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Senate President Stanley Rosenberg said he expects some lawmakers to attempt to repeal marijuana legalization next year, speaking in an interview one day after the legislature acted abruptly and without public debate to delay the opening of weed shops. "Believe me, people have rights. I'd...

Just a half-dozen Massachusetts legislators passed a measure Wednesday that delayed, by six months, the opening date for recreational marijuana stores in Massachusetts. How could so few lawmakers meeting in an informal session decide such an important issue? The move, which took less than...

Boston - More than 1.7 million Massachusetts voters approved a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana. But now state lawmakers may be putting the brakes on the plan. Legislative leaders on Beacon Hill have made no secret that they have concerns about how pot would be legalized...

Little Rock - Arkansas lawmakers are considering delaying the launch of the first medical marijuana program in the Bible Belt as well as an effort to impose taxes on the drug, as they work on legislation for next year's session spelling out how pot would be made available to patients. The...

Little Rock, ARK. - Arkansas lawmakers are considering delaying the launch of the first medical marijuana program in the Bible Belt as well as an effort to impose additional taxes on the drug as they work on legislation implementing a medical pot measure voters approved this month. The ideas...

Washington - You can't get high from smoking hemp, but a bipartisan group of lawmakers says states and universities growing it for research could get busted if they cross state lines with it. Three Kentucky lawmakers - Republican Sen. Rand Paul, Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth and Republican...

Charleston, W.Va - The special legislative session in Charleston continues Thursday as lawmakers look for solutions to balance the state budget. Some think medical marijuana could be a solution. Five lawmakers are sponsoring a bill that would legalize and tax marijuana for medicinal use in the...

Charleston, W.Va - The special legislative session in Charleston continues Thursday as lawmakers look for solutions to balance the state budget. Some think medical marijuana could be a solution. Five lawmakers are sponsoring a bill that would legalize and tax marijuana for medicinal use in the...

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...

Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., along with a bipartisan group of 24 senators and representatives, on Friday urged President Obama to remove barriers to research on medical marijuana and facilitate new medical research on cannabis and its derivatives...

After years of stonewalling efforts to legalize medical marijuana in Ohio, state lawmakers announced a plan to provide patients with medical marijuana by 2018. The proposal, which will be introduced this week, would allow Ohioans older than 18 to buy edible marijuana, patches, plant material...

Disappointment yet again for supporters of medical marijuana in Nebraska. State lawmakers rejected the latest attempt to pass a medical marijuana bill. Supporters believe cannabis oil would alleviate the pain of their loved ones who have neurological disorders such as epilepsy and...

Over the past four years, marijuana legalization has come to the United States at a relatively fast pace, thanks to overwhelming support for it among young adults. But up until now, change has mostly come from the voters -- sometimes in spite of lawmakers' wishes. That balance could be shifting...

A Colorado man was in the capital city on Thursday to talk with lawmakers about the benefits of industrial hemp. Rick Trojan, founder of the Hemp Road Trip, was at the statehouse today. His group is advocating for the passage of the Industrial Hemp Farming Act before Congress in...

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...

Monday brings a key deadline for Georgia lawmakers at the Capitol. Bills must pass at least one chamber by the 30th day of the legislative session to remain alive for the year. There are some ways around that deadline, but the House and Senate generally work late into the night to pass members'...

At least two Ohio lawmakers will be in Toledo today to lend an ear to the concept of legalizing marijuana for medical purposes only. Whether that leads to the introduction of a bill – let alone passage – remains a big question mark. Sens. David Burke (R., Marysville) and Kenny Yuko (D...

Under a policy that expired January 31, 2016, Veterans Affairs (VA) doctors were not allowed to discuss medical marijuana treatments to their patients. Twenty-one lawmakers are urging VA doctors to allow medical marijuana to be not only discussed, but sometimes recommended in states where it is...

In a move that could have implications for federal marijuana laws, 21 members of Congress are urging the Department of Veterans Affairs to do away with a policy that bans VA doctors from discussing medical marijuana treatments with patients. According to the lawmakers, the prohibition creates...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow veterans to use medical marijuana. Currently, VA doctors are prohibited from recommending medical marijuana to their patients, even in states that have legalized pot. These veterans must go to...