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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted unanimously yesterday to legalize industrial hemp across the state, sending the legislation to Gov. Tom Wolf. The House voted 184-0 on July 10 to approve the legislation, following a state Senate vote earlier this month. The bill is now on...

Washington, DC: A bipartisan coalition of House and Senate lawmakers have proposed legislation, the Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2016 and the Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act, to facilitate and accelerate clinical investigations into the safety and efficacy of cannabis. Passage of...

Juneau, Alaska - Gov. Bill Walker has signed legislation allowing for national criminal history checks on people applying for licenses for legal marijuana businesses. The provisions, sought by state marijuana regulators, were tucked into a bill dealing with alcohol laws. Cynthia Franklin...

Two years ago, Governor Rick Scott signed a bill into law legalizing a strain of marijuana for patients with chronic seizures and cancer. Since the ink on the bill dried, growers have not produced the plant in the northwest Florida area. Two years after standing next to Governor Scott as...

Two years ago, Governor Rick Scott signed a bill into law legalizing a strain of marijuana for patients with chronic seizures and cancer. Since the ink on the bill dried, growers have not produced the plant in the northwest Florida area. Two years after standing next to Governor Scott as...

Boston - Growing marijuana would no longer be deemed "agriculture" in Massachusetts, under a bill granted initial approval by the Massachusetts House. The bill (H 4326), which arose from a dispute over a farmer's land in the 2,820-person town of Plympton, excludes "the growing, cultivation...

Nearly two years after a majority of Guam voters decided to legalize medicinal marijuana, one senator is proposing to reject the rules and regulations that took months to draft, prepare and review. Sen. Tina Muña Barnes on Thursday introduced Bill 345-33 to disapprove the proposed rules for...

Nearly two years after a majority of Guam voters decided to legalize medicinal marijuana, one senator is proposing to reject the rules and regulations that took months to draft, prepare and review. Sen. Tina Muña Barnes on Thursday introduced Bill 345-33 to disapprove the proposed rules for...

A provision that would have made it legal for Veterans Affairs doctors to discuss medical marijuana with their patients in some states disappeared mysteriously from the final VA funding bill last week, just before the House approved the legislation by a 239-171 vote. But the measure is not...

A provision that would have made it legal for Veterans Affairs doctors to discuss medical marijuana with their patients in some states disappeared mysteriously from the final VA funding bill last week, just before the House approved the legislation by a 239-171 vote. But the measure is not...

To the Editor: On June 8, Ohio Gov. Kasich signed into law House Bill 523, allowing very limited use of medicinal marijuana. This bill allows only 20 medical conditions, no home grow, no smoking of dried flower (only vaporization). This type of limited bill will encourage people to stay in...

To the Editor: On June 8, Ohio Gov. Kasich signed into law House Bill 523, allowing very limited use of medicinal marijuana. This bill allows only 20 medical conditions, no home grow, no smoking of dried flower (only vaporization). This type of limited bill will encourage people to stay in the...

A bi-partisan federal effort to open up research on medical marijuana is now underway, it looks likely that Arkansas will be voting on medical marijuana in November, a New Jersey PTSD bill advances, and more. National Monday, congressional marijuana reform fans and foes said they were working...

A bi-partisan federal effort to open up research on medical marijuana is now underway, it looks likely that Arkansas will be voting on medical marijuana in November, a New Jersey PTSD bill advances, and more. National Monday, congressional marijuana reform fans and foes said they were working...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Sen. Colin Bonini, R-Dover South, incited gasps on the Senate floor Thursday when he said he'd sponsor a bill to legalize marijuana, arguing that Delaware has all but done so already. Bonini said he was not originally a supporter of full legalization, but it...

Dover, Delaware - The passage of a bill that could spare some misdemeanor drug offenders from convictions has prompted a conservative Republican senator and gubernatorial candidate to call for the formal legalization of marijuana in Delaware. The legislation, which would expand probation...

Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina helped introduce bipartisan legislation Monday that would ease federal barriers imposed on researchers who try to study the potential medical benefits of marijuana. "When it comes to our nation's efforts to cure diseases and improve the...

The conservative Republican introduced a provision that effectively blocked D.C. from loosening its pot laws, launching him to the center of the controversy about marijuana legalization as pot's most vocal opponent. Considered statistically insignificant by some, the state agencies that support...

Washington, D.C. - Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, plans on introducing a bipartisan, bicameral bill this week that would make it easier for researchers to study marijuana. "This bill is about helping people," Farr said in a press release. "As more states pass their own medical marijuana laws, it's...

Washington, D.C. - Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, plans on introducing a bipartisan, bicameral bill this week that would make it easier for researchers to study marijuana. "This bill is about helping people," Farr said in a press release. "As more states pass their own medical marijuana laws, it's...