Wyoming

The state of Wyoming has agreed to pay a $150,000 settlement over an erroneous 2019 raid on a hemp farm suspected of growing illegal cannabis plants.

A federal judge in Wyoming recently dismissed the lawsuit challenging a state-wide ban on intoxicating hemp products. The suit was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it cannot be brought back to the court.

A lawsuit filed this week in the U.S. District Court for Wyoming is challenging the recently passed state law banning hemp-derived cannabinoids including delta-8 THC, claiming the law violates the federal Farm Bill.

The Wyoming proposal to ban delta-8 THC and other synthetic hemp-derived cannabinoids was signed into law by Republican Gov. Mark Gordon last week.

A Wyoming proposal that seeks to ban intoxicating hemp products is moving to the Legislature after passing the Joint Judiciary Committee last week.

Wyoming lawmakers are reattempting to ban intoxicating hemp products after the Joint Judiciary Committee in September scrapped their first attempt due to pushback from the hemp industry.

Wyoming cannabis advocates are preparing a push to put adult-use and medical cannabis legalization questions on the 2024 ballot.

A draft bill in Wyoming would ban hemp-derived THC products and any other hemp products meant for consumption; the proposal is the result of concerns about minors using delta-8 THC products.

Wyoming’s House Education Committee has tabled a bill carrying penalties for selling synthetically derived cannabinoid products to minors.

A new proposal in Wyoming would decriminalize the possession of up to three ounces of cannabis, reducing the fine from $1,000 to $100 and eliminating the chance for jail time.

Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill (R) has approved the language of two longshot cannabis ballot initiatives—one to legalize medical cannabis and another related to decriminalizing the plant.

The Wyoming Libertarian Party and the cannabis advocacy organization Together for Responsible Use and Cannabis Education have begun the process of getting medical cannabis legalization on 2022 ballots.

Wyoming advocates are submitting signatures today on two cannabis reform initiatives for 2022 ballots, one to legalize medical cannabis and another to decriminalize possession.

A recent Wyoming poll found for the first time ever that a majority of voters there support legalizing adult-use cannabis.

A judge in Laramie County, Wyoming last week threw out drug trafficking charges against hemp growers who were accused by prosecutors of growing cannabis with plans to distribute.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved industrial hemp programs for Washington and Wyoming, as well as the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation of Kansas, and the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska.

The Eastern Shoshone Tribe in Wyoming is pursuing a plan to legalize hemp and medical cannabis in an effort to diversify the Wind River Reservation economy and offer alternative medical treatments.