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The Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission released draft recommendations to ban sales of THC beverages at restaurants and bars—facing pushing back from representatives of the hospitality and liquor industry. | | The Drug Enforcement Administration sent a press release touting its activities in 2025. Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden expressed openness to decriminalizing marijuana but voiced concerns about broader legalization of a "killer industry," claiming that widespread use is linked to "severe and long-term mental illness." Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) spoke on the Senate floor about a bill he filed that was inspired by a young person who "started using marijuana and eventually became addicted to hard drugs" before dying of an overdose. | | | Cannabis is legal, but still taboo. Episode 2 of Flowhub's The Great American Dispensary Tour explores a newly legal cannabis market where stigma still lingers. See what the cannabis industry really looks like in America. Watch now. | | Oklahoma's attorney general touted enforcement actions against "fraudulent medical marijuana licensing schemes." Florida's secretary of state defended his office's decisions to invalidate thousands of signatures for a proposed marijuana legalization ballot initiative. The Indiana House of Representatives passed a bill to ban all marijuana billboards. The Maine legislature's Legal and Veterans Affairs Committee held a hearing on a bill to enact testing requirements for medical cannabis. The Missouri Senate Families, Seniors and Health Committee held a hearing on a bill to make public marijuana consumption a misdemeanor. Indiana marijuana reform bills died without action as the crossover deadline passed. Illinois lawmakers filed bills to change rules on marijuana in vehicles and the allocation of cannabis revenue. 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