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A lot is happening today around what governments do after the easy part is over. Virginia's new governor signed real wins on hospital access and parental rights, and in the same breath sent lawmakers amendments that reinstate criminal penalties and gut resentencing relief. Nebraska's regulators are building the program without much political air cover. Idaho's voters are showing up in signature numbers while the legislature is racing them to the same November ballot with a constitutional amendment to shut the door. Colorado is fining its delinquent licensees while the hemp beverage industry walks into the capitol asking to be taxed. New York's OCM hit the road and conceded its regulations need a rewrite. And in Boston, Pure Oasis went dark in Grove Hall and left vendors and employees holding the bag. Implementation is where cannabis policy actually lives, and today's edition is a survey of who is doing the work and who is making it harder.
🌿 Spanberger mixes wins with rollback
🌱 Idaho voters collide with their legislature
🏚️ Pure Oasis goes dark in Grove Hall
It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.
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