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A new episode of The Hybrid dropped this morning. Erik and I sat down with Christina Dempsey of California's Department of Cannabis Control, and it's worth your commute.
Happy Fiscal New Year to those that celebrate!
In Washington, the rescheduling hearing entered its second day with opponents pressing the government on how it reached its own recommendation. In Harrisburg and on the House floor, two Republicans, Joe Pittman and Mike Johnson, sit between cannabis bills and the votes their supporters want. In the states the calendar does its own work: Georgia's medical expansion takes effect today, Nebraska's attorney general signed rules he is still trying to undo in court, and Massachusetts is being asked a repeal question its paper of record is covering badly. The inbox goes quiet Friday for the holiday and returns the week after.
🔑 Pittman and Johnson hold the keys
🌿 Georgia expands, today
🌽 Nebraska signs what it's fighting
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