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You might be forgiven for thinking this day would never come, but the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has officially moved state-legal medical marijuana and any cannabis products approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to Schedule III. See our blog post here.
Last week, we noted that Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger (D) had made amendments to the cannabis retail market bill and sent her revised version back to the legislature. Well, the legislators have lobbed that ball right back to her side of the court – they did not agree to the amendments. So what does this mean? Is a retail market just as dead as if former Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) were still in charge? No, or at least not yet. Spanberger has 30 days in which to decide what to do. She could accept the fact that you can’t always get what you want and sign the bill. She could stick to her guns and veto it. Or, she could let it become law without her signature. Stay tuned.
One does not usually see Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) on the same side of an issue, but the 2020s are nothing if not a decade of surprises. Klobuchar and Paul are co-sponsoring a bill that would allow states to opt out of the federal ban on intoxicating hemp. The bill has not yet been officially introduced, so it’s hard to get a sense of whether it will go anywhere, but if it becomes law, many in the hemp industry will breathe a sign of relief.
District Cannabis, which operates in the District of Columbia and Maryland, thinks 4/20 should be a national holiday. Their partner, Ugly Agency, agrees:
“We decided to meet absurdity with absurdity,” said Nick Cade of Ugly Agency. “If millions of Americans already celebrate 4/20 like a national holiday, why not make it official? We wrapped that effort in satire, civic theater, and stoner logic.”
Be well everyone – we’ll see you next week.
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