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A bill in the state legislature that would eliminate caps on the number of cannabis companies a municipality can host is getting some pushback, not just from concerned residents but also, somewhat surprisingly, at least one marijuana business. Current law allows cities and towns to host one dispensary and micro-cultivator for every 25,000 residents. In March, the Social Equity Council outlined a series of changes it wanted to the recreational cannabis law, including eliminating that cap. The suggestion was included in a larger bill introduced to the General Law Committee in early March. That committee voted in favor of the…

Hawaii senators on Wednesday approved two identical resolutions to request the formation of a psilocybin working group that would explore the therapeutic potential of the psychedelic, though the measures were amended to make provisions on developing a plan for patient access contingent on federal approval of the substance. The Senate Health Committee took up the non-binding Senate resolution and Senate concurrent resolution, both sponsored by Sen. Chris Lee (D), who serves as chair of the Judiciary Committee. The identical proposals advanced unanimously, but with two senators expressing reservations. Meanwhile, the full Hawaii Senate approved a similar proposal earlier this month…

NOTE: A version of this story first appeared in New York Cannabis Insider, a new publication covering the state’s marijuana marketplace. NYCI is hosting a half-day virtual event on March 31 about financing your cannabusiness, sourcing and securing capital, changing your community’s perception to marijuana, and working with and respecting Native American cannabis operations. Tickets are available here. As New York works to get its legal adult-use cannabis industry off the ground, advocates and businesspeople in the space are concerned with two controversial tax issues. The first is a potency tax on businesses based on THC content, the second is…

NH legalization bill amended; MO psychedelics hearing; MD lawmakers vote to fund legal marijuana implementation; MI local drug decrim effort Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… Your good deed for the day: donate to an independent publisher like Marijuana Moment and ensure that as many voters as possible have access to the most in-depth cannabis reporting out there. Daniel J. Delaney of The Delaney Policy Group: “I’ve been a lobbyist and consultant in…

Connecticut lawmakers have proposed a bill that would create the first psychedelic medicine centers on the East Coast. The bill anticipates that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will soon approve psilocybin and MDMA as legal treatment for depression and PTSD, respectively. If it passes, Connecticut will become an early mover as several states look to legalize psychedelics. The bill, titled HB 5396, would aim to provide MDMA and psilocybin for medical use. It would serve only “qualified patients”—including veterans, retired first responders, “direct care” healthcare workers and people from a “historically underserved community” with a serious or life-threatening mental illness….