Trump signs bill recriminalizing hemp...

*Vance & RFK attend event with psychedelics talk; FL marijuana poll; Study:
Study: Cannabis increases women’s relationship satisfaction; Hemp mom op-ed*

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*/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW*

President Donald Trump signed a spending bill to end the government
shutdown that contains provisions to recriminalize hemp THC products—with
the ban set to take effect in one year—even though he previously signed
legislation to legalize the products in 2018.

The House Rules Committee blocked an amendment from Rep. Thomas Massie
(R-KY) that would have saved hemp products from recriminalization, while
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said lawmakers should work on crafting
“balanced, science-based regulation” in the year before the ban takes
effect.

Vice President JD Vance, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Jr. and other top Trump administration officials attended a “Make
America Healthy Again” summit featuring a session on the therapeutic
potential of psychedelics.

A new poll of Florida likely voters found that 89 percent believe “voters
should have the right to vote on if Adult Personal Use of Marijuana should
be allowed or not allowed in this state”—rather than leaving the issue to
politicians to decide.

A new study found that “high-intensity cannabis use is linked to higher
relationship satisfaction among women” but that “men reported the opposite.”

- “Concordant substance use may facilitate shared activities and
frequent interactions.”

Amy Dawn Bourlon-Hilterbran of Moms Mobilized authored a new Marijuana
Moment op-ed about how the federal recriminalization of hemp products like
the ones that she says saved her son’s life will “put hundreds of thousands
of patients, and the people that love them, in jeopardy.”

A spokesperson for Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said federally recriminalizing
hemp products will “hurt the state’s small businesses” and that she
“believes efforts by Congress to regulate hemp products should account for
states like Minnesota that already have strong regulations in place.”

New Jersey’s Senate president filed a bill to let medical marijuana
dispensaries conduct recreational sales without local approval, loosen
ethics requirements for the Cannabis Regulatory Commission and strip the
governor of the power to name its chair.

*/ FEDERAL*

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said hemp supporters are going to “keep at it until
we get this fixed.”

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) tweeted that a police officer once told him,
“nobody ever beat the shit out of their wife after smoking weed all day…”

Independent Nebraska U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn tweeted, “Hemp is a
legal crop. Farmers grow it for rope, textiles, paper, building materials.
Veterans and people with chronic pain use CBD products made from it. This
last-minute ban would destroy a $28 billion industry, wipe out 95% of hemp
businesses, and eliminate 300,000 American jobs. It would devastate rural
farming communities across the country.”

*/ STATES*

Maine Republican gubernatorial candidate David Jones will host an event
with medical cannabis caregivers on Thursday.

Nebraska Republican former and potentially future gubernatorial candidate
Charles Herbster said Gov. Jim Pillen (R) “has done everything he can to
delay and dismantle the voter-enacted medical cannabis statutes.”

A South Carolina Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources subcommittee
plans to hold a hearing on a hemp regulation bill over the next month.

A Wisconsin representative said a case involving a woman who shot her
friend after smoking marijuana bolsters his push to ban intoxicating hemp
products.

Maryland regulators filed proposed changes to cannabis rules.

Vermont regulators posted guidance on cannabis purchase limits.

Minnesota regulators are accepting applications for a grants program aimed
at restoring communities negatively impacted by cannabis prohibition.

Michigan regulators published a monthly report on disciplinary actions
taken against marijuana businesses.

The Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission will meet on Friday.

Virginia regulators are launching a paperless medical cannabis
certification process on December 1.


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*/ LOCAL*

The Rapid City, South Dakota City Council is considering a proposal to
limit the number of medical cannabis dispensaries. Officials are also being
sued by a business that says they are arbitrarily blocking it from opening
a new dispensary and shared confidential proprietary files with a
competitor.

*/ SCIENCE & HEALTH*

A study of autistic children provided “preliminary evidence that CBD-rich
cannabis treatment may reduce family accommodation (FA) and parental
distress, while improving family routines and well-being.”

A study found that most doctors and pharmacists in Malta “acknowledged
medicinal cannabis’s therapeutic benefits but exhibited notable hesitancy
in clinical practice, largely due to insufficient formal guidelines and
inadequate education.”

*/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS*

The Chicago Tribune editorial board cheered legislation in Congress to
federally recriminalize hemp products.

*/ BUSINESS*

Vireo Growth Inc. reported quarterly revenue of $91.7 million and a net
loss of $26.3 million.

Charlotte’s Web Holdings, Inc. reported quarterly revenue of $11.5 million
and a net loss of $5.8 million.

Grown Rogue International Inc. reported quarterly revenue of $5.4 million.

AYR Wellness Inc. sold assets in a public foreclosure auction.

Michigan retailers sold $267.8 million worth of legal marijuana products in
October.

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