Legal cannabis a “significant threat” to alcohol industry (Newsletter: September 9, 2024)

Indian tribe launches marijuana sales in NC; NH governor candidates on legalization; CA hemp ban; KY medical cannabis apps; Study: Marijuana for IBD

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/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) directed regulators to adopt emergency rules banning hemp products with any “detectable amount of total THC.”

Ahead of New Hampshire’s primary elections on Tuesday, Democratic gubernatorial candidates are detailing their support for marijuana legalization—including in lengthy interviews with a cannabis advocacy group—while Republicans are opposed.

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians launched the first legal recreational marijuana sales to adults over 21 within North Carolina—or any of its surrounding states—on Saturday.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) is touting the nearly 5,000 applications for medical cannabis business licenses that regulators received in a two-month window, saying it shows “incredible interest in this process.”

A new analysis from Bloomberg Intelligence says that continued expansion of the marijuana legalization movement poses a “significant threat” to the alcohol industry due to people substituting cannabis for beer and wine.

A new scientific review concludes that medical cannabis “improved quality of life” for patients with inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s, and led to “improved disease activity.”

Cornbread Hemp co-founder Jim Higdon argues in a new Marijuana Moment op-ed that hemp and marijuana companies need to “stop fighting each other and learn to work together” in support of “a cohesive federal regulatory pathway that covers all cannabinoid products” instead of bans like California’s new move.

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers (R) is expanding a crackdown on THC products by filing four more lawsuits against stores that allegedly made illegal sales.

/ FEDERAL

Former White House National Trade Council Director Peter Navarro said former President Donald Trump should attack Vice President Kamala Harris’s marijuana prosecutorial record during their debate.

The Drug Enforcement Administration Museum posted a video about a lowrider bike that was built to commemorate the agency’s 50th anniversary.

The House marijuana banking bill got one new cosponsor for a total of 129.

/ STATES

New Hampshire Democratic gubernatorial candidates discussed their views on marijuana legalization at a debate.

The Florida marijuana legalization campaign got another $7.5 million contribution from Trulieve.

California regulators issued recalls of marijuana products due to the presence of the pesticide chlorfenapyr and labeling that may be attractive to children.

New Mexico regulators ordered a recall of cannabis products that tested positive for a prohibited pesticide.

Oregon regulators posted guidance on air permit requirements for cannabis businesses.

Michigan regulators filed complaints against a marijuana business over various alleged violations.

Oklahoma officials held a hearing on a medical cannabis cultivation business that is facing the loss of its license over concerns about the safety of its products.

Pennsylvania regulators posted an update on the medical cannabis program.

Vermont regulators posted a training video on marijuana cultivator inventory tracking.

The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission met.

The Kansas Industrial Hemp Advisory Board will meet on Tuesday.

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/ LOCAL

An Anchorage, Alaska task force published a report recommending how marijuana revenue be spent to support child care access and early education programs.

/ INTERNATIONAL

The leader of Thailand’s Bhumjaithai Party expressed confidence about the prospects for marijuana reform.

The Himachal Pradesh, India Assembly accepted the recommendations of a committee empaneled to study legalizing cultivation of cannabis for industrial, scientific and medical purposes.

/ SCIENCE & HEALTH

A study found “statistically significant reductions in benzodiazepine dispensing after increases in both medical and recreational cannabis access” but that “evidence suggests increases in other types of psychotropic dispensing.”

A review concluded that “of the available psychedelic treatments for depressive symptoms, patients treated with high dose psilocybin showed better responses than those treated with placebo in the antidepressant trials, but the effect size was small.”

/ ADVOCACY, OPINION & ANALYSIS

An American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network official authored an op-ed calling on California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to veto a bill to legalize cannabis cafes.

Americans for Safe Access published a guide on cannabis safety amid an uptick in recalls of legal products in markets across the country.

/ BUSINESS

Illinois dispensaries sold $23.5 million worth of medical cannabis products in August.

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