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Could DOJ ignore Trump’s cannabis rescheduling order? (Newsletter: December 30, 2025)

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December 30, 2025

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by Rebecca Rivas on December 26, 2025
Rescheduling won't allow interstate commerce, federal legalization or an instant federal regulatory takeover. But it will give Missouri marijuana companies some tax relief.
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by Hannah Parker on December 24, 2025
President Donald Trump's executive order to fast-track the reclassification of cannabis offers hope to a $30 billion industry that is ready to move beyond cash.
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by Joseph Garcia on December 23, 2025
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by ABC 36 Digital Staff on December 23, 2025
Kentucky’s first licensed medical marijuana dispensary has temporarily closed after selling out less than two weeks after opening, according to its website.
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by Amanda Pirani on December 22, 2025
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The Post, a medical marijuana dispensary in Beaver Dam, opened Dec. 13 and drew heavy demand from patients across the state, quickly selling out of all its product.
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by Marijuana Moment on December 19, 2025
“The simplest thing, frankly, to do is to stop it right now instead of going until the date in November set by federal law.” By Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) signed a bill into law Friday that bans intoxicating hemp products and makes various changes to the state’s voter-passed marijuana
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signs intoxicating hemp ban, new marijuana regulations into law
by Megan Henry on December 19, 2025
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Trump marijuana rescheduling could cut taxes for California cannabis
by Ray Stern,Ernesto Centeno Araujo on December 19, 2025
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Pasco marijuana dispensary weighs in on Trump's cannabis reclassification order
by Zander Adams NonStop Local Anchor/Reporter, Mark Rattner NonStop Local Digital Journalist on December 19, 2025
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Missouri cannabis industry reacts to presidential order over marijuana reclassification
by Sruthi Ramesh, KOMU 8 Senior Digital Producer on December 19, 2025
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by Adrienne Roberts on December 19, 2025
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by PBS News on December 18, 2025
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Trump expected to sign executive order reclassifying marijuana, easing restrictions on the drug
by Reuters Staff on December 17, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday reclassifying marijuana to ease federal restrictions, according to CNN, which cited a source familiar with the planning and a senior White House official.
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Cannabis growers using less than 70% of licensed cultivation space could be downgraded to lower limits
by Michael P. Norton | State House News Service on December 30, 2025
If the Cannabis Control Commission determines that a licensee has sold less than 70% of what the licensee produced during a review period, then the commission may reduce the licensee's maximum canopy to a lower tier, according to a CCC memo.
Town’s second cannabis retailer to start repurposing building on College Highway
by Cliff Clark | The Westfield News | cclark@thereminder.com on December 30, 2025
With special and building permit from Southwick in hand, and a go head from the Cannabis Control Commission, the town’s second cannabis retailer, Haven, will start work on repurposing the former Family Dollar on College Highway in the next week or so.
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by bbc.com on December 30, 2025
A recent raid of a shop found "a box of suspected vapes containing pure cannabis", Bradford Council says.
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