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Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed the first two medical marijuana bills into law Monday. House Bill 1026 by Rep. Doug House, R-North Little Rock, extends the deadline for rule making from 120 days after the election to 180. It passed the Senate Jan. 19 after earlier passing the House. House Bill...

In 2014, a Florida law was passed legalizing the use of a low THC, non-euphoric marijuana oil called cannabidiol, or CBD, to qualified patients with cancer, muscle spasms and intractable seizures. In March 2016, the passage of House Bill 307 on the medical use of marijuana expanded the state's...

Tallahassee, Fla. - Authors of Florida's voter-approved constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana are blasting proposed rules to regulate the cannabis industry. The proposed rules, released Tuesday by state health officials, would essentially maintain current vendors'...

Tallahassee, Fla. - Authors of Florida's voter-approved constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana are blasting proposed rules to regulate the cannabis industry. The proposed rules, released Tuesday by state health officials, would essentially maintain current vendors'...

State health officials have started the process that will ultimately allow Floridians with debilitating conditions to buy and use medical marijuana. Tuesday morning, the Florida Department of Health published its initial proposed rules for a statewide medical marijuana program and announced...

Palmer – The Mat-Su Borough Assembly voted Tuesday to pass an ordinance regulating local marijuana businesses with a conditional-use permit. The ordinance included two amendments that will immediately impact local marijuana businesses. The biggest immediate impacts, borough-wide, are...

Patients who qualify for medical marijuana under a voter-approved constitutional amendment can start purchasing cannabis treatments in as little as 90 days, according to the state's top pot cop. Whether patients would be able to start buying medical marijuana before the Department of Health...

Tallahassee, Fla. - Patients who qualify for medical marijuana under a voter-approved constitutional amendment can start purchasing cannabis treatments in as little as 90 days, according to the state's top pot cop. Whether patients would be able to start buying medical marijuana before the...

The Florida House will push to make medical marijuana tax exempt, according the sponsor of the yet-to-be filed bill implementing Amendment 2. While lawmakers are in the early stages of drafting an implementing bill, House Majority Leader Ray Rodrigues said the House does not plan to include a...

Even as the state prepares to carry out a constitutional amendment authorizing medical marijuana, a lack of guidance from health officials could create a "very murky and dangerous legal area" for patients and doctors. Authors of the amendment, industry insiders and legislative leaders have...

The passage of Amendment 2 by an overwhelming margin in November changed Florida's Constitution to allow more people to use higher-strength medical marijuana as of Tuesday. But don't expect to be able to ask your doctor for a weed prescription this week – or even this month. The Florida...

Bradenton - Trulieve, a Tallahassee-based medical marijuana company, will begin construction of its 14th Street West property within a week or two, company officials say. The news comes on the day that Amendment 2, approved by 71 percent of Florida voters, goes into effect. The constitutional...

A constitutional amendment approved by 71 percent of Florida voters allowing higher-strength marijuana to be used for a wider list of medical ailments will go into effect Tuesday. However, the true measure of what the amendment means won't be immediately seen until a new set of rules are adopted...

The expansion of who can use medical marijuana, known as Amendment 2, takes effect Tuesday. The constitutional amendment was approved by close to three quarters of Florida voters. In 2014, the Florida Legislature approved the use of low-THC and non-smoked cannabis for those suffering from...

A Eustis nursery will join the ranks of plant growers authorized to grow pot for the state's infant medical marijuana industry. The Florida Department of Health agreed to give McCrory's Sunny Hill Nursery a medical marijuana license - the state's seventh - after nearly a year of protracted...

Melbourne - The Eau Gallie-based Florida Cannabis Action Network hopes to place a constitutional amendment on the November 2018 ballot that would legalize marijuana in Florida for adults age 21 and older. Florida CAN's political action committee, Floridians for Freedom, has collected roughly...

The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission held its second meeting this afternoon and began in earnest the process of establishing rules for the licensing of dispensaries and cultivation facilities authorized by Issue 6, the pro-pot amendment approved by voters in November. (Its first meeting, on...

Tallahassee, Fla. - A Senate panel Tuesday began exploring issues surrounding medical marijuana as lawmakers prepare to carry out a constitutional amendment overwhelmingly approved by voters in November. The Senate Health Policy Committee heard from a cannabis vendor, patient advocates...

The Florida Senate is tackling Amendment Two–the medical marijuana constitutional provision that gained approval in November. As they get to work, lawmakers will need to decide whether to keep existing law in place or start over. More than 70 percent of voters backed Amendment Two–the...

Tallahassee, Fla. - A Senate panel Tuesday began exploring issues surrounding medical marijuana as lawmakers prepare to carry out a constitutional amendment overwhelmingly approved by voters in November. The Senate Health Policy Committee heard from a cannabis vendor, patient advocates...