Efforts for Expedited Process to Get Medical Marijuana Lauded in Nevada
- LEGALITIES, MEDICAL MARIJUANA, NEWS
- June 22, 2016
A Nebraska senator is kicking off the start of the new session with another attempt to finally legalize medical marijuana in the state. Sen. Anna Wishart (D) has been fighting to enact the reform over the past several years, pursuing medical cannabis legalization both through the legislature and activist-led ballot campaigns. Now she’s filed a
READ MORECOLUMBUS, Ohio – A newly introduced Ohio Senate bill would create a 13-member medicinal cannabis oversight commission, as well as a new state agency, in hopes of being more responsive to the state’s medical marijuana industry and expand the diagnoses for which it could be prescribed. Senate Bill 9 is similar to Senate Bill 261 from
READ MOREThe proceedings against Dr. Joseph Dorn, who was one of the first Florida doctors eligible to order medical marijuana for patients, have been closely watched in the state’s medical cannabis community. A state medical board has cleared a doctor who ordered medical marijuana for two undercover investigators posing as patients, finding the Florida Department of
READ MOREWashington, D.C. lawmakers approved a bill on Tuesday that would make fundamental changes to the medical marijuana program in the nation’s capital—including by eliminating cannabis business licensing caps, providing tax relief to operators, further promoting social equity and creating new regulated business categories such as on-site consumption facilities and cannabis cooking classes. It would also
READ MOREST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Health announced Wednesday that two more qualifying conditions will be added to the state’s medical marijuana program. Irritable bowel syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder will become qualifying conditions beginning Aug. 1, 2023. “Research has shown that people who suffer from these conditions can see benefits from using medical cannabis
READ MOREIt seems like just yesterday that many New Jerseyans had to drive well over an hour to their nearest marijuana dispensary. Compared to many of the other 21 states that have legalized weed, the 29 dispensaries in the Garden State seems like a sprinkling. Massachusetts, for example, has nearly 400 dispensaries. But compared to even
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