New congressional deal bans hemp products (Newsletter: November 10, 2025)

*WI gov candidates talk marijuana; NE tribe on gov/AG cannabis threats; OH
poll: Dispensary support; Study: Canada’s legalization reduced youth use*

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*/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW*

Congressional leaders released a deal to fund the government that includes
provisions to recriminalize intoxicating hemp-derived THC products and
excludes provisions to let Department of Veterans Affairs doctors recommend
medical marijuana that had been passed by the House and Senate earlier this
year.

Wisconsin gubernatorial candidates discussed marijuana legalization at a
forum, with some saying they want to use cannabis revenue to fund expanded
broadband access in the state.

The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska is pushing back against threats from Gov. Jim
Pillen (R) and Attorney General Mike Hilgers (R) that people who purchase
marijuana under its legalization program could be prosecuted by state
officials.

A new poll of Ohio adults found that 61 percent believe marijuana
dispensaries are having a positive impact on the economy and a plurality of
41 percent agree they’ve improved quality of life—while a narrow plurality
of 37 percent say they have a negative impact on public safety.

A new study funded by the Canadian government shows that “in a relatively
short 4-year period spanning the cannabis pre-legalization to
post-legalization time periods, adolescent cannabis use has declined.”

- “Cannabis never use increased and current cannabis use slightly
decreased among underage youth in a 4-year period spanning cannabis
legalization.”

The U.S. Sentencing Commission adopted new guidelines that will put less of
an emphasis on the quantity of drugs someone is charged with and give more
consideration to the scope of their role in the overall drug distribution
chain.

The Beer Institute’s CEO is calling out “bad actors” in the hemp THC
product industry for allegedly marketing to children.

*/ FEDERAL*

The U.S. Tax Court is considering a challenge to the Internal Revenue
Services’s application of the 280E penalty on a marijuana business.

A Department of Veterans Affairs spokesperson said its “work on
psychedelics is at an early stage and results from these trials will be
available in the years to come.”

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) tweeted, “To all those…sort of liberals who think
you will move down here [to Tennessee]. No one down here smokes weed.”

*/ STATES*

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D), the attorney general and the treasurer
appointed a new member to the Cannabis Control Commission. Separately,
regulators could vote on rules for marijuana social use businesses by
Christmas.

A member of the Colorado Natural Medicine Advisory Board is asking for an
investigation into Gov. Jared Polis’s (D) top psychedelics advisor for
allegedly improperly trying to “steer outcomes” on the body’s
recommendation on allowing ibogaine in state healing centers.

Minnesota regulators’ rules prohibiting direct-to-consumer shipments of
low-potency THC edibles are facing a legal challenge.

California regulators are moving to revise cannabis cultivation and
sanitation rules.

Missouri regulators filed proposed changes to marijuana microbusiness rules.

Oregon regulators posted guidance on changes to psilocybin services rules.

Nevada regulators hosted an event for marijuana businesses that are not yet
operational.

Georgia regulators will consider medical cannabis production license
renewals on Wednesday.

The Iowa Medical Cannabidiol Board will meet on Friday.


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*/ LOCAL*

The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Commission on Human Relations published
guidance on medical cannabis patients as a protected class.

*/ INTERNATIONAL*

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized extrajudicial killings in
the “war on drugs.”

A Philippine senator is facing an arrest warrant from the International
Criminal Court for his role in the nation’s bloody “war on drugs.”

*/ SCIENCE & HEALTH*

A study found that industrial hemp “increased the antioxidant status as
well as the reduction of oxidative stress biomarkers, suggesting that IH
supplementation could improve the health and welfare of Angus cattle.”

A study of dogs found that “CBD administration impacts various metabolic
pathways, suggesting potential therapeutic benefits including anti-inflammatory
and neuroprotective effects.”

A review concluded that “early results regarding psilocybin as a treatment
for treatment resistant depression suggest psilocybin is efficacious.”

*/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS*

The Drug Policy Alliance has a new board of directors member.

*/ BUSINESS*

Curaleaf said in a federal court brief that a contract it had with Hello
Farms “is per se unenforceable” as “federal law unambiguously makes
marijuana illegal, meaning that all parties to any contract for the
cultivation and distribution of marijuana necessarily assume and shoulder
the attendant risks.”

Canopy Growth Corporation reported quarterly revenue of C$83 million and a
net loss of C$1.6 million.

WM Technology, Inc. reported quarterly revenue of $42.2 million.

RYTHM, Inc. reported quarterly revenue of $4 million and an operating loss
from continuing operations of $8.9 million.

FRESH Cultivation workers in Somerset, New Jersey voted to unionize.

Story Cannabis is being sued for allegedly stealing employee tips.

*/ CULTURE*

Russell Crowe and Joe Rogan spoke about the differences between marijuana
and alcohol.

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