Supreme Court takes up cannabis & gun rights case

*Trump taps marijuana biz owner for job; Senator slams Trump cannabis
inaction; FL legalization lawsuit; OH marijuana & hemp bill; NY psilocybin*

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*/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW*

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether a federal law
restricting the gun rights of people who consume marijuana or other illegal
drugs is constitutional, taking up a case where the Trump administration
said such individuals “pose a clear danger of misusing firearms.”

President Donald Trump appointed Mark Savaya, who founded the Leaf & Bud
chain of marijuana dispensaries in Michigan and caused local controversy
with an aggressive billboard marketing strategy, as his special envoy to
Iraq.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) told Marijuana Moment that it’s “extremely concerning
the Trump administration continues to drag its feet” on a pending cannabis
rescheduling proposal that President Donald Trump pledged to enact during
his campaign last year.

A Florida marijuana campaign is suing the secretary of state to reverse an
effort to invalidate upwards of 200,000 voter signatures on petitions to
place a legalization initiative on the 2026 ballot.

The Ohio House Judiciary Committee is expected to consider legislation to
revise the state’s marijuana and hemp laws this week, with the House
speaker saying that “the prohibitionists have largely lost this discussion.”

Former narcotics prosecutor Victoria Cvitanovic argues in a new Marijuana
Moment op-ed that New York lawmakers should pass a bill to legalize
psilocybin therapy, saying psychedelic reform is “the seed of a new
paradigm: replacing fear with healing, stigma with science, punishment with
care.”

*/ FEDERAL*

President Donald Trump called Colombian President Gustavo Petro “an illegal
drug leader.”

The Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control will hold a hearing
titled, “Global Gangsters: Hezbollah’s Latin American Drug Trafficking
Operations” on Tuesday.

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner described himself as a
“psychedelics taking socialist” in a 2021 Reddit post.

*/ STATES*

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

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) spoke at a screening of clips from a new
documentary about ibogaine.

A New Hampshire representative said he expects his marijuana legalization
bill to pass the House of Representatives but fall short in the Senate.

A Pennsylvania senator tweeted, “Interesting fun fact: most hospitals won’t
allow medical cannabis that you need a state issued medical card and a
prescription for.”

A Washington, D.C. appeals court upheld a ruling that a woman needs to stop
smoking medical cannabis because it creates a nuisance for neighbors.

New York regulators took action against a cannabis processing and
distribution business over an alleged scheme that allowed unlicensed
operators to hide under its license and produce marijuana to be sold to
retailers across the state.

Massachusetts’s newly reinstated top marijuana regulator discussed plans
for social consumption businesses and testing labs.

Rhode Island marijuana regulators published an annual report.

California regulators sent updates on various cannabis business issues.

Colorado regulators will hold a hearing about changes to marijuana rules on
Wednesday.

Washington State regulators will host a Public Health Roundtable with the
Cannabis Community on Wednesday.


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*/ INTERNATIONAL*

A Canadian member of Parliament authored a blog post detailing how the
country’s marijuana legalization law “has mostly been a success.”

*/ SCIENCE & HEALTH*

A case report found that “insomnia diminished after replacing the
conventional pharmacotherapies with full spectrum Cannabis sativa oil, rich
in cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).”

A review concluded that “psilocybin is associated with dynamic and
temporally distinct neuroplastic changes linked to clinical improvement.”

*/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS*

The Scottish Greens adopted a resolution in support of legalizing and
regulating drugs.

The Economist editorial board said “the most effective single way to reduce
the death, violence and corruption would be to legalise and regulate the
production and consumption of cocaine.”

*/ BUSINESS*

New Jersey retailers sold $284.4 million worth of legal marijuana products
in the second quarter of this year.

*/ CULTURE*

Former basketball player Allen Iverson’s hemp beverage brand will be
carried in Circle K stores.

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