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It's a big day at the Georgia Capitol as time is running out for bills trying to make it to the other side. Monday morning, a stripped down medical marijuana bill passed the Georgia state House 152 to 8. The bill opened up cannabis oil to a larger group of patients by adding six conditions...

Some of Iowa's most influential business leaders are urging state legislators to pass a bill that would expand the state's medical cannabis laws. "Now is the time to help suffering Iowans and their families get legal access to this medicine, and we hereby call on Iowa lawmakers to debate and...

After a tense debate, a Senate committee Monday backed a bill that calls for allowing terminally ill patients to have access to medical marijuana and revamping a 2014 cannabis law that has been tangled in legal fights. The bill (SB 460), approved by the Senate Rules Committee, would allow...

Pennsylvania needs a common-sense medical marijuana program. The only thing stopping a Senate-passed bill from becoming law is a list of 200 potential amendments in the state House of Representatives – where opinions range from flat-out prohibition to legalization for recreational use. But...

A Wyoming legislative committee on Thursday moved to make possession of marijuana brownies and other foods and beverages containing the drug a misdemeanor. The Wyoming Senate earlier this week called for making it a felony to possess more than three ounces of food or drink containing marijuana...

Tears filled Enedina Stanger's eyes as she watched the Utah Senate pass a controversial medical marijuana bill that she says won't help her but would help thousands of Utahns. "This is a win for Utah. This is a win for love and compassion," the former West Weber woman said from her wheelchair...

With more than two-dozen amendments stacked up on the bill Wednesday, Senate President Andy Gardiner yanked a medical marijuana measure off the floor and sent it back to a committee for another vetting. The bill (SB 460) would add medical marijuana to a list of experimental treatments...

Gov. Dennis Daugaard says his views on a medical marijuana measure have changed since it was amended to legalize the use of a cannabis derivative for seizure disorders. Daugaard said Thursday that he hadn't thoroughly vetted the measure, but would be likely to support Senate Bill 171 if it...

After many months of backroom politics and delays, Pennsylvania lawmakers are expected to vote on legalizing medical marijuana in March. The state House is expected to vote on a bill that was overwhelmingly approved by the state Senate. But the Senate bill, SB 3, has been substantially...

The Utah Senate on Monday voted to advance Senate Bill 73 [materials], which would legalize the use of medical marijuana in various forms such as vapor or edible form. The bill allows [AP report] for dispensaries to operate legally as long as they abide by statutory guidelines concerning...

The House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee eliminated a provision to the medical marijuana bill that would allow for the cultivation and production of cannabis oil. The original bill would have licensed up to six companies to grow cannabis and sell liquid products to people on the Georgia's...

More than 20 revisions filed to a medical marijuana bill giving terminally ill individuals access to cannabis caused the legislation to be temporarily postponed in a busy Senate session on Tuesday. While SB 460 remains on the list of legislation still to be discussed on the Senate floor...

A Georgia House committee has gutted a bill that would have allowed in-state cultivation of medical marijuana. The cultivation provision of the bill was removed from the bill Monday in the face of stubborn opposition from Gov. Nathan Deal and state law enforcement. Last year, the General...

A committee in the Georgia House of Representatives took up a watered-down version of a medical marijuana bill Monday. The new version would eliminate a provision that would have allowed medical cannabis to be cultivated in Georgia. "That was the heart of the bill," Rep. Allen Peake...

Several bills being considered by the state Legislature aim to make things easier for people in the state's medical marijuana program, but Big Island police have a few concerns. Senate Bill 2523, introduced by Puna Democrat Sen. Russell Ruderman, as originally written would allow open-air...

The full Senate is slated Tuesday to take up a bill that would allow patients with terminal illnesses to have access to medical marijuana. The bill (SB 460), sponsored by Regulated Industries Chairman Rob Bradley, R-Fleming Island, would add marijuana to a 2015 law known as the "Right to Try...

Senators who make up the Committee on Rules and Judiciary on Wednesday afternoon voted to "indefinitely table" a bill that sought to amend title 7 of Virgin Islands Code, chapter 1, for the cultivation of hemp and other related purposes in the territory. By indefinitely tabling the measure...

We were prepared to use this space to issue a call for state lawmakers to embrace compromise when discussing and voting on the topic of medical marijuana during the current 2016 legislative session. Then, we received a pleasant surprise Friday when the members of the Utah State Senate...

With the Utah State Legislature past the halfway mark of its session, Cache County's legislators held to a common theme in their reports at the weekly constituent meeting Saturday morning: money. "One thing I've always said when you're looking at who's supporting what issue is to follow the...

Iowa lawmakers are once again tackling the emotional issue of legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes. By a 17-6 vote this week, the Iowa House's Commerce Committee approved a bill that would expand the uses of cannabis oil to treat cancer and multiple sclerosis victims with a limited...