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1 week ago | 
ganjapreneur.com | Tim Branfalt |TG Branfalt
A Delaware lawmaker has pulled a bill that sought to restrict the sale of intoxicating hemp products to state-licensed cannabis stores and only allow sales of cannabis-infused beverages at liquor stores, WHYY News reports. State Rep. Debra Heffernan (D) indicated she pulled the proposal after pushback from CBD store owners, customers, and cannabis advocates, but that she plans to create a new bill “in the coming months” for consideration next session.
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1 week ago | 
ganjapreneur.com | Tim Branfalt |TG Branfalt
Hemp business owners in Missouri are organizing an initiative petition to deregulate cannabis in the state to allow for sales at stores that sell alcohol and tobacco, the Missouri Independent reports.
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1 week ago | 
ganjapreneur.com | Tim Branfalt |TG Branfalt
A Maryland hemp industry association and hemp businesses are suing the state over cannabis licensing and seized products, the Baltimore Sun reports. The Maryland Hemp Coalition, 10 businesses owners, and consumers of the products at the heart of the lawsuit argue that state laws illegally regulate hemp-derived products that are federally legal and that state agents are now selectively enforcing “erroneous testing standards” to seize items from shelves.
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1 week ago | 
ganjapreneur.com | Tim Branfalt |TG Branfalt
California-based Jeeter is the number one pre-roll brand in the country, according to Custom Cones USA’s first-ever Top 100 Pre-Roll Brands report. The report, developed with cannabis data firm Headset, used sales figures from 2024 in 13 state markets and found Jeeter sold more than 316 million units which equates to an 8% market share.
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1 week ago | 
ganjapreneur.com | Tim Branfalt |TG Branfalt
In a letter to President Donald Trump (R), U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) have called on the administration to end arrests for cannabis, which they say – along with the enactment of other policies – could help the government save trillions of dollars. The lawmakers note that ending unnecessary federal arrests and reducing waste in federal detention programs alone could save the government billions of dollars.
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1 week ago | 
ganjapreneur.com | Tim Branfalt |TG Branfalt
The Oregon Senate earlier this month passed a bill that would increase penalties for landowners who knowingly allow illegal cannabis cultivation on their property, KPIC reports. The legislation would end special tax assessments for properties found to unlawfully allow unlicensed cannabis cultivation. Special tax assessments are levied on property owners in a specific geographic area that fund local infrastructure projects or public improvements that primarily benefit those properties. State Sen.
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1 week ago | 
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2 weeks ago | 
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Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) has vetoed a bill that would have allowed medical cannabis patients to get certified by a physician for the state’s cannabis program via telehealth, established criminal penalties for unlicensed operation of a medical cannabis dispensary, and prohibited cannabis cultivation without a Department of Health-issued permit.
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2 weeks ago | 
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service administrator last week sent a letter to all Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) retailers noting that cannabis-derived products are ineligible for purchase with SNAP. In the letter, Administrator James C.
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2 weeks ago | 
ganjapreneur.com | Tim Branfalt |TG Branfalt
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians on Tuesday approved a referendum allowing the Tribe to develop “legislation to decriminalize and regulate possession, production, and distribution of marijuana on Tribal lands.” Referendum no. 2025-01 passed 1,367 to 1,110, according to a Facebook post. The Band of Choctaw Indians is the only federally recognized Tribe in Mississippi and controls about 35,000 acres across 10 counties in the eastern part of the state.
