Kansas and Arkansas: One Step Forward, One Step Back?

while in Kansas The Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs held a first hearing on a Draft law legalizing medical marijuana The Delta 8 ban, introduced in February, is being pushed ahead in the Arkansas legislature.

Arkansas senator Tyler Dees (R) proposed legislation, SB358 that would regulate delta-8 THC products. The bill co-sponsored by Senators Justin Boyd (R) and four other lawmakers would “prohibit the cultivation, processing, sale, transfer or possession of industrial hemp that contains certain delta-tetrahydrocannabinol substances.” reported Journalist Daniel Breen for NPR.

Cannabis in Alabama

Melissa MullinsFounder of the advocacy group Alabamaers for medical cannabis freedomexplained that her group included five demands in its list of priorities for the 2023 legislature to “improve the cannabis industry in the state”. reported wbrc.com.

The group is calling for a review of testing procedures and the removal of the 75-milligram dose. The group believes that physicians should be free to determine the most appropriate dosage for their patients.

According to Mullins, the cost of acquiring a license can be quite high, which can pose challenges for locally owned companies to compete effectively. “We just felt that a small farmer or a small business in Alabama would have a very hard time raising 40, 50, 60, 70 to hundreds of thousands of dollars for a license.”

Delaware lags behind

The Delaware Senate Health and Human Services Committee approved two bills aimed at legalizing marijuana and establishing regulations for its sale to adults. Presented by Rep. Ed Osienskithe bills were passed and supported in the House of Representatives Senator Trey Paradee, who argued that the state’s current law, which only decriminalizes low-level possession of cannabis, is inadequate. Paradee stressed that arrests for cannabis possession are ongoing, particularly…