, legislators across the nation have introduced multiple bills to recriminalize marijuana and roll back the rights of responsible cannabis consumers. These include measures repealing patients’ access to medical cannabis, imposing prohibitively high marijuana sales taxes, outlawing

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Is weed legal in Florida? Here are the laws to harsh your buzz for spring break 2025

Is weed legal in Florida? Here are the laws to harsh your buzz for spring break 2025 Image Cannabis NewsFebruary 25, 2025

Heading to the Sunshine State, spring breakers? Get ready to enjoy sun, surf and sand. ... but leave your weed vapes and edibles at home. Recreational marijuana remains illegal in Florida, although it is legal in about half the country. An amendment last year to make recreational marijuana legal in

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Tide Turns in Italian Industry’s Favour as It Continues Its Fight for Survival

Tide Turns in Italian Industry’s Favour as It Continues Its Fight for Survival Image Cannabis NewsFebruary 24, 2025

The Italian hemp industry has received unexpected support from the centre-right Forza Italia party, strengthening its position against an existential threat from the wider government. As the Meloni administration continues its relentless efforts to impose a ‘grotesque crackdown’ on all commercial

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Survey: More Than 2-in-3 Support Cannabis Legalization

Survey: More Than 2-in-3 Support Cannabis Legalization Image Cannabis NewsFebruary 21, 2025

According to a new survey, two out of three Pennsylvanians support the legalization of recreational cannabis in the Commonwealth. ResponsiblePA unveiled independent polling that indicated 68 percent of respondents back proposed legislation. That number rises to nearly 3-in-4 (75%) when voters were

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Global Cannabis Market in 2025: Countries on the Brink of Legalization

Global Cannabis Market in 2025: Countries on the Brink of Legalization Image Cannabis NewsFebruary 21, 2025

The global cannabis market is poised for significant transformation in 2025, as more countries inch closer to legalizing cannabis for medical, recreational, or industrial purposes. This growing wave of legalization is driven by shifting public attitudes, economic incentives, and evolving

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DEA Faces Another Lawsuit Over Handling of Cannabis Rescheduling

DEA Faces Another Lawsuit Over Handling of Cannabis Rescheduling Image Cannabis NewsFebruary 21, 2025

The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is facing another legal challenge over its handling of the cannabis rescheduling process. Doctors for Drug Policy Reform (D4DPR), a nonprofit group of medical professionals representing over 400 physicians, has become the latest organisation to accuse the

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Ohio recreational marijuana overhaul would raise excise tax, limit dispensaries

Ohio recreational marijuana overhaul would raise excise tax, limit dispensaries Image Cannabis NewsFebruary 19, 2025

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Legislators are advancing a bill to overhaul Ohio’s recreational marijuana law, including raising the excise tax, limiting the number of dispensaries that can open in the state, and reducing the number of cannabis plants that can be grown at home. Senate Bill 56 received a

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Doctors Ask US Appellate Court for Redo in DEA’s Selections for Cannabis Rescheduling Participants

Doctors Ask US Appellate Court for Redo in DEA’s Selections for Cannabis Rescheduling Participants Image Cannabis NewsFebruary 19, 2025

A nonprofit organization of medical professions in support of evidence-based cannabis regulation filed a brief on Feb. 17 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit related to its exclusion from the rescheduling hearing process. Doctors for Drug Policy Reform (D4DPR) and its president, Bryon

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Proposed legislation would allow medical marijuana patients to grow weed in their home

Proposed legislation would allow medical marijuana patients to grow weed in their home

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 18, 2025

TAMPA, Fla. - Even though recreational marijuana didn't pass in November, efforts to expand medical marijuana are now in the works. If passed, Florida Senate bill 546 would make it so patients could grow their own marijuana at home. The backstory: For some medical marijuana patients in Florida

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Argentinian Government To Roll Back Medical Cannabis Program—300K Patients At Risk, Experts Warn: Legal Battle Ahead?

