Rising to the Moment: Protecting and Advancing Cannabis Legalization in a Changing America
Date & TimeDec 17, 2025 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Webinar ID815 7712 0875
Description
BGM and Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) invite you to join us for a timely discussion on the current state of the national legalization landscape. We will address how cannabis industry leaders and advocates can work together to protect and advance progress in a rapidly changing political environment.
Adam Smith, Executive Director of MPP, Karen O’Keefe, Director of State Policies of MPP, and Cory Parnell, Principal with BGM, will share their insights on today’s most urgent challenges and identify the strategies needed to build a sustainable future for legal cannabis.
What We’ll Discuss:
• An examination of whether the cannabis movement has entered a new phase and the developments defining this moment.
• Key state and federal policy activity including, Congressional efforts to restrict hemp-derived cannabinoid products, and how these shifts impact operators and advocates.
• The most significant challenges facing both the industry and advocacy community, including taxation, banking, regulatory uncertainty, resources, and visibility.
• Insights into the work MPP is doing to address these challenges and sustain momentum toward reform.
• How cannabis industry leaders, advocates, and allied organizations can collaborate effectively to strengthen and accelerate legalization efforts.
Register for this webinar today to gain timely insights and participate in a forward-looking conversation about the future of cannabis legalization.
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The webinar guests answered my question saying states will need to play a role in standing up to defend their state laws surrounding cannabis.
Of interest to note, the webinar discussed efforts in Ohio by lawmakers who passed laws to reverse and restrict the voter approved cannabis laws out there. Apparently an Ohio law review article states that one attorney reads the Ohio Constitution as forbidding lawmakers from passing laws that counter the voters intent. So, litigation may reverse Ohio lawmakers restrictions out in Ohio. I don’t really care about state laws if they aren’t talking about federal exemption, but a lobbyist friend of mine who was national activist of the year for Young Americans for Liberty, and my roommate during a US Senate campaign race I worked on in Georgia in 2020 during a special election, has been asking me for updates on Ohio, where he lobbies on issues, so I passed that word along to him.
Stay tuned for more updates and insights on the new era of cannabis advocacy right here at WeedPress, where we have been working our asses off since 2009 to advocate for an end to the war on humans and their civil rights, known as the “Drug War. “
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