Early in February the Senate Committee in Oregon will hear testimony for the use of medical marijuana for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD, an anxiety disorder,...
Senator Daylin Leach has introduced a recreational marijuana legalization bill in Pennsylvania. Republican Governor and former prosecutor, Tom Corbett, says he’ll simply veto the bill if he...
In a Thursday statement, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the minority leader in the US Senate, endorsed pending legislation in his home state that seeks to reintroduce industrial hemp...
Lawmakers in several states are anticipated to debate legislative measures this year that seek to legalize and regulate the adult use and retail distribution of marijuana. To date, lawmakers...
Democrats in the Iowa state Senate on Wednesday introduced a bill that allows the use of medical marijuana for qualifying conditions, and the creation of non-profit mmj dispensaries. The legislation...
Kentucky’s hemp bill seems likely to pass, but the state police oppose the measure. The police oppose the hemp bill largely because they think a hemp field...
An important federal court ruling, medical marijuana bills start popping up in the states, more providers get prosecuted, and LA continues to stumble toward a resolution of...
In an effort that already feels weak vs. other states’ Medical Marijuana efforts, Rep. Dan Kaiser and Sen. Craig Tieszen circulated a measure among other South Dakota lawmakers Tuesday to make...
State Sen. Constance Johnson has filed separate bills to establish a medical marijuana program in Oklahoma and to reduce the penalties for possession of small amounts of...
Steve Chapman explains the failures of existing drug laws to protect minors. He cites the fact that while alcohol and tobacco use have decreased in teens over...
013 Hawaii House Speaker Joseph Souki (D-8) Friday introduced a bill to legalize the possession of marijuana by adults and create a system of taxed and regulated...
State Rep. Bruce Hunter (D-Des Moines) introduced a bill yesterday that would allow Iowans with debilitating medical conditions to obtain and use marijuana without fear of arrest....
A bill introduced this week by Sen. Karen Tallian (D-Portage) would remove criminal penalties and the threat of jail time for possession of small amounts of marijuana...
New state medical marijuana bills are starting to roll out as the legislative season gets underway, progress comes in Arizona, and San Diego’s mayor steps up for...
State Sen. David Haley (D-4) has introduced a bill that would allow Kansans with debilitating medical conditions to obtain and use marijuana without fear of arrest. Advocates...
Last week, state Senator from Montgomery County Daylin Leach announced his intentions to file legislation that would legalize the adult use of marijuana, in a way similar to the...
Drug traffickers and other death row inmates in Singapore can now seek review of their death sentences after changes to the island city-state’s mandatory death sentence went...
The votes this past November in Colorado and Washington to regulate marijuana for adults have sparked a fire of change that seems to be spreading across the...
Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer and Republican US Sen. Rand Paul are among those pushing to revive industrial hemp in the state. It’s ironic, Comer said in a...
The Texas state legislature will begin debating House Bill (HB) 184 , which calls for marijuana possession of 1 oz. or less to become a Class C misdemeanor...