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A House committee has struck down a measure allowing Department of Veterans Affairs doctors to discuss and recommend medical marijuana to veterans in states where the drug is legal, blocking it from debate Wednesday on the House floor. The "Veterans Equal Access" measure has been debated and...

A measure allowing veterans easier access to medical marijuana garnered bipartisan support in Congress last year and nearly became law. A vote Monday could be the end of the line this year in another attempt to pass it. The House Rules Committee will decide Monday whether to allow Rep. Earl...

In today's hyper-radicalized political environment, there is one thing nearly all Virginians agree on: Doctors should be able to recommend medical cannabis in the Commonwealth. If you live in Virginia's 2nd congressional district, you can help protect Virginia's newly regulated medical...

Medical cannabis is currently legal in 29 states and the District of Columbia and there are approximately 2 million medical cannabis patients in the United States overall. In the coming weeks before the August recess, these patients will be watching closely as Congress is expected to vote on the...

lawsuit filed Thursday would give patients the right to smoke medical marijuana in their own homes, a practice the Legislature recently banned. The legal ways to administer medical marijuana are vaping, oils, edibles and other delivery systems. John Morgan, the Orlando attorney who largely...

More than seven months after Floridians overwhelmingly backed the broad legalization of medical marijuana, Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed a bill aimed at carrying out the voters' wishes. Lawmakers passed the bill (SB 8-A) during a special session this month after struggling to reach...

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Justice Department have enough problems and challenges on their hands without trying to undo sensible federal policy regarding marijuana laws approved in 29 states. Furthermore, asking Congress to repeal the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment, passed in...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is asking congressional leaders to undo federal medical marijuana protections that have been in place since 2014, according to a May letter that became public Monday. The protections, known as the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment, prohibit the Justice Department from...

The amendment, filed by Florida representatives Matt Gaetz and Darren Soto, was attached to the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017, which will undo much of the Dodd—Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, an Obama-era law that tightened financial regulations in response to the economic...

House and Senate leaders might be divided on issues that forced them to return to the Capitol this week, but they're in agreement about pot. Legislation to carry out a voter-approved constitutional amendment broadly legalizing medical marijuana is on the fast track, after Gov. Rick Scott...

After state lawmakers failed to act, health officials on Thursday laid out a framework for adopting regulations required by a voter-approved constitutional amendment that could make Florida one of the nation's largest medical-marijuana markets. The Florida Department of Health on Thursday...

Congress's latest spending bill could give the federal government more control over the District's marijuana laws. An amendment tacked onto federal spending bills since 2015 has prohibited D.C. from using funds from its annual budget to enact pro-marijuana laws. Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) first...

Florida voters who heartily approved important amendments to the state Constitution can only wonder how the will of the people is being strangled by the obstructionist toils of the Republican-led Legislature. Lawmakers insist they are merely refining details for measures approved by voters on...

Two marijuana bills skated through the Nevada Senate on Tuesday, another deadline day, and two others squeezed through. All bills introduced in the Senate and the Assembly had to be heard in their respective body by the end of the day on Tuesday, unless they were exempt due to fiscal notes. Both...

The amendment that would reclassify marijuana was voted down in the West Virginia House of Delegates 64-35. Two members of the West Virginia House of Delegates have introduced an amendment to a bill that would reclassify marijuana. Delegate Shawn Fluharty (D - Ohio, 03) and Delegate Isaac...

The state Assembly shot down a Dem amendment to a CBD oil bill that would've set up a process for letting people obtain medical marijuana. The bill would shield from state prosecution those who possess the cannabidiol marijuana extract, which is used to treat seizures. Rep. Chris Taylor...

Before any discussion on marijuana, medicinal or otherwise, one has to begin with the federal government's classification – marijuana is a Schedule I substance. This means that the U.S. government through the Controlled Substances Act has defined marijuana as a drug with no currently accepted...

Even though Amendment 2 passed in November, the state's new cannabis cure system is far from completion. But, at least you can find a medical marijuana-qualified physician near you for when that time comes. Under Amendment 2, which went into effect Jan. 3, 2017, physicians must complete an...

The Florida Department of Health is touring the state this week to gauge the reception of its proposed guidelines for the roll-out of an expanded medical marijuana program following the November passage of Amendment 2. Public workshops begin Monday in Jacksonville, continue in Fort Lauderdale...

The state Board of Health this morning approved draft rules governing medical marijuana registration, testing and labeling. The proposed rules would limit participation in the program to individuals with an Arkansas drivers license or other state-issued identification – a development that the...