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TOP THINGS TO KNOW
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he and Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) need more time to rework a marijuana legalization bill before it can be filed. Instead of this month, as previously stated, it’ll be “before the August recess.” Removing or scaling back cannabis testing for federal workers is one key area undergoing revision, among others the senators flagged in a press release.
Reps. Dave Joyce (R-OH), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Brian Mast (R-FL) filed a bill directing the attorney general to form a commission to make recommendations on a regulatory system for marijuana that models alcohol rules.
The Department of Justice agreed to return more than $1 million in cash seized from an armored car company that was transporting proceeds from legal marijuana dispensaries to banks.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) announced that recreational marijuana sales will start the day after 4/20. Separately, the state attorney general issued a memo clarifying that police can’t be punished for buying or using legal cannabis while off duty.
The New Hampshire Senate Judiciary Committee approved a House-passed bill to legalize marijuana possession and personal cultivation. It’s the first time a legal recreational cannabis bill has ever advanced in the chamber.
New York regulators approved the first 52 conditional recreational marijuana cultivation licenses to prepare the market for launch this year. They also revised medical cannabis home grow rules to remove certain restrictions for patients.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) said he wants to explore “having greenhouse space” to grow marijuana on the rooftops of public housing buildings. The innovative idea could run afoul of the federal government, which provides funding to support the NYC Housing Authority.
A new poll found that 58 percent of Louisiana voters support legalizing marijuana—including a plurality of Republicans.
The Department of Veterans Affairs finalized rules for a new grants program on suicide prevention services for military veterans that specifically says it won’t support any treatments involving the use of marijuana.
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) was given a “True Blue” award from Family Research Council Action in part for working to “reject the increasing acceptance of marijuana use.”
Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) visited a hemp processing facility.
Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman tweeted, “I was the only candidate who said it in 2016, and I’ll keep saying it until we make it happen: Legal Weed for PA + USA Let’s address the systemic racism in our nation’s drug policy + end the racist War on Drugs.” He also tweeted, “Legal marijuana sales in the U.S. are expected to hit $33 billion this year Revenue. Justice. Jobs. Freedom. Farmers. Veterans. It’s time PA got a piece of the canna pie.”
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) office is working to make appointments to the Cannabis Advisory Board, which it says will hold its first meeting next month.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) said that while launching marijuana sales “took longer than any of us wanted,” he “would rather us be right than fast” and that he wants the state to “be a national model.”
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) tweeted, “Pennsylvania needs to reassess its flawed laws. We should close the background check loophole on guns and legalize recreational marijuana.”
Kentucky lawmakers sent Gov. Andy Beshear (D) a bill to create a medical cannabis research center.
The Tennessee House Criminal Justice Committee held a hearing on a medical cannabis bill.
A New Mexico judge ordered regulators and a cannabis producer to come to an agreement on a testing regimen to allow the company to begin selling its products again following reports of mold on some products.
New York regulators filed emergency rules on hemp cultivation licenses and research authorizations.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is accepting applications for grants programs to fund cleanup and remediation of illicit cannabis cultivation impacts on public land and enhancing watersheds and communities.
Colorado’s Retail Marijuana Public Health Advisory Committee will meet on Monday.
At least 29 marijuana and drug reform bills are scheduled for committee hearings over the next week.
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