SCOTUS cannabis & guns case gets delay request (Newsletter: October 24, 2025)

*Whiskey company cites marijuana in scaling back biz; OH psychedelics
grant; Study: Cannabis tied to reduced alcohol liver disease*

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*/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW*

Trump administration Solicitor General D. John Sauer submitted a request
for a delayed timeline to file briefs in a marijuana and gun rights case
that the Supreme Court is taking up—with the respondent’s lawyers agreeing
to the extension.

The Ohio Department of Behavioral Health is supporting a program to educate
first responders, police and healthcare professionals about how to deal
with adverse psychedelic experiences with a $400,000 grant.

Whiskey company Heritage Distilling is scaling back its operations, citing
“consumer shifts toward reduced alcohol consumption and alternative
products, including marijuana.”

A new study found that marijuana use is “associated with a reduced risk of
[alcohol-associated liver disease], with the greatest risk reduction seen
in patients with” so-called “cannabis use disorder.”

- “Cannabis use was linked to lower risks of ALD, liver-related
complications and death compared to non-cannabis users.”

NORML activist Chris Goldstein argues in a new Marijuana Moment op-ed that
New Jersey gubernatorial candidates in next month’s election “barely seem
to be paying attention” to issues of concern for cannabis consumers.

West Virginia officials are refusing to allocate $34 million in medical
cannabis revenue that is supposed to support drug treatment, research and
law enforcement programs over concerns about federal prohibition.

- “The money in the fund will remain unallocated until federal law
changes.”

*/ FEDERAL*

Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) inserted remarks into the Congressional
Record congratulating an attorney for being named “lawyer of the year” and
noting that he “helped create regulations for recreational marijuana.”

*/ STATES*

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed another cannabis compact with a tribe.

The Kentucky legislature’s Interim Joint Committee on Health Services held
a hearing on the rollout of the state’s medical cannabis program.

A Wisconsin senator said he’s optimistic a medical cannabis legalization
bill will pass the Senate.

Rhode Island’s former top marijuana regulator announced she is running for
attorney general.

Washington, D.C. regulators adopted changes to medical cannabis rules.

The New Mexico Medical Cannabis Advisory Board will meet on Monday.


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*/ LOCAL*

New York City mayoral candidates weighed in on safe consumption sites for
illegal drugs during a debate.

*/ INTERNATIONAL*

Zurich, Switzerland officials are moving to extend a legal cannabis sales
pilot project.

*/ SCIENCE & HEALTH*

A study highlighted the “potential of [unsaponifiable matter from hemp
seed] as a natural anti-obesity therapeutic, offering new avenues for the
treatment and prevention of obesity and related metabolic disorders.”

A study found that “MDMA increases feelings of trust in the social world.”

*/ BUSINESS*

Emerald Intel acquired Cannabiz Media.

IM Cannabis Corp. signed a non-binding indicative term sheet to acquire a
60 percent equity interest in a quantum computing bio data company.

Circle K plans to begin selling hemp-derived THC drinks nationwide in 2026.

Village Farms International, Inc. launched a one-way aroma valve built
directly into its cannabis flower packaging.

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