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University agriculture centers might soon be able to start growing marijuana and its plant cousin, hemp, for industrial and medicinal purposes. House Agriculture Committee approved two bills to the House floor Tuesday related to the currently illegal plants in the cannabis family. They would...

State lawmakers will begin hearings on a new medical marijuana bill on Tuesday. The House Select Committee on Medical Marijuana plans to meet three times a week to vet and revise House Bill 523. The bill would establish a program allowing patients to buy and use marijuana to treat medical...

On Sunday, when Governor Tom Wolf is scheduled to sign the bill into law, Pennsylvania will become the 24th state to implement a comprehensive medical marijuana program, the Associated Press reports. The House voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill, with 149 representatives voting for it and...

Ohioans who are legally prescribed marijuana to alleviate symptoms for serious illnesses could still be fired from their jobs under both major proposals to legalize marijuana's use as a medicine. Republicans in the Ohio House introduced their medical marijuana bill, House Bill 523, late...

The House is giving the go ahead to a measure to allow the growing of industrial hemp in Missouri. It's a by-product of marijuana but contains very little of the psychoactive chemical, THC. Hemp can be used for clothing, rope and other things. The House on Monday voted 123-29 to pass the...

State lawmakers said Wednesday they will introduce a medical marijuana bill this week, but many of the details won't be known until months after it has passed the General Assembly. Legislative leaders said at a Wednesday press conference they plan to fast-track the bill to Gov. John Kasich...

Medical marijuana is close to becoming legal in Pennsylvania as Senate Bill 3 is headed to Governor Wolf's desk. The Governor announced Wednesday that he will sign Senate Bill 3 into law this weekend but after that, how long will it take to get things up and running? The Department of...

Pennsylvania was poised to become the 24th U.S. state to legalize marijuana use for medical purposes after state legislators on Wednesday approved a bill that Democratic Governor Tom Wolf has promised to sign. The bill will allow use of marijuana oil and extracts, while still prohibiting the...

The state Senate passed medical marijuana legislation for the second time in less than a year on Tuesday, and backers said they hope the House will accept the changes and send it to Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's desk later this week. The issue has won overwhelming bipartisan support in both...

Cara Salemme has been patiently waiting 28 days for the Pennsylvania Senate to take another look at legislation that could help her son keep living. The North Codorus Township mother is waiting for a medical marijuana bill to head to Gov. Tom Wolf's desk, something that could happen later...

Four out of five Sarpy County state senators voted April 5 to break a filibuster of a legislative bill that, if passed on a final vote, would have granted parents of epileptic children access to a marijuana-derived oil. But it wasn't enough. Only 30 of 49 senators voted to end debate on LB...

Victoria has become the first state to make medicinal cannabis available to people in exceptional circumstances, with the passing of historic legislation in parliament. Children with severe epilepsy will be given first access to medicinal cannabis from early 2017, following the passing of the...

It's crunch time for backers of a proposed state constitutional change allowing medical marijuana in Missouri. The group New Approach Missouri will have to turn in about 160,000 signatures by May 8 to make the November ballot. Jack Cardetti, spokesman for New Approach Missouri, says the group...

State senators recently voted against a bill that would have allowed medical marijuana in South Carolina. The bill, sponsored by Tom Davis (R- Beaufort,would have legalized the medical use of cannabis for patients suffering from conditions such as cancer, HIV, AIDS, PTSD, and chronic pain...

A state Senate committee on Monday approved the bill that would legalize medical marijuana for patients suffering from well over a dozen illnesses. The full Senate is expected to vote on Tuesday. Yet many things are uncertain. The Senate committee approved an amended version of the...

The House Judiciary Committee will meet at the State House Tuesday to consider 10 marijuana-related bills. Among them, a bill that would legalize marijuana for anyone 21 and older. Other bills being considered: A bill pushing to regulate and tax marijuana for personal use. A bill to add...

Nearly half of the states have approved the medical use of marijuana, as prescribed by a physician, recognizing its therapeutic value for patients with long term pain from cancer, seizures, PTSD, multiple sclerosis, AIDS and other ailments. Not South Carolina, though. Not yet. Members of...

In a state capitol in the throes of partisan strife and deadlock over a range of fiscal, economic and social issues, it may strike some as strange that legislation to allow cultivation of hemp in Pennsylvania is very close to passage. But such is the case. The House and Senate have now both...

State Rep. Ted James, D-Baton Rouge, has introduced a bill that would significantly expand the scope of medical marijuana in Louisiana and speed efforts to begin growing and dispensing the drug. It would allow for the private manufacture of medical marijuana and allow patients to petition state...

State senators voted 7-4 Thursday against a bill that would have allowed medical marijuana in South Carolina. The bill would have allowed patients suffering from debilitating medical conditions, like cancer, glaucoma, and chronic pain, to get a doctor's prescription for the drug. Sen. Tom...