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Colorado's 71st General Assembly is underway, with issues like transportation, affordable housing and, of course, wrangling a balanced budget looming large. But another specter – that of new leadership in D.C. – also haunts the state Capitol, particularly when it comes to our pioneering pot...

Olympia - Members of the Commerce and Gaming committee heard testimony Tuesday from lobbyists, concerned citizens and shop owners for several marijuana bills. The bills included changing the penalties for marijuana offenses, a process for medical marijuana patients who are over 18 but under 21...

Augusta – Lawmakers heard hours of testimony on Tuesday about whether to delay retail sales of marijuana in order to give the state additional time to craft regulations. Maine is expected to lift its prohibition on adult possession and cultivation of marijuana on Jan. 30, joining a half-dozen...

Legislative leadership is pushing a bill they say would suspend, but not halt, enacting parts of a ballot measure approved by voters to allow medical marijuana in North Dakota. Supporters of last year's measure were not pleased by the proposed delay and let lawmakers sitting on the Human...

Waterboro – Even as the Maine Legislature begins on Tuesday examination of a bill that would delay most aspects of the newly approved recreational marijuana law until February, 2018, Waterboro selectmen will soon mull whether to ban retail pot establishments altogether. While statewide the...

Consuming cannabis in restaurants and bars throughout Denver could continue to be a pipe dream if the Colorado Municipal League gets its way. The group that represents 99 percent of the cities and towns throughout the state plans to introduce a bill during the 2017 legislative session that...

Indianapolis – Each year, Sen. Karen Tallian (D-Portage) submits a marijuana bill. Each year, it is shot down. Still, she perseveres. The work of a legislator is often grueling, frustrating and time-consuming. Passions and principles catalyze pen to paper and are authored into bills that...

A bill seeking to allow parents of students who are prescribed medical marijuana products by their physician to apply them at state schools has been introduced into the Washington state House of Representatives. House Bill 1060 was introduced by 19th District Reps. Jim Walsh and Brian Blake...

A bill offering a small expansion to Georgia's medical marijuana law will be introduced Thursday in the state Senate, the same day the law's architect expects to file much broader legislation attempting to legalize growing and distributing the drug in-state for medicinal purposes. Senate Bill...

Medical marijuana bills are popping up all over the place, a federal bill to protect medical marijuana businesses from asset forfeiture has been filed, and more. National Last Thursday, a federal bill to protect medical marijuana businesses from asset forfeiture was filed. Rep. Earl...

They are back. The team that has been working to legalize marijuana is back pushing for legalization in Rhode Island and empowered after Massachusetts' voters passed a legalization ballot question in the 2016 election. Right after the adoption of legalization in the Commonwealth, Governor...

Bismarck–Legislative leadership has introduced a bill that would buy time for lawmakers to pass a comprehensive law governing the process for allowing the prescription, dispensing and use of medical marijuana in the state. Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner, R-Dickinson, said Senate Bill...

Following a prior statement he made about revisiting legislation that proposes a higher age restriction on tobacco use, Speaker Benjamin Cruz has introduced Bill 9-34, a measure that increases the smoking age to 21. According to a release from Cruz's office, Gov. Eddie Calvo's recent...

Senate President Mike Thibodeau, R-Winterport, and House Speaker Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, agreed Wednesday to back an emergency moratorium bill on legalizing marijuana, setting the stage for a battle between pro-marijuana forces and those who believe the state needs more time to craft rules and...

District of Columbia Councilman David Grosso is determined to institute a regulated marketplace for legal marijuana in the nation's capital. For the third time in just over three years, Grosso, an at-large councilmember, introduced a bill to tax and regulate cannabis sales in D.C. on Tuesday...

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...

Plans for the City of Buchanan to allow medical marijuana provision centers to operate are budding. Buchanan's Johnny Wallace approached members of the city council during the Dec. 12 regular meeting to ask that they take steps to allow him to open a medical marijuana dispensary along Red Bud...

The amount of medical cannabis that licensed producers in New Mexico are allowed to grow would more than double under a bill filed in the state Senate, and patients in the state program would be permitted to possess more marijuana. "The bill will help guarantee that there is an adequate supply...

Boston - Lawmakers are proposing a controversial bill in Beacon Hill that would apply to those jailed for possession or selling of marijuana. The bill aims to provide amnesty to prisoners who are facing time for marijuana-related charges. Lawmakers said they will have a drafted bill ready...

Gov. Eddie Calvo on Tuesday introduced a measure to legalize marijuana on island. "I am introducing this bill, not because I personally support the recreational use of marijuana, but as a solution to the regulatory labyrinth that sprouted from the voter-mandated medical marijuana program,"...