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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...

Denver — Colorado may ban collective marijuana growing under a bill that calls some patient-owned marijuana grows a "public nuisance." A bill up for its first hearing in a House committee Monday would ban co-op pot growing by setting a statewide limit of 12 marijuana plants per residential...

The state Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill legalizing possession, with a doctor's approval, of CBD oil, a marijuana extract used to treat seizures that does not produce a high. The vote sends the bill, which already passed the state Senate, to the desk of Gov. Scott Walker...

A new bill introduced Monday to enact Florida's medical marijuana program is being sharply criticized by promoters of Amendment 2 for keeping the budding business restricted to the state's current seven approved producers. Senate Bill 1758, introduced by state Sen. Denise Grimsley, the...

San Juan — The Puerto Rico House and Senate Legal Affairs and Health committees will hold joint public hearings to evaluate Senate Bill 340, which would establish the legal framework under which the medical cannabis industry will operate on the island. Current regulations adhere to an executive...

Wisconsin lawmakers have introduced four pieces of legislation this session aimed at expanding access to treatment for people with serious medical conditions. Two of those bills are moving quickly toward passage, with votes scheduled in the Assembly on Tuesday. The bills provoke emotional...

State lawmakers late Monday advanced a measure that aims at cracking down on the illegal diversion of marijuana. House Bill 1220 would limit marijuana home grows to 12 plants statewide. Local jurisdictions, including Colorado Springs and Denver, have already limited home grows to 12 plants. But...

The North Dakota legislature continues to muck about with the state's new voter-approved medical marijuana law, North Carolina sees a full-fledged medical marijuana bill introduced, and more. Iowa Last Thursday, a CBD expansion bill stalled. A bill that could have expanded the use of CBD...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A bill legalizing the production and sale of industrial hemp was tabled by the Senate Agricultural and Natural Resources Committee in Pierre yesterday. After an hour-and-a-half of debate, a motion to send the bill to the Senate floor failed but the committee then decided to...

Sante Fe, N.M. — A bill to create a research program for the industrial production of hemp in New Mexico heads to the Governor's desk. The Senate approved it Friday with a 30-12 vote. The bill would require the Department of Agriculture to set up an industrial hemp research program to...

A freshman Republican representative from Virginia introduced legislation this week that would end the federal prohibition on marijuana use and allow states to fully set their own course on marijuana policy. The bill seeks to remove marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act and...

A bill is on the way to the governor that will allow other pharmacies to join the University of Mississippi Medical Center to dispense marijuana oil for the treatment of children who suffer with epilepsy seizures. The House passed Senate Bill 2610 on Thursday that amends Harper Grace's Law...

Proponents of a bill to change forensics tests for drivers suspected of being high on marijuana told the Nevada Assembly Judiciary Committee on Friday that the proposed law is more scientifically accurate. Assembly Bill 135 would eliminate urine tests for marijuana and change the marijuana...

The Arkansas Senate sent two medical marijuana-related bills to the desk of Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday, while the House of Representatives approved three more bills and referred them to the upper chamber for more consideration. House Bill 1556, approved by the Senate with a 31-0 vote...

A freshman Republican representative from Virginia introduced legislation this week that would end the federal prohibition on marijuana use and allow states to fully set their own course on marijuana policy. The bill seeks to remove marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act and...

Des Moines – A House committee has approved a bill that would extend Iowa's existing medical marijuana program. The House Public Safety Committee voted Tuesday with bipartisan support for the extension. It's now available for debate in the House. The bill would remove a scheduled sunset this...

A Senate committee advanced legislation banning the smoking of medical marijuana and the manufacturing of edible products -- both actions over the objections of the lawmaker tasked with organizing medical-marijuana legislation in the House. But a proposal by Sen. Jason Rapert, R-Bigelow, to...

State lawmakers on Wednesday began slowly moving toward allowing marijuana consumption clubs, even as the White House has signaled a possible crackdown. One of two bills passed the Republican-controlled Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee with bipartisan support. Another bill...

The attempt to legalize marijuana in New Mexico died Monday evening in the House Business and Industry Committee. House Bill 89, which would have established a regulatory framework for the legal production, processing and sales of marijuana and industrial hemp, was tabled following a debate...

Utah legislators have reiterated throughout the 2017 legislative session that medical marijuana will not be legalized this year. Sen. Evan Vickers, R-Cedar City, again stressed that point during a committee meeting Monday in which he presented Senate Bill 211, the Cannabinoid Product Act...