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    S.C. Senate Panel Considering Medical Marijuana Bill

    If some state legislators have their way, South Carolina patients battling certain illnesses will soon have a new option for treatment: marijuana. The medical affairs committee of the S.C. Senate is considering a bill that would create options for the legal, medicinal use of the drug in South...
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    CT Parents Ask Lawmakers For Pediatric Medical Marijuana

    Joy O’Meara, of Trumbull, can’t keep track of the times she’s made emergency calls for her 7-year-old son, Jamison, but she won’t forget the moments when she held his seemingly lifeless body and began CPR. O’Meara and Jamison, in a wheelchair and a helmet, joined dozens of parents and others...
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    WY Committee Strips Felony Penalty From Marijuana Edibles Bill

    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...
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    Florida Medical Marijuana Bill Sent Back To Committee

    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...
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    Utah PolitiLinks: Medical Marijuana Bills Take Center Stage; Budget Numbers Released

    Debate: Medical marijuana bills After 90 minutes of debate and discussion, SB73 (sponsored by Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Saratoga Springs) made it past the second reading and will get a final Senate hearing. Madsen made seven amendments to the bill to resolve concerns, prompting a new statement from...
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    GA: Cultivation Not Included In Substitute Bill For Medical Marijuana

    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...
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    Cownie: Medical Cannabis Gains Important Step In Iowa

    The funnel deadline occurred earlier in the 2016 session than it has in recent sessions. "Funnel" refers to the deadline set by the Legislature for any policy bill to be passed out of its respective committee so as to remain eligible that session. Moving up the funnel is meant to demonstrate...
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    GA House Committee Guts Medical Cannabis Bill

    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...
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    Connecticut: Cornered, Committee Will Have To Approve Expansion Of Medical Cannabis

    A key legislative committee has a dilemma. It has to approve legislation that some members vehemently oppose. More than a year after Consumer Protection Commissioner Jonathan Harris confirmed the first of several new ailments to qualify for the state's medical-marijuana program, lawmakers...
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    Scaled-Back Medical Marijuana Bill Advances In Iowa

    Republicans in the Iowa House have amended a bill to legalize the production and distribution of marijuana in the state. In its more limited form, it cleared two Republican panels and is now eligible for debate in the full House. To improve its chances, the revised bill covers fewer...
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    Virgin Islands: Nelson's Hemp Industry Bill Goes Before Rules Committee Again

    The last time Senator Terrence Nelson's hemp bill - a measure that seeks to amend title 7 of Virgin Islands Code, chapter 1, for the cultivation of hemp and other related purposes - was heard at a Committee on Rules and Judiciary hearing, it was held in committee following strong opposition from...
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    SD Legislature Senate Committee Expected To Debate Medical Marijuana Bill

    South Dakota legislators are headed back to the state capitol with many hot topics on the agenda this week. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee is debating a bill that could legalize medical marijuana. Senator Alan Solano of Rapid City says the bill extensively outlines the...
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    Maine Medical Marijuana Bill Allows For Lab Testing And Hospital Access

    A legislative committee unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that would give immunity from state law to hospitals that allow nonsmoking marijuana for patients who need it. The bill, LD 726, also defines in law what incidental marijuana is, including nonflowering plants or plant byproducts that...
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    GA House Of Representatives Committee Revisits Medical Marijuana Proposal

    A Georgia House of Representatives Committee revisited State Representative Allen Peake's proposal to expand the state's medical marijuana law Monday. The Judiciary Non-Civil Committee met in the Coverdell Legislative Office Building in Atlanta to review the House Bill 722's details. The...
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    UT: Legislators Reaffirm Stance On Medical Marijuana, Support Water Conservancy

    Medical marijuana was once again a hot topic at Saturday morning's Cache County legislative constituent meeting following the passing of two medical marijuana bills through committee Thursday, but the county's water rights discussion was also a focus of the representatives. Cache County...
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    SD: Medical Marijuana Still Alive After Committee Registers Senate Bill

    After a proposed statewide ballot measure failed on a technicality this week, backers of medical marijuana in South Dakota found new life in the form of a bill offered by a West River senator. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted 7-0 in favor of registering Senate Bill 171 on...
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    Hawaii Lawmakers Want Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee

    With less than five months until medical marijuana dispensaries are up and running, Hawaii lawmakers are considering a bill to create an oversight committee for the future industry. Sixteen years after Hawaii became the first state to legalize medical marijuana, the state is months away from...
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    SD: Legislative Committee Approves Bill To Allow Industrial Hemp

    A legislative committee has approved a bill that would open the door to the cultivation of industrial hemp in South Dakota. The House Agriculture and Natural Resources committee voted 11-2 to approve the plan Tuesday. It heads to the full House of Representatives for consideration...
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    D.C. Council Committee Approves Language For Permanent Cannabis Club Ban

    At a D.C. Council session on Wednesday–one that many advocates didn't see coming until shortly before it occurred due to a lack of public notice–the Committee on the Judiciary approved draft language of a permanent ban on "cannabis clubs" that would bar people from consuming marijuana in private...
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    Medical Marijuana Bill Supporters Urge Georgia Lawmakers To Pass HB 722

    A Georgia House of Representatives Committee is reviewing House Bill 722.The process started Monday as Judiciary Non-Civil Committee members listened to stories of people who need or know someone who needs the drug for pain relief. HB 722 includes a model for growing medical marijuana in...
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