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Jordan Isenstadt wrote the read the industry needs to reconcile with their current advocacy efforts in DC. The midterms will matter more for cannabis than the next bill filed, because bills only move when the political environment supplies a path. Three Cannabis Caucus co-chairs illustrated the point on Wednesday by holding a press conference at a podium the procedural math is not running through right now. The states kept doing the actual work. Georgia widened its medical program and retired the phrase "low THC oil." Nevada quantified what its 1,500-foot wall costs every year. Oklahoma sent ibogaine clinical trials to a governor who wants to repeal voter-approved medical cannabis. New York stood up an observational study on CBD, THC, and inflammatory bowel disease. Colombia restarted its legalization debate. And in Lansing, Ascend Wellness decided a cultivation facility damaged by a December fire was no longer worth rebuilding.
🧪 New York builds the research apparatus
🎰 Nevada's $750 million wall
💰 Bonta files 66 counts on $80 million
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