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Boston - Mass. Senate President Stan Rosenberg on Wednesday defended lawmakers rushing a bill delaying retail pot shops to Gov. Charlie Baker's desk. The new bill does not affect the personal possession and homegrowing provisions, which went into effect on Dec. 15, in the marijuana...

Missouri may be the next state to offer medical marijuana to suffering patients. Two senators recently filed separate medical marijuana measures to be considered when the 2017 legislative season starts, both of which propose a comprehensive legal marijuana program for more patients, reports...

State Senate President Martin Looney is setting the agenda to tackle some hot-button issues in 2017 including legalizing recreational use of marijuana, paid family leave and raising the minimum wage. Looney is currently recovering from a kidney transplant and had a staff attorney file 10...

Lansing, Mich. - A bill which would allow landlords to prohibit medical marijuana patients from growing or smoking the drug on leased residential property is on Governor Snyder's desk for signature. The bill, which passed 88-17 on December 14 in the Michigan House, was sent back to the Senate...

Gov. Eddie Calvo on Friday vetoed legislation that would have allowed qualified medical marijuana patients to grow their own medicinal plants at home, saying the bill places a huge burden on public health and safety. He also vetoed a bill by senators that would cut legislative salaries from...

A number of Republican lawmakers in Tennessee have thrown their support behind legalizing marijuana but only for medical use, reported the Tennessean Wednesday. The GOP leaders put forth a bill that would allow legal medical weed, but they also made certain to stress this was not a slippery...

Nashville — Medical marijuana will again be a topic of discussion in the Tennessee state legislature as Rep. Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby) plans to introduce a bill during the next legislative session. Faison's office said Friday a formal announcement about the bill proposal would come next...

Sen. Margaret Rose Henry is hoping to add Delaware to the list of states that have legalized recreational marijuana use. In her bill, expected to be introduced in January 2017, marijuana use will be legalized for those 21 and over. The Delaware legislature has approved the legalization of...

A leading cannabis campaigner from Tyrone has said a landmark bill passed in the Dáil could open the door for medicinal cannabis users in the North. Barry Brown of CISTA (Cannabis is Safer Than Alcohol) was in the Dáil on Thursday, where the bill introduced by People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny...

State Sen. José Menéndez on Tuesday introduced a bill to legalize medical marijuana in Texas. Menéndez, a San Antonio Democrat, said medical marijuana can provide pain relief for patients with glaucoma, cancer, muscular dystrophy and other diseases and can be safer to use than other...

Medical marijuana may soon be available for patients in Ireland after the minority government approved Thusday a new amendment allowing use of the plant. The bill, drafted by Ireland's People Before Profit group, still has another round of approval by the government before it can become law...

Austin - A Texas state senator plans to file a bill Tuesday that would legalize medical marijuana. Jose Menendez, D-San Antonio, announced Monday that the bill would allow patients with "debilitating and chronic medical conditions" to receive marijuana prescriptions from their doctors...

With marijuana and its medical version becoming big business in Colorado and other states, the organizer of today's Capital Conference in downtown Lansing said more than 300 profit-minded Michiganders were registered to learn how they might someday turn the drug into dollars. In the banquet...

The government will not oppose the medicinal cannabis bill due before the Dáil tomorrow, ensuring it will be passed. The bill is being proposed by AAA-PBP TDs Gino Kenny and Richard Boyd Barrett and seeks to regulate the use of cannabis for medical purposes. It had already garnered...

Independent ministers could vote against Fine Gael during a medicinal cannabis bill next week, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith of the Irish Examiner. It comes as they insisted they will "exercise" their right to a free vote on the issue. The decision was made by Independent Alliance TDs at today's...

The Independent Alliance is to exercise their right to a free vote on proposed legislation that would allow for cannabis for medicinal purposes. The bill proposed by AAA-People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny will be debated in the Dáil on Thursday but there will not be a vote until next week...

Legislation allowing for the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes is expected to pass through the Dáil. A Bill proposed by People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny has secured the support of Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin, Labour, the Social Democrats, the Green Party and his colleagues in the...

After numerous public hearings, forums and meetings, Sen. Tina Muña- Barnes introduced two pieces of medical marijuana legislation during the first session of the post-election legislature on Tuesday. Bill 343-33 proposes several amendments to the original Joaquin ("KC") Concepcion II...

Corpus Christi - State lawmakers are introducing a bill that would make the possession of an ounce or less of marijuana more like paying a traffic ticket. Nueces County Sheriff Jim Kaelin said the jail often houses people who have been charged with minor possession of marijuana and are unable...

A group of lawmakers tasked with crafting a bill to criminalize edible forms of marijuana declined to pursue legislation after the owner of a chemistry lab described the difficulties of testing the active ingredient of cannabis in food. That means many Wyoming judges will continue to dismiss...