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Marijuana activists responded Monday to what it called a "false narrative" that the marijuana legalization law passed last year by voters requires legislative fixes, and urged the new marijuana committee to focus instead on issues not addressed in the ballot law. About four months after...

Boston - The Legislature's new marijuana committee will begin its work in earnest later this month with an "overview" hearing at the State House before holding similar hearings elsewhere in the state, the committee chairs said Wednesday. The hearing, scheduled for 11 a.m. on March 20, will be...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A bill legalizing the production and sale of industrial hemp was tabled by the Senate Agricultural and Natural Resources Committee in Pierre yesterday. After an hour-and-a-half of debate, a motion to send the bill to the Senate floor failed but the committee then decided to...

Pierre – A South Dakota panel on Wednesday approved a measure aimed at legalizing a medical marijuana extract used to treat severe seizure disorders. The House Health and Human Services Committee on a 7-3 vote approved Senate Bill 95, which would reschedule cannabidiol, a derivative of...

The attempt to legalize marijuana in New Mexico died Monday evening in the House Business and Industry Committee. House Bill 89, which would have established a regulatory framework for the legal production, processing and sales of marijuana and industrial hemp, was tabled following a debate...

State lawmakers on Wednesday began work on a measure that would legalize marijuana for medical purposes — an issue that has risen to prominence in Columbia over the past several years. A subcommittee of the Senate Medical Affairs Committee spent an hour outlining how to proceed in moving S...

Cheyenne — A Senate committee on Monday scaled back a bill that modifies the penalty structure for marijuana possession and closes the "edibles loophole" for marijuana-containing products. House Bill 197 was passed by the House of Representatives last week on a 52-6-2 vote. Under the House...

Santa Fe, N.M. — A bill that would legalize and tax marijuana in New Mexico is facing a road block. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the Senate Judiciary Committee held off on making a decision on the bill Friday. The bill's sponsor Sen. Gerald Ortiz Y Pino said he will work on a revised...

The state of California is looking for residents who want to help shape regulations and recommendations for medical and recreational marijuana use. The Cannabis Advisory Committee will report to the Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation. It will work on developing regulations that protect...

Legislative committees forwarded six medical marijuana-related bills to the state Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday afternoon, while keeping two bills addressing ownership of marijuana facilities under further review. The House Rules Committee advanced five medical marijuana...

At the second meeting of Denver's social consumption advisory council, members addressed multiple issues, including a few carried over from last month. Here's a rundown of the top ten topics at the February 8 gathering: 1. I-300 is a mechanism of control, not losing control Dan Landes...

Eleven bills addressing the state's medical marijuana program are scheduled to go before legislative committees today. Ten of the bills were filed in the House of Representatives and will be discussed in the House Rules Committee. The eleventh bill was introduced in the Senate and will be taken...

A bill that would make it legal to cultivate hemp so researchers can study possible industrial uses is headed to the Senate floor. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday voted 8-2 for a do-pass recommendation for Senate Bill 6, sponsored by Sen. Cisco McSorley, D-Albuquerque. McSorley...

Cheyenne — A legislative committee on Tuesday voted to make changes to Wyoming's marijuana laws, but didn't go so far as to decriminalize possession of small amounts of the drug. The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill creating a tiered system for marijuana penalties but rejected a bill...

Maine has joined eight other states and the District of Columbia in legalizing the recreational use of Marijuana as of Monday. But sales will not be allowed for another year as a special legislative committee develops rules for how those sales will take place. Legally, you can now possess 2.5...

The General Assembly ethics committee that's investigating Del. Dan K. Morhaim's work with a medical cannabis company has hired a lawyer to assist with the review. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, who on Friday disclosed the hiring of the special counsel, said the action underscores...

On Wednesday, January 18, twenty people gathered on the fourth floor of the Wellington Webb Municipal Building to begin a conversation that no other municipality in the United States has had – about regulating the social use of recreational cannabis. For two and a half hours at this first...

House Speaker Michael E. Busch removed Del. Dan K. Morhaim, the longest serving physician in the General Assembly, from a key health policy committee post that Morhaim held for 14 years. The shift, which costs Morhaim a subcommittee leadership post, follows scrutiny over Morhaim's ties to a...

The City of Denver has selected the members of its Social Consumption Advisory Committee, which will oversee implementation of Initiative 300, allowing social consumption of marijuana in the city, and has three meetings scheduled through February. The twenty-person committee, which comprises...

Marijuana advocates are trying to block an anti-legalization lawmaker from becoming the state Senate's point person on pot, contending that his outspoken criticism of recreational marijuana makes him unfit for the position. The advocates are lobbying Senate leaders not to appoint Senator...