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Atlanta - Georgia lawmakers, citizens, and advocates are continuing to push for expanded access to medical marijuana. The Medical Cannabis Working Group met at the state capitol Wednesday to discuss the bill and hear public testimony. New questions about the language of the bill were brought...

A new bill in Washington state seeks to bar the use of Bitcoin in any sales transaction that involves marijuana. The bill's sponsor says there is no way to track the cryptocurrency, while opponents of the legislation say that claim "is simply false." On Wednesday, a state Senate committee...

Orange Park - State Sen. Rob Bradley, R-Fleming Island, filed legislation implementing Amendment Two, the Florida constitutional amendment that expands the medical marijuana system in the state. The Florida Legislature will consider Senate Bill 406 during the regular session convening March...

State lawmakers on Monday offered hope to throngs of veterans who have for years been asking the state to add post-traumatic stress disorder as a qualifying condition for medical marijuana. The Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee unanimously backed the legislative proposal...

Gov. Paul LePage issued an executive order Monday that directed the state's liquor agency to take charge of rulemaking and oversight of Maine's new marijuana legalization law. On the first day of legalized marijuana in Maine, LePage followed through on a pledge and ordered the Maine Bureau of...

Richmond — Virginia won't be pulling a Colorado by decriminalizing marijuana this year. But, the commonwealth might relax its penalties for possessing marijuana and its rules on who can use marijuana products for medical reasons. Legislators this session introduced more than a dozen...

Nashville, TN - A state lawmaker filed a bill designed to end the marijuana ordinances passed by Nashville and Memphis in 2016. House Criminal Justice Committee Chairman William Lamberth, a republican, filled House Bill 173. The bill specifically says that cities and towns cannot pass...

Salem, Ore. — A bill filed in the Oregon legislature would protect employees from being fired for marijuana use outside of working hours. Senate Bill 301 looks to extend the protections of lawful tobacco use during an employee's time away from work to also include marijuana. The bill would...

Ausgusta — Gov. Paul LePage reversed course Friday and signed a bill to delay retail marijuana sales in Maine and close a loophole that could have allowed people under age 21 to legally possess the drug. On Thursday night, LePage stated that he had no plans to sign the high-profile bill until...

A bill introduced in the Oregon senate would mean no more tests for cannabis use as a condition for employment and no more fear that casual use of the now-legal-in-Oregon substance could cost you your job. Senate Bill 301, first read on Jan. 7, "provides that conditioning employment on...

Augusta, Maine – A bill that establishes a moratorium on marijuana sales until Feb. 2018 overwhelmingly passed the house and senate on Thursday and is now on Gov. Paul LePage's desk. Maine Attorney General Janet Mills says the current law technically allows minors to possess and consume...

Augusta – Efforts to rush through changes to Maine's marijuana law before the drug becomes legal next week faltered Thursday amid political wrangling between the Legislature and Gov. Paul LePage. House and Senate lawmakers unanimously approved a bill Thursday delaying retail sales of...

The Illinois treasurer asks Trump for clarity on banking for the medical marijuana industry, North Dakota legislators work to ensure workers' compensation won't pay for medical marijuana for injured employees, and more. Arkansas On Monday, Athe legislature approved changes to the state's...

A bill to decriminalize marijuana is under discussion in the North Dakota legislature. Republican State Representative Rick Becker of Bismarck introduced the bill to help cut state spending. Bill 1340 is not set up to fully legalize marijuana. Instead, this would make penalties for...

Two Wyoming representatives are sponsoring legislation that would make it legal for a person with a prescription or medical marijuana card from another state to possess marijuana in Wyoming. House Bill 247 is sponsored by Rep. James Byrd (D-Cheyenne) and Rep. Charles Pelkey (D-Laramie). The...

Voters on Election Day chose to legalize recreational marijuana by a seven-point majority. But now the ultimate fate of the vote is in the Legislature's hands. Given some of the bills filed by the deadline last Friday, it could change dramatically. Over the next two years, legislators will...

Helena – A bill to correct a drafting error that delayed when the three-patient provision for medical marijuana providers was repealed passed out of the Senate State Administration Committee on Monday on a 6-2 vote. Sen. Fred Thomas, who carried Senate Bill 131, asked for quick consideration...

A highly anticipated comprehensive medical marijuana bill did not make Monday's deadline for being introduced, so it will instead be filed as a delayed bill, according to North Dakota's Senate majority leader. The 82-page bill is still being finalized and needs to be reviewed by the attorney...

Bismarck — North Dakota House lawmakers voted 81-9 Monday, Jan. 23, to prevent workers' compensation from paying for medical marijuana. House Bill 1156 was introduced in response to the measure approved by voters last November that legalizes medical marijuana in North Dakota for defined medical...

Helena – A Republican Senate leader is proposing to rebuke a state judge for changing the effective date of a voter-approved medical marijuana ballot initiative. The bill by Senate Majority Leader Fred Thomas is the second measure this session in which Republican lawmakers say the state's...