The Department of Public Safety in Texas (DPS) has posted project -regulatory project to expand the number of licenses of medical cannabis distributors in the state under the legislation Signed in law In June, Marijuana moment Reports.

The proposed rules, which were Published Friday In the Texas register, they have entered a period of 30-day public comments.

Whereas the rules’ The most important change would be to add twelve new distribution licenses – currently, there are only three – the rules also seek to specify the licensing powers of state officials, especially when it comes to revocation of licenses. The first round of licensing will only be available for a group of 139 applicants that are recorded during a previous application window in 2023, the report said.

Proposal signed by Gov. Greg Abbott (R) also calls for the expansion of the list of program qualification conditions to include chronic pain, Crohn disease, latest life care and traumatic brain damage (TBI).

Meanwhile, while Texas officials are working to implement the latest medical cannabis extensions, state lawmakers are maneuvering at a special legislative session to capture the hemp products derived from hemp. Senate passed a proposal Last week stopping thc products completely, although the governor vetoed similar legislation in June.

The 11th District Court of Appeal at the US on Wednesday ruled in favor of a group of patients with medical cannabis in Florida, who claimed that their prevention from possession of weapons due to their medical practices prescribed by the doctor is unconstitutional, Reuters Reports.

Federal law prevents anyone who consumes a federal controlled substance – such as cannabis, which remains the program under federal law – from the legally possession of firearms. However, the lawsuit depends on a 2022 Supreme Court ruling that requires that weapons restrictions be “in accordance with the historical tradition of this nation of firearm.”

Originally accompanied by the then agricultural commissioner Florida Nikki Fried (D), plaintiffs filed their lawsuit in 2022arguing that federal policy violates the second change of patients with state -approved medical cannabis. The lawsuit also claimed that politics violates a provision of the Congress budget to prevent federal interference in state -level cannabis programs.

“As we have argued since the beginning of this case, the 2nd change does not allow the federal government to categorically consider all marijuana medical patients to be very dangerous to exercise their essential constitutional rights.” – William Hall, lawyer for plaintiffs in Jones Walker, in a statement

It is the second major victory for the owners of cannabis patient weapons this year after the 5th District Court of the US in January Riafirmova that the federal pursuit of a Mississippi man who was caught possessing a firearm while also consuming cannabis had violated the second change.

A voting initiative proposed in Massachusetts seeks to abolish cannabis law on the use of state adults approved by voters in 2016. Proposal by Caroline Cunningham comes in the form of two proposed laws, both entitled “An act to restore a sensitive marijuana policy”, and will finish the cannabis sales “and will end.” right from adults to cultivate cannabis at home.

Proposals are signed by 14 other voters of Massachusetts. Both laws will decriminalize the possession of more than one Once, but less than two ounces, and a violation of the law would be a civil offense with a $ 100 fine. Adults would still be able to donate cannabis to each other.

Medical cannabis will also remain legal under proposals but ”Version a“It would remove the flower with a concentration of thc higher than 30%, focuses on the power greater than 60%, and Edibles with more than 5 milligrams of thc for service.”Version b“Will the Cannabis Control Commission and the State Health Department obtain” ensuring that the production and distribution of medical use is effectively regulated “but does not describe the limits of Prodyct power.

To obtain a vote issue in Massachusetts, the Office of the Prosecutor General must first review whether the petitions meet some constitutional requirements to appear with the Secretary of Commonwealth, who will notify whether it has been approved for certification on September 3. If the registered initiative to register, registered initiatives, registrars, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered. Commonwealth by December 3. Once the signatures are verified, the proposal is sent to the state legislature in January for its approval. If lawmakers do not approve the proposal, supporters then must collect an additional signatures from the voters registered until July 1, 2026, to establish the November 2026 voting initiative.