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The New Mexico Senate, in a bipartisan 37-2 vote, approved a bill Tuesday that would make it legal to cultivate hemp so researchers can study its industrial uses. The legislation goes now to the House of Representatives, where other industrial hemp bills are being considered. Senate Bill...

Linda Kersten called marijuana a "miracle." The Newburg, N.D., resident recalled how her adult daughter struggled with treatments for colon cancer that caused aches, pains and extreme nausea. But almost immediately after smoking marijuana, she felt well enough to take a walk around the block...

Atlanta, Georgia — Lawmakers on the medical cannabis working committee voted to forward House Bill 65 on Wednesday. The committee's vote to move the bill forward was a unanimous decision, and one that will include some additional recommendations. "We have four recommendations we're...

Georgia House Bill 65, which aims to add HIV/AIDS as diagnoses for which medical cannabis can be prescribed, is all set to head to the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee. The House's working group on medical cannabis, led by Rep. Allen Peake (R-Macon) – who also authored HB 65 – met this...

The Knesset plenum approved in preliminary reading the amendment bill to the Dangerous Drugs Orders Law that will allow the export of medical cannabis. The measure that was initiated by MK Yoav Kisch (Likud) passed 33-0. "One of our duties as lawmakers is to act on issues that seem a bit...

Salem – Employers in Oregon would be prohibited from banning marijuana use by employees during their days off under a bill introduced in the state Senate. The bill is among several that cover marijuana, the recreational use of which was legalized in a statewide ballot measure in 2014. Bill No...

Arkansas legislators are trying to ban medical marijuana smoking and edibles, a new Florida bill seeks to revamp that state's medical marijuana system, and more. Arkansas On January 25,a lawmaker filed a bill to ignore the voters' will until federal law changes State Sen. Jason Rapert...

Georgia's limited medical marijuana law would be expanded to include autism, under legislation passed Tuesday in a state Senate committee. Senate Bill 16 is the first of several bills dealing with the law's expansion to move this year, although medical marijuana advocates oppose the bill...

Concord, N.H. - One New Hampshire representative hopes this is the year the state finally decriminalizes marijuana – roughly 40 years after he first sponsored a bill to do so. Democratic Rep. Chuck Grassie of Rochester is a sponsor of a bill that would remove criminal penalties for...

A bill to lower the penalty for marijuana possession of three ounces or less passed the Wyoming House of Representatives today. The vote for House Bill 137 was nearly unanimous with 52 votes in favor. Cheyenne Representative Jared Olsen sponsored the bill in an effort to save prison costs...

Sacramento - Should police officers be able to use a controversial spit test to see if they believe drivers are high? Should billboards advertising pot shops be allowed on state highways? Should marijuana business owners have to drive hundreds of miles with their trunks full of cash to pay...

Marijuana had an incredible 2016, and the hope for pro-legalization enthusiasts is that momentum will continue to carry into 2017 and beyond. As it currently stands, just 21 years after California became the first state to legalize cannabis for medical purposes, 28 states have now legalized...

A bill that would make it legal to cultivate hemp so researchers can study possible industrial uses is headed to the Senate floor. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday voted 8-2 for a do-pass recommendation for Senate Bill 6, sponsored by Sen. Cisco McSorley, D-Albuquerque. McSorley...

Wyoming farmers could get to grow hemp under a bill approved by the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Hemp is a type of cannabis used for a variety of commercial uses. It does not contain the same psychoactive properties as other cannabis strains. Hemp is still strongly regulated by...

Industrial hemp is a cannabis sativa plant that has less than 1% of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive properties of marijuana. In addition to food products created from the hemp plant's seeds, oil, and stalks hemp can provide fuels, ink, lubricants, rope, canvas, clothing, concrete...

Cheyenne — A legislative committee on Tuesday voted to make changes to Wyoming's marijuana laws, but didn't go so far as to decriminalize possession of small amounts of the drug. The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill creating a tiered system for marijuana penalties but rejected a bill...

Smoke it if you've got it. A bill filed by Sen. Jeff Brandes Wednesday to scrap the existing regulatory framework for medical marijuana would let patients registered with the state's Compassionate Use Registry smoke the medicinal herb. "It specifically allows it," the St. Petersburg...

Following the legalization of marijuana in nearby Massachusetts, Rhode Island lawmakers have proposed the Cannabis Regulation, Control and Taxation Act – a bill legalizing recreational cannabis use for those age 21 and over. Though this will be the third year that a bill like this has been...

On Friday, the PLP will table the 'Decriminalisation of Cannabis Bill 2017′ which proposes measures including decriminalizing the possession of cannabis under the statutory minimum of 7 grams, Shadow Attorney-General Michael Scott said today. Mr Scott said, "The Bill consists of 5 clauses...

Atlanta - Nearly a dozen Georgians testified before a state House panel in favor of a proposal to broaden access to the state's medical cannabis registry. A vote on the idea could come as early as next week. However, the vote would only be the first among the many that it would take to make...