MMJ News

The U.S. Senate passed a spending bill including a provision that would allow Department of Veterans Affairs doctors to issue medical cannabis recommendations to military veterans. The House approved similar, but slightly different, language in July.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wrote in a constituent letter that it's a "moral responsibility" to attach criminal justice provisions to a marijuana banking bill—citing expungements and resentencing provisions from his separate legalization legislation. Meanwhile, Republican senators want to move ahead with a floor vote despite new anti-cannabis House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-LA) election creating uncertainty about the bill's prospects in that chamber.

The Lubbock, Texas city secretary certified that activists collected enough signatures to put a marijuana decriminalization initiative on the ballot if local lawmakers don't enact the reform themselves.

The Senate marijuana banking bill got three new cosponsors for a total of 34.

Wyoming lawmakers are considering legislation to ban intoxicating hemp-derived products.

Las Vegas, Nevada police are stepping up training of officers to detect impaired driving ahead of the launch of marijuana consumption lounges