Argentinian Government To Roll Back Medical Cannabis Program—300K Patients At Risk, Experts Warn: Legal Battle Ahead?

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 18, 2025

One day after Bullrich's announcement, presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni tempered the government's stance, stating that REPROCANN would not be abolished outright but rather "reformulated." Speaking at a press briefing, Adorni acknowledged that the program had deviated from its original purpose

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Majority Support For Recreational Marijuana In Florida Wanes

Majority Support For Recreational Marijuana In Florida Wanes

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 17, 2025

Support for legalizing recreational marijuana in Florida is still strong – but not enough, and it appears to be weakening. Medical marijuana and low-THC cannabis is available in Florida to qualified patients, after state voters supported medical legalisation in 2016 by a vote of 71% to 29% But

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Switzerland Moves To Legalize Recreational Cannabis Under Strict Government Control

Switzerland Moves To Legalize Recreational Cannabis Under Strict Government Control

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 17, 2025

Switzerland is advancing toward legalizing recreational cannabis with a strictly regulated framework after the National Council's Social Security and Health Committee (SGK-N) voted in favor of a draft law that would allow controlled access for adults. The proposal, which passed with 14 votes in

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No subsidised medical cannabis for mental health conditions until there is clinical evidence, DVA reiterates

No subsidised medical cannabis for mental health conditions until there is clinical evidence, DVA reiterates

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 14, 2025

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) has reiterated that only when there is sufficient clinical evidence will it consider subsidizing medicinal cannabis in the treatment of mental health conditions. In a statement to Cannabiz, the DVA remained steadfast in its approach, insisting the lack of

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Robert F. Kennedy's Confirmation: Cannabis Advocates Question His New Vow To 'Follow The Science' On Marijuana's Harms

Robert F. Kennedy's Confirmation: Cannabis Advocates Question His New Vow To 'Follow The Science' On Marijuana's Harms

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 14, 2025

The Thursday Senate vote to confirm the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), elicited various responses from the cannabis industry and legalization advocates. In the 52 to 48 vote, with Sen. Mitch McConnell the only Republican to vote “no,”

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Trump Appoints Anti-Cannabis 'Just Say No' Drug Warrior As DEA Chief To 'Make America Safe Again'

Trump Appoints Anti-Cannabis 'Just Say No' Drug Warrior As DEA Chief To 'Make America Safe Again'

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 13, 2025

President Donald Trump has tapped Terrance Cole, a former 22-year DEA official and Virginia public safety administrator, to take the helm of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Trump announced the appointment Tuesday afternoon in a social media post. "Together, we will save lives, and MAKE

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New bill could speed up approvals for cannabis dispensaries

New bill could speed up approvals for cannabis dispensaries

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 13, 2025

A new bill would allow medical cannabis dispensaries to begin selling recreational weed without municipal approval, a sign that state lawmakers are seeking to push back on some towns’ resistance to hosting dispensaries. The legislation, sponsored by Senate President Nicholas Scutari, includes a

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Half-Baked: Proposal to Reform Alabama Medical Cannabis Licensing Seems Poised to Go Up in Smoke

Half-Baked: Proposal to Reform Alabama Medical Cannabis Licensing Seems Poised to Go Up in Smoke

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 12, 2025

Advocates and stakeholders in the medical cannabis world of Alabama are desperate. And as it is so often when we are faced with a desperate situation, we make well-intentioned but ultimately flawed decisions. Alabama Senate Bill 72 dropped last week. It would, among other things, (1) expand the

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Alabama Senator Introduces Bill To Ban Intoxicating Hemp Products

Alabama Senator Introduces Bill To Ban Intoxicating Hemp Products

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 11, 2025

An Alabama senator has introduced a bill to ban intoxicating hemp products, such as delta-8 THC, making Alabama the latest state to seek to prohibit these substances. Republican Senator Tim Melson introduced a bill last week to ban hemp-derived THC products like delta-8, delta-9, and delta-10 in

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