MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Medical marijuana bill returning to Alabama House with chance to pass 0
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- May 5, 2021
Medical marijuana legislation that appears to have bipartisan support is scheduled to return to the Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday morning after delay tactics by opponents blocked a final vote Tuesday. About a dozen Republican lawmakers spoke during the filibuster that lasted more than nine hours until the House adjourned shortly before midnight. Rep.
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Florida medical marijuana legislation stalls as public employees are fired for legal use 0
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- April 29, 2021
GAINESVILLE — The first time Allison Enright, a Brevard County teacher, fell at work, doctors prescribed her opioids to deal with the pain. During the year that followed her fall, she saw her body start to deteriorate. When the prescription medicines and physical therapy didn’t work, a workers’ compensation doctor recommended she use medical marijuana
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From roses to weed: Apopka flower grower moves into the medical marijuana business 0
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- April 21, 2021
There are roses outside the building where the marijuana is grown, planted nearby beyond a tall chain-link fence. Inside the building, medical marijuana plants grow and are harvested. There’s a room for labeling and a kitchen for the eventual production of edibles. Bill Dewar, whose dad started Dewar Nurseries off Keene Road in the early
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Medical marijuana caregivers look to be included in regulation process 0
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- April 18, 2021
Medical marijuana caregivers are calling for a larger role in the state’s regulation process of the industry. Earlier this year, the Maine Office of Marijuana Policy released proposed regulations as it looks to align the industry more closely with current state laws. Leaders in Maine’s medical marijuana industry say, however, that what’s included in the
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Florida adds dozens of medical marijuana dispensaries in the past year 0
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- April 8, 2021
Florida’s medical marijuana industry has kept up its growth during the past year. As of April 2, the state has a total of 521,450 qualified patients and 327 approved dispensing locations, according to the state’s Office of Medical Marijuana Use. That is up 57% from 331,365 patients and up 39.7% from 234 approved dispensaries a
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Lawmaker: South Dakota can implement medical marijuana program by November 0
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- March 29, 2021
Despite failed attempts by South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to delay implementation of a medical marijuana program, a legislative leader on marijuana issues believes the state can be ready to roll out its first prescriptions for legal pot by Nov. 18, 2021, as scheduled. Noem said the state needed more time to enact a well-designed
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