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Marijuana is a hot topic again in the Wisconsin Legislature. A couple Republican state Senators said Thursday they'll introduce a bill to legalize possession of CBD oil, a marijuana extract used to treat seizures. At the same time, some Democrats want to legalize marijuana for medical and...

Less than a month after Governor Eddie Calvo expressed his support over legalizing recreational marijuana, draft legislation is now close to being finished. While he let the rules and regulations for medicinal marijuana lapse it law late last year, the island's chief executive had his fair share...

Jefferson City, MO - A Missouri State Representative wants to give terminally ill patients access to medical marijuana. Republican Jim Neely of Cameron introduced House Bill 437 on Jan. 5, 2017. Neely, a physician, said "Missourians fighting for their lives don't have time to wait for the...

Madison, Wis. — Republican state senators have reached a deal on a proposal making it legal in Wisconsin to possess a marijuana extract used to treat seizures. A similar bill failed to pass last session despite widespread bipartisan support when Republican senators derailed the proposal amid...

Gov. Rick Snyder has just a few bills from last session left to consider. Among them is a bill that would allow landlords to include a provision in their leases preventing tenants from smoking or growing medical marijuana. Bill sponsor Sen. Rick Jones (R-Grand Ledge) said the legislation...

Indianapolis - A bill allowing the use of hemp oil for children with epilepsy has been introduced in the Indiana legislature. The bill, Senate Bill 15, was authored by Republican Senators James Tomes and Blake Doriot. The bill would create a registry for certain physicians and caregivers...

The Massachusetts Legislature provided a fresh example of the abuse of lame-duck sessions Dec. 28, when both House and Senate hastily passed a bill delaying for six months provisions of the ballot question legalizing recreational marijuana. Lame-duck legislative sessions have a bad reputation...

El Paso, Texas - State Rep. Joe Moody (D-El Paso) has filed a bill in the Texas Legislature that would replace criminal penalties for possession of up to an ounce of marijuana with a civil fine of up to $250. HB 81 is a similar bill to one filed by Moody (HB 507) last legislative session. It...

Right now, a strong push is being made to completely overhaul the existing Missouri marijuana laws. A vote for medical marijuana legalization in Missouri just missed being on the Nov. 8, 2016, ballot by roughly 2,000 signatures. And if medical marijuana is legalized in Missouri in 2017, it...

A pair of lawmakers say Prop 64 doesn't go far enough when it comes to making it illegal to smoke marijuana while driving. So they've introduced a bill to change that. California's vehicle code is clear: "it is unlawful for a person who is under the influence of any drug to drive a vehicle."...

Bay Area, CA — A California State Senate bill introduced Thursday would outlaw driving while under the influence of marijuana in response to what the bill's sponsors say is a loophole in a recently passed state proposition which legalized recreational marijuana. Prop. 64, which was approved...

A pro-pot group that helped push the state's marijuana legalization law says it is now weighing a lawsuit to fight a bill that lawmakers passed, and Gov. Charlie Baker signed yesterday, delaying key parts of it, including when retail pot shops can open in the Bay State. Bill Downing, a board...

A bill to legalise the growing of industrial hemp in SA has been introduced into parliament and will be voted on next year. An international hemp consultant, a textile industries representative and Greens MLC Tammy Franks, who tabled the bill in parliament, believe the product has a future in...

Next year could be the year that South Carolina establishes a legal medical marijuana program. Representative Todd Rutherford, a Democrat, recently pre-filed the "Put Patients First Act," or H. 3128, which would allow people suffering from certain diseases to be prescribed medical cannabis by...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill Friday aimed at delaying the opening of marijuana shops in the state until mid-2018. An aide to the Republican governor said Baker shares the desire of state lawmakers to thoroughly prepare for the launch of a new industry distributing a...

Newly introduced legislation seeks to ban behavior not addressed by California's new pot law: toking while driving. It's currently illegal to have an "open container" of weed in a vehicle. It's also illegal to drive while high. But there's a technical loophole in these existing laws...

Boston – Supporters of the state's new recreational marijuana law are taking lawmakers to task for approving a six-month delay in key provisions, including the opening of retail pot shops. Members of the Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition and the National Organization for the Reform of...

Marijuana activists on Friday plan to protest Massachusetts lawmakers who passed a bill inserting delays into the new marijuana legalization law. The protest is planned for "high" noon, outside the Massachusetts State House. MassCann/NORML is pulling together the protest. The group's full...

Billerica state Rep. Marc Lombardo came out against a move by legislators on Wednesday delaying several recreational marijuana deadlines across the state. "The bill came out of nowhere and in my opinion, should not have been passed in an informal session," Lombardo wrote in a message to The...

Carson City - Question Two, which legalized possession of up to an ounce of recreational-use marijuana for people over age 21, goes into effect Sunday. Sales of recreational marijuana, however, remain illegal until the state can put a new system of regulations in place, and that might not be...