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This past Monday was the first day of the Bill Filing in the 2017 legislative session and Texas Lawmakers have written several bills that could pave the way to legalization of marijuana in the Lone Star State. This past election opened marijuana to some residents in Arkansas, New Mexico and...

Austin - Less than a week after several other states approved measures weakening marijuana restrictions, some Texas lawmakers are looking to do the same. On Monday, the first day of bill filing for the 2017 legislative session, Lone Star State legislators submitted several proposals to...

Minister for Health Simon Harris has promised the mother of an ill child that he will take action on the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes in January. The Minister made the promise to Vera Twomey after she embarked on a walk from Co Cork to Leinster House in order to draw attention to...

Minister for Health Simon Harris has promised the mother of an ill child that he will take action on the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes in January. The Minister made the promise to Vera Twomey after she embarked on a walk from Co Cork to Leinster House in order to draw attention to...

New Delhi: Dharamvir Gandhi, Lok Sabha MP from Punjab, wants to legalise cannabis. And he is getting able support from a few of his Parliament colleagues like actor-turned-politician and BJP MP Vinod Khanna besides a former head of India's narcotics watchdog. Gandhi, the AAP MP from Patiala...

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley opens up on a medical marijuana bill being blocked in the U.S. Senate. Many of Iowa's issues with medical cannabis regulation could be cleared up if the federal government were to reclassify marijuana as something other than a Schedule one drug. The Senate Judiciary...

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley opens up on a medical marijuana bill being blocked in the U.S. Senate. Many of Iowa's issues with medical cannabis regulation could be cleared up if the federal government were to reclassify marijuana as something other than a Schedule one drug. The Senate Judiciary...

One of the few encouraging developments in the otherwise dismal 2016 special session was the New Mexico Senate's bipartisan passage (35-5) of the Industrial Hemp Research Bill (SB11). It will lay the foundation for hemp industrialization and ample jobs in our state, both in the agricultural...

A bill legalizing marijuana for Delaware adults is expected to be introduced in January when the General Assembly reconvenes, the Senate majority whip said. Sen. Margaret Rose Henry, D-Wilmington, who penned Delaware's medical marijuana bill, said she will propose a bill that would legalize...

Chelsea Clinton retracts an errant statement, a California bill creating a "Micro Farm" license for Ma-and-Pa growers is signed into law, Massachusetts moves toward being more patient-friendly, and more. National Last Thursday, a spokesman conceded that Chelsea Clinton "misspoke" about the...

Chelsea Clinton retracts an errant statement, a California bill creating a "Micro Farm" license for Ma-and-Pa growers is signed into law, Massachusetts moves toward being more patient-friendly, and more. National Last Thursday, a spokesman conceded that Chelsea Clinton "misspoke" about the...

The clock has run out on a proposal to allow medical cannabis to be grown in agricultural areas in Frederick County. A bill introduced by Council Vice President M.C. Keegan-Ayer (D) will die Wednesday under a provision of the county charter that requires bills to be enacted within 90 days of...

The clock has run out on a proposal to allow medical cannabis to be grown in agricultural areas in Frederick County. A bill introduced by Council Vice President M.C. Keegan-Ayer (D) will die Wednesday under a provision of the county charter that requires bills to be enacted within 90 days of...

Chelsea Clinton retracts an errant statement, a California bill creating a "micro farm" license for ma-and-pa growers is signed into law, Massachusetts moves toward being more patient-friendly, and more. National Last Thursday, a spokesman conceded that Chelsea Clinton "misspoke" about the...

Chelsea Clinton retracts an errant statement, a California bill creating a "micro farm" license for ma-and-pa growers is signed into law, Massachusetts moves toward being more patient-friendly, and more. National Last Thursday, a spokesman conceded that Chelsea Clinton "misspoke" about the...

With Gov. Christie's surprising reversal on expanding the medical marijuana program comes a new batch of very different bills that would allow recreational cannabis in New Jersey. Christie is not likely to change his strong opposition to legalization, even though he signed a bill last month...

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Thursday that will create a specialized license for smaller medical cannabis cultivators under the state's new medical marijuana regulations. The bill's author, North Coast Assemblyman Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg), said the legislation was created for...

Lisa Dames, a longtime legislative staffer and the mother of a 37-year old man who was diagnosed with cancer a year ago, told legislators Wednesday night that she did not believe Bill 343-33, the measure that would amend the "Joaquin 'KC' Concepcion II Compassionate Cannabis Use Act of 2013,"...

Lisa Dames, a longtime legislative staffer and the mother of a 37-year old man who was diagnosed with cancer a year ago, told legislators Wednesday night that she did not believe Bill 343-33, the measure that would amend the "Joaquin 'KC' Concepcion II Compassionate Cannabis Use Act of 2013,"...

Just as it approaches the two-year mark since voters approved medicinal marijuana, a pair of revised bills related to its implementation is firing up concerns from the Department of Public Health. It's been more than one month since the rules and regulations were officially rejected, and now...