In Texas, cannabis policy is moving in two completely opposite directions. Voters overwhelmingly approved a marijuana legalization ballot measure in one community, while state regulators are proposing rules that could effectively ban smokeable hemp products by counting THCA as THC.
The Supreme Court may be about to upend one of the strangest federal cannabis laws still on the books: the rule that marijuana users cannot legally own firearms.
Two major cases this week suggest the justices are deeply skeptical of the federal ban — potentially opening the door for cannabis consumers to legally exercise Second Amendment rights.
Also this week:
• Kansas Democrats push for cannabis decriminalization but Republican leadership blocks the vote
• A Nebraska tribe moves forward with medical marijuana despite state resistance
• Missouri regulators crack down on bad actors in the legal cannabis industry
• Michigan prepares to distribute $94 million in cannabis tax revenue to communities and tribes
• A Michigan city faces allegations after marijuana companies helped pay its legal bills
• Researchers at Virginia Tech study how cannabis affects driving
• And rapper Afroman heads to trial over a music video filmed with footage from a police raid
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00:00 No Prep Cold Open
01:41 Supreme Court Gun Case
05:29 Texas Hemp Rules Crackdown
07:27 Politics Tangent Midterms
09:08 Kansas Legalization Stalls
11:06 Nebraska Tribe Pushback
13:24 Sponsor Break Smoke
14:07 Name That Strain
14:53 Missouri Targets Bad Actors
17:00 Hemp Loophole Rant
22:10 Farm Bill Hemp Definition
23:55 Hemp Bill Markup Fallout
25:17 Access Limits and Supply
27:14 Security Rules and Politics
28:19 Michigan Legal Bills Scandal
31:18 Driving Data and DUI Laws
32:27 Afroman Raid Lawsuit
35:50 Oregon Edibles Cap Fails
37:56 Seeds Genetics and Hemp Loopholes
41:29 Michigan Provisioning Centers Meme
44:07 Wrap Up and Sponsor Plug
