Supreme Court sets meeting on cannabis case (Newsletter: November 26, 2025)

*Congress: marijuana banking on “back burner”; FL legalization sigs; NY gov
signs cannabis bill; MA prohibition measure; Hemp & marijuana cooperation*

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*/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW*

Several key House and Senate lawmakers told Marijuana Moment that they
haven’t heard anything recently to indicate that cannabis industry banking
legislation will advance anytime soon—with Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) saying
it is “on the back burner.”

The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled a closed-door meeting for next month
to discuss a case filed by marijuana businesses seeking to overturn federal
prohibition.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed a bill to “modernize” the medical
cannabis program—granting reciprocity to out-of-state residents, extending
patient registrations to two years, streamlining the certification process
and lowering the age limit for home cultivation.

An industry-funded Florida marijuana campaign says it is “confident” its
legalization initiative will qualify for the 2026 ballot, with more than 1
million signatures submitted—even after state officials threw out more than
200,000 petitions.

The Massachusetts Cannabis Business Association is urging voters who think
they may have been misled into signing a ballot petition to roll back the
state’s marijuana legalization law to ask their local election clerks not
to certify their signatures.

As Americans increasingly choose marijuana over alcohol, mainstream media
sources like The Wall Street Journal are taking note of cannabis culture
trends like the Thanksgiving “cousin walk” tradition.

The National Cannabis Industry Association’s Adam Rosenberg and Dentons’s
Eric Berlin reveal in a new Marijuana Moment op-ed that hemp and marijuana
business leaders have been meeting for a series of closed-door discussions—informally
called “The Commission”—to rally behind “a united vision of an industry
built on safety, fairness, accountability and consistency.”

- “Hemp and marijuana leaders who often find themselves on opposite
sides of public debate are coming into the same room and aligning on the
foundations of a modern legal marketplace.”

*/ FEDERAL*

Customs and Border Protection included a warning in holiday-related travel
guidance saying that “marijuana remains illegal in the United States
federally. Do not cross the border with any marijuana or marijuana
products.”

The Environmental Protection Agency said a comment about greenhouse gas
emissions from the cannabis industry is not germane to a rule on an Arizona
air plan.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) inserted comments into the Congressional Record
explaining her opposition to a recently enacted federal ban on hemp THC
products.

Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) touted his work to get a provision about military
veterans’ use of GI bill benefits for courses or job training related to
careers in the cannabis industry included in a report attached to spending
legislation.

*/ STATES*

Missouri’s attorney general launched an investigation into sellers of
unregulated hemp products.

The New Jersey Governor’s Council on Substance Use Disorder hosted an event
about community responses to cannabis legalization.

Oregon regulators filed proposed changes to marijuana business license
application rules.

New York regulators posted guidance about marijuana business license
application queues.

Minnesota regulators published guidance on cannabis transportation to
testing facilities.

Massachusetts regulators launched a new public education effort about
cannabis terpenes.

Oklahoma regulators provided clarity about the authentication process for
their new medical cannabis portal.


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*/ LOCAL*

Osseo, Minnesota officials are planning to open a city-run marijuana
dispensary.

The 143rd Judicial District, Texas district attorney authored an op-ed
criticizing a new federal ban on hemp THC products.

*/ INTERNATIONAL*

Germany’s justice minister complained that “young people can smoke
marijuana practically without consequences.”

*/ SCIENCE & HEALTH*

A study found that cannabis-based medicinal products “treatment over 24
months was associated with improvements in health-related quality of life
and was well-tolerated in patients with” multiple sclerosis.

A study of rats found that “acute psilocybin exerted a rapid antidepressant-like
response” and that “repeated psilocybin induced long-lasting
antidepressant-like effects.”

*/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS*

The U.S. Hemp Roundtable is proposing a federal regulatory framework for
hemp products.

Americans for Safe Access published an updated travel guide for medical
cannabis patients.

*/ BUSINESS*

Organigram Global Inc. has a new CEO.

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