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For the first time ever in the state of Ohio, the push to legalize medical marijuana passes a house committee, and unanimously. It's been a fight at the statehouse for more than a decade, but some medical marijuana advocates are expressing disappointment with the bill. The organization Ohioans...

Gov. John Bel Edwards said Thursday (May 5) that he wants the legislature to pass a "meaningful" medical marijuana bill that will "actually work." Edwards comments, made during a news conference, come a day after the major medical marijuana bill introduced this session was approved by the...

Governor Kenneth Mapp signed into law Senator Positive Nelson's hemp bill on Tuesday, according to the governor's transmittal letter to Senate President Neville James. The bill, after being indefinitely tabled in the Committee on Rules and Judiciary in February, was given a different number and...

Patients using marijuana could not smoke marijuana flowers nor use cannabis with high levels of THC under revisions expected to be made Wednesday to Ohio's proposed medical marijuana law. State lawmakers wrestled with the idea someone would "smoke their medicine" and had initially wanted an...

A year after lawmakers created the framework for a medical marijuana program in Louisiana, medicinal-grade pot hasn't reached the hands of a single patient amid regulatory hurdles built into the law. A new effort in the Legislature aims to jumpstart the growth and dispensing of medical...

A bill that would expand medical marijuana in Louisiana cleared another hurdle here Monday, moving it one step away from final legislative passage. Mills' bill would expand the number of conditions that could be treated with the drug, which would be taken orally in an oil form, change the...

A bill has passed in Colorado that would require school districts to allow students to use medical marijuana on school grounds. The bill will only allow non-smokeable cannabis medicine at schools. "There is a no smoking ban at schools anyways, this isn't about that. This is controlled. This is...

Hawaii lawmakers approved a bill Tuesday that reforms many aspects of the state's medical marijuana dispensary law but left enough on the table that medical marijuana advocates are likely to be back at the Capitol lobbying next session. The Hawaii Senate voted unanimously to pass House Bill...

It's been said that politics makes strange bedfellows as illustrated by the efforts at "legalizing" marijuana use in Ohio (marijuana use and possession remain illegal under federal law). Last year, Ohioans overwhelming rejected efforts to enshrine the right to medicinal and recreational...

A "bad day" two years ago might have seen then 5-year-old Anna Myers experiencing up to 100 seizures a day. "You're so desperate for anything that will help alleviate some of their suffering that if it's in the cards, you will let a surgeon hack into your child's brain and remove parts of it...

Kaye himself had used cannabis for medicinal use in order to reduce the pain. However, his plans to pass the bill were put to a stop when his health started to deteriorate quickly 10 days ago and eventually succumbed at the age of 60. "His belief in the need for the laws had been strengthened...

After nearly four hours of debate and eight failed Republican amendments that would have changed the state's medical-marijuana program, the Senate voted 23-11 late Friday to allow seriously ill children to participate. For Dana Haddox-Wright, whose daughter battles daily seizures, the vote...

A bill that would allow seriously ill children to participate in Connecticut's medical marijuana program is close to becoming law. The bill will now move to Gov. Dannel Malloy's desk after the state Senate passed the bill late Friday night. It was it previously approved by House lawmakers...

Some Mecklenburg County lawmakers are trying once again to legalize medical marijuana in North Carolina. Their bill has failed to even reach a vote for years. Eyewitness News reporter Jenna Deery asked why they would try it now when they only have weeks to get it through. Chuck Furr...

Parents, patients and supporters of hemp oil use are telling Kansas lawmakers to not impede on their right to get the medication of their choice. Bleeding Kansas protested at the Statehouse Wednesday against Senate Bill 489, the Hemp Oil Bill. The bill would establish a registration for...

Medical marijuana advocates rallied at the statehouse Wednesday pushing lawmakers for change. Those in support of hemp oil say the bill that still stands a chance in this legislative session isn't good enough. Kansas for Change leaders say the levels of THC that would be allowed are too low...

Yesterday, a Missouri Senate committee passed a bill to authorize the growth and production sale of industrial hemp for commercial purposes by larger producers. Passage into law would represent a foundation to nullify the unconstitutional federal prohibition in practice. Introduced by Rep...

Before bed every night, Rebecca Forbes drinks a spoonful of coconut oil, infused with cannabis. It's a daily routine she credits with saving her life. Years ago she was diagnosed with lymphoma and told she would die. For the past two years, she's been in remission. "I started taking...

Baton Rouge Rep. Ted James said the state needs to go further and faster in making medical marijuana available to sick Louisianans who are in need of the treatment. On Wednesday, James pitched his bill to the House Health and Welfare Committee, which would have expanded the ways it can be...

A bid to decriminalize medicinal marijuana oil has passed a hurdle in the Alabama legislature. Senators on Wednesday voted 29-3 for the bill, which would legalize possession of cannabidiol. Bill sponsor Rep. Paul Sanford says he hopes CBD oil access will provide a little "sunlight" to...