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Medical marijuana laws in Michigan will soon change. The voter-approved initiative has been on the books for eight years. Governor Snyder hopes that these new laws give a solid framework from where the prior legislation may have been unclear. The new laws aim to give patients a safe way to...

Medical marijuana laws in Michigan will soon change. The voter-approved initiative has been on the books for eight years. Governor Snyder hopes that these new laws give a solid framework from where the prior legislation may have been unclear. The new laws aim to give patients a safe way to...

After years of trying to get a ballot measure to legalize marijuana, Arizona voters will get their chance in November after a judge dismissed a lawsuit to stop the measure. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Jo Lynn Gentry dismissed a lawsuit filed by 13 individuals and groups, including...

Machesney Park - Village leaders in Machesney Park are taking steps to change local laws for people caught with marijuana to conform with new state rules. In July, Governor Bruce Rauner signed a law reducing the punishment for having 10 grams of marijuana or less. Those caught with less...

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's decision last week to list cannabis alongside the world's deadliest drugs, like heroin, means that states will continue to decide on their own whether pot possession should be harshly punished and what, if any, patients are allowed access to a plant...

Peoria - Local attorney Jeff Hall said new laws regarding how much marijuana must be in a person's system before he is considered impaired are long overdue. Last week, Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a measure that got rid of the "zero tolerance" laws regarding marijuana and the state's DUI laws...

Colorado law enforcement agencies say ever-changing marijuana regulations have them overwhelmed. They're asking the state for a reprieve. In May, heads of Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police, the County Sheriffs of Colorado and Colorado District Attorneys' Council wrote a letter to the...

California laws prohibit the use of butane as part of the chemical process to create cannabis extracts, used for oils and marijuana products that aren't rolled up in joints or used in bongs. It's considered a safety issue. Butane is flammable, and very nasty accidents may happen if the chemical...

A federal magistrate judge has rebuffed a challenge to federal laws that place marijuana among the nation's most dangerous drugs and do not acknowledge the growing research into its medicinal benefits. In his ruling, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Feldman noted that "there can be no dispute...

On July 25th, the draft legislation will be presented in Italy's lower house for the first time. The following day, politicians will begin voting on whether or not to send the bill through to the upper house for final approval. If new laws are passed, how will things change? Obviously, the...

My wife and I both have medical cannabis cards. If we are flying within California, shouldn't we be OK to carry cannabis and our vape with us in our carry-on, or in our checked baggage? - BF Yes! As long are you stay in Cali, you are all good! Bring a copy of your letter of recommendation...

My wife and I both have medical cannabis cards. If we are flying within California, shouldn’t we be OK to carry cannabis and our vape with us in our carry-on, or in our checked baggage? - BF Yes! As long are you stay in Cali, you are all good! Bring a copy of your letter of recommendation with...

The passage of statewide laws regulating the consumption of cannabis by adults and/or qualified patients is not associated with increased rates of teen marijuana use, according to a statistical analysis of results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2015 Youth Risk Behavior...

Baton Rouge - Gov. John Bel Edwards has agreed to match Louisiana's drug laws to conform with its medical marijuana program, so someone who gets the therapeutic drug legally can't be prosecuted. The governor's office announced this week that Edwards signed the bill by Republican Sen. Fred Mills...

Medical Marijuana Caregiver Requirements from (colorado.gov) Online registration coming soon January 2017 To become a caregiver, you must: Be 18 or older. Be a Colorado resident. Not be the patient's physician. Not have a primary caregiver of your own. Submit a Caregiver Acknowledgment with...

Hi! Currently in Mexico there has been a lot of noise regarding the use of cannabis as medicine, but im wondering if there are any doctors in this community that live in mexico city. Maybe this post should be in spanish, but i guess everyone can give an opinion... I know that this laws still...

fwiw, I spoke with my doctor yesterday about sign off for a Health Canada permit. They told me that the laws and corresponding regulations are a mess - due to successful appeals, and the previous government doing what governments do, which is nothing. So...they told me applications aren't...

The Missouri House has rejected a proposal to legalize medical marijuana. The legislation failed on a 66-87 vote Thursday after lawmakers scaled it back to only permit cancer patients in hospice to use the drug. The pro-legalization National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws...

The idea was intoxicating to lawmakers in more than a dozen states where medical marijuana was a political nonstarter: Give patients with certain severe medical problems access to a type of pot that might provide relief without producing the "high" usually associated with the plant. First of...

Now that Health Minister Jane Philpott has announced that the Liberal government will introduce legislation next spring to legalize and regulate marijuana, we have a question: What happens until then? Under Canadian law, a person can be arrested and charged with a criminal offence for...