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Advocates for expanded access to medical marijuana are pushing a slate of bills that would give more patients access to the drug, reduce the cost of prescriptions and create more dispensaries across the state. It's been nearly two years since Gov. Andrew Cuomo passed the Compassionate Care...

Patients who want medical marijuana in Ohio are starting to take sides in which plans they support. Just a couple of weeks ago, Dana Kovach was at the Statehouse when leaders of a legislative task force announced their medical marijuana bill. "I'll never forget the day they announced it, I...

Last week, the Louisiana Senate passed a bill that would make a technical change to current law allowing doctors to provide recommendations for medical marijuana in the state. Sen. Fred Mills Jr. introduced Senate Bill 271 (SB271) on Mar. 4. The legislation would start the state's...

Lawmakers continue to tussle over medical marijuana at the statehouse, and now advocates are speaking out about the stalling. House members debated into the night Monday over a bill that would allow Iowans to get medical marijuana from Minnesota dispensaries and then bring it back here...

A proposal that would have expanded Iowa's medical marijuana law failed Monday night in the Republican-controlled House amid criticism that it didn't create a clear way for patients to access the drug. The chamber voted 31-63 to turn down a proposal that would have expanded the list of...

Two days after approving a medical-marijuana bill, the Missouri House reversed its stand, rejecting final passage of the legislation on a vote of 66 for to 87 against. The rejection came as a surprise to state Rep. Donna Lichtenegger, R-Jackson. A co-sponsor of the bill, Lichtenegger...

With less than a week to go before Hawaii is scheduled to announce the names of the state's first medical marijuana dispensary owners, lawmakers are considering a bill to clarify gaps in the dispensary law passed last year. Hawaii lawmakers discussed a bill during a hearing Monday that would...

Supporters of legalizing marijuana for medical use in Missouri now have only one option this year — the ballot box. That comes after the state House last week defeated House Bill 2213. In its original form, the measure would have allowed for medical cannabis centers in Missouri, which would...

A Louisiana mother has picked up and moved to Colorado, all in hopes of gaining access to medical marijuana that could treat her toddler's epilepsy. Last month, Vernon Parish resident Michele Hall left her husband and much of her family behind, bringing her adopted 5-year-old daughter Ella with...

Few victories are sweeter than those that have been a long time coming. Three area lawmakers can attest to that fact. State Sens. Mike Folmer and Daylin Leach and state Rep. Jim Cox played critical roles in the passage of the new medical marijuana law. After years of debate spanning two...

A bill that would expand the number of diseases that could be treated legally with medical marijuana was approved in the Senate here Wednesday after falling one vote short Tuesday. Senate Bill 271 by Sen. Freddie Mills, R-Parks, drew passionate debate from both sides over two days. Mills, a...

Legislation that would legalize medical marijuana cultivation with tight restrictions on who could use the drug has won initial approval in the Missouri House, but one supporter of medical marijuana said this bill still has too many restrictions. Dolores Halbin, a local nurse for cannabis...

Late Wednesday, the House of Representatives was locked in an often emotional debate on a bill that would allow seriously ill children to obtain medical marijuana. The bill cleared the House on a vote of 129 to 13, with eight members absent. It now moves to the Senate for consideration. The...

Ohio's largest physicians' organization doesn't think the Buckeye State should legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes but is not completely opposed to the bill rolled out last week in the Ohio House. Like its national counterpart, the American Medical Association, the Ohio State Medical...

A bill to expand Louisiana's conditions eligible for medical marijuana treatment and make it possible for doctors to get the drug to patients fell one vote short of passage in the Senate on Tuesday (April 19). But the bill's author, state Sen. Fred Mills, said he'll bring the vote back up...

Seeking to head off a constitutional amendment at the pass, the Ohio House of Representatives on Tuesday forged ahead with a plan to legalize marijuana for medical use only. House Bill 523 was introduced last week with the goal of a full House vote as soon as next week. The Senate, however...

A heavily amended version of the Missouri Compassionate Care Act, which would legalize medical marijuana in Missouri if approved by voters in the state, was perfected in the House on Tuesday. In a roll call vote that crossed party lines, the legislation was perfected 91-59. The amended...

Hundreds of cheering supporters crowded inside the Capitol Rotunda to watch Gov. Tom Wolf sign into law a bill that makes medical marijuana legal in the state. Seated next to Wolf for the ceremony Sunday afternoon was Dana Ulrich of Spring Township. It was an emotional moment for the...

There were lots of hugs and tears at the Capitol on Sunday as Governor Wolf signed Senate Bill 3 making medical marijuana legal in Pennsylvania. Dana Ulrich has been fighting for the bill for two years. Her daughter suffers from Epilepsy and has hundreds of seizures a day. "The day has...

The first seed has yet to be planted, but state lawmakers are "figuratively" tilling the fields to prepare for medical marijuana. In the House Agriculture committee Thursday, Rayville Rep. Bubba Chaney questioned Ag Commissioner Mike Strain on where LSU and Southern Ag centers stand on...