Senate Banking Committee Chairman Suggests Uncertainty About Tying Marijuana Banking Bill to More Comprehensive Marijuana Bill – Senate leadership is considering how best to proceed following House passage of the Secure and Fair Enforcement , chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, despite previously suggesting that cannabis banking and sentencing reform be addressed in the same bill, recently told reporters that while there is “interest certainly from both parties” in sentencing reform and decriminalization, it’s “not clear” whether the Senate will attach banking provisions to a more comprehensive cannabis bill.
Bipartisan Group of House Members Calls for Prohibition on Federal Interference with State, Tribal Legal Cannabis Activities – A group of 44 members of the House sent a letter to congressional leaders requesting that the 2022 appropriations bills include language that would prohibit the federal government from prosecuting individuals who comply with state or tribal recreational cannabis laws.
FDA Announces Ban on Menthol Cigarettes – The Food and Drug Administration last week announced that it was working towards issuing standards to ban menthol cigarettes and all characterizing flavors in cigars.
AL – More than half of Alabama’s 42 district attorneys signed on to a letter opposing the medical cannabis bill that is being considered by state lawmakers.
IL – For several months running, the Illinois Department of Revenue has collected more revenue from cannabis taxes than from liquor taxes.
LA – The Louisiana House Judiciary Committee approved a bill to impose fees and establish a cannabis business licensing system, which will go into effect only if a separate bill to legalize cannabis is enacted.
MT – Following voter approval of a ballot measure legalizing recreational cannabis, Montana lawmakers are moving forward with HB 701, a single bill to implement and tax recreational cannabis in the state.
PA – A new poll shows that 58 percent of Pennsylvania residents support complete legalization of cannabis, the highest level of support since tracking began.
Republican Governor Kristi Noem directed the state Attorney General’s Office to file suit against the amendment as unconstitutional based in part on the claim that the initiative violated the single-subject rule.
WA – To support business viability and allow licensees to remain competitive, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board approved a new rule to expand the plant canopy square footage allowed for some cannabis producers.
Delta-8 THC, which is chemically similar to Delta-9 THC , is legal under the 2018 Farm Bill as written and was not initially addressed by many state laws.
Alabama Senate Removes Amendment that Would Have Banned Delta-8 and Delta-10 THC – In April, Alabama’s Senate Judiciary Committee passed an amendment to a controlled substances bill that would have categorized Delta-8 and Delta-10 THC as controlled substances in the state.
However, Delta-8 THC, “as well as derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, and CBD isolate from hemp or other sources that are genetically or chemically altered into compounds may not be produced or processed in .
New Study Looks at Use of CBD in E-Cigarettes – Previous studies have shown that CBD is partly transformed into THC when smoked as a cigarette.
The delay in the Senate is the result, in part, of changes made by the Chamber of Deputies as well as questions relating to specific provisions of the bill raised by the hemp industry.
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