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    Cannabis: A Top Legislative Issue in Iowa

    Lawmakers once again will be faced with the proposition of adding clarity to the state's medical cannabis oil legislation. The Associated Press this year found the state has spent more than $100,000 creating and issuing registration cards to about 50 people, but it remains illegal to manufacture...
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    Mother Becomes Face Of Utah Medical Marijuana Proposal

    Proponents of a legislative proposal that would allow Utah residents with chronic pain or debilitating conditions to consume edible marijuana products such as brownies and candies have found a face for their cause. A Mormon mother who suffers from a rare genetic disorder that causes...
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    Mother Becomes Face Of Utah Medical Marijuana Proposal

    Proponents of a legislative proposal that would allow Utah residents with chronic pain or debilitating conditions to consume edible marijuana products such as brownies and candies have found a face for their cause. A Mormon mother who suffers from a rare genetic disorder that causes...
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    Hawaii: Lawmakers Call For Clarity On Marijuana Dispensary Rules

    Next summer Hawaii will debut its first medical marijuana dispensary system. But lawmakers say there are still many issues that need clarification. HPR's Molly Solomon reports. The medical marijuana business in Hawai'i was given a closer look Monday afternoon, as lawmakers took the state...
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    Colorado Still Not Sure Whether Legal Marijuana Made Roads Less Safe

    Three years after Colorado voted to legalize recreational marijuana, little is known about whether the state's roads are less safe – and law enforcement efforts remain largely focused on alcohol, not pot. One glaring example: A Coloradan who pleads guilty to driving under the influence of...
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    California: New Pot Regulations Have Minor Effect On County

    New regulations that prompted Paradise officials to ban medical marijuana in town limits will only have a minor effect at the county level. "It is my understanding of the new rules from California, that a county or municipality that had regulations on marijuana didn't have to do any extra...
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    The Marijuana Breathalyzer's Uncertain Future

    Mike Lynn is cautiously excited. A 49-year-old family man who lives in the Bay Area, Lynn has been an emergency-room doctor at Highland Hospital for most of two decades. His company, Hound Labs Inc., has just developed the technology to produce a breathalyzer that can detect marijuana, but its...
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    Texas Epilepsy Patients Set To Get Medical Cannabis Oil

    In a big decision this year, lawmakers allowed patients with uncontrollable epilepsy to have access to a special oil made from marijuana plants. Thursday, the rules surrounding that decision were approved. It's an early Christmas for Terri Carriker, her two sons and 13-year-old daughter. "Our...
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    Texas Epilepsy Patients Set To Get Medical Cannabis Oil

    In a big decision this year, lawmakers allowed patients with uncontrollable epilepsy to have access to a special oil made from marijuana plants. Thursday, the rules surrounding that decision were approved. It's an early Christmas for Terri Carriker, her two sons and 13-year-old daughter. "Our...
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    Maryland: Marijuana Businesses Seek Novel Collaborations

    At least two Maryland state universities are jumping at the chance to work with marijuana growers to research the medicinal application and cultivation of cannabis. A tiny Western Maryland town says it would happily accept a 5 percent share of profits from a company that hopes to operate there...
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    Ohio Marijuana Legalization Debate Far From Over

    Ohioans in November rejected a well-funded proposal to legalize marijuana, but the issue isn't going away anytime soon. More ballot issues are in the works, state lawmakers have vowed to act on medical marijuana, and activists across the state are working on local ballot measures that would...
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    New Minnesota Marijuana Strain More Potent And Could Cut Costs

    New marijuana strain could slash medical cannabis costs A new strain of marijuana plant could slash costs for medical cannabis users in Minnesota. Otsego-based Minnesota Medical Solutions, one of two medical cannabis operators in the state, announced the creation of a new strain with a...
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    New Minnesota Marijuana Strain More Potent And Could Cut Costs

    New marijuana strain could slash medical cannabis costs A new strain of marijuana plant could slash costs for medical cannabis users in Minnesota. Otsego-based Minnesota Medical Solutions, one of two medical cannabis operators in the state, announced the creation of a new strain with a...
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    Michigan Medical Marijuana Act Still Being Hashed Out

    It's been seven years since voters approved the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act and it's been a constant battle over interpretation and implementation. When enacted on Dec. 4, 2008, the MMMA outlined what would become a very complex industry in the state of Michigan. Municipalities, and...
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    Michigan Medical Marijuana Act Still Being Hashed Out

    It's been seven years since voters approved the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act and it's been a constant battle over interpretation and implementation. When enacted on Dec. 4, 2008, the MMMA outlined what would become a very complex industry in the state of Michigan. Municipalities, and...
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    Medical Marijuana Supporters Look For Change From Congress

    For some time, medical marijuana has been a back-and-forth controversy among experts, veterans and the public. So the Senate's passage last month of legislation allowing Veterans Health Administration doctors to authorize medical marijuana use for patients signaled a victory for supporters...
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    Medical Marijuana Supporters Look For Change From Congress

    For some time, medical marijuana has been a back-and-forth controversy among experts, veterans and the public. So the Senate's passage last month of legislation allowing Veterans Health Administration doctors to authorize medical marijuana use for patients signaled a victory for supporters...
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    Saskatchewan: Marijuana in Government Liquor Stores Not A Priority

    Marijuana represents a potential "revenue opportunity" for the Saskatchewan government, but Premier Brad Wall says he's not thinking about selling it in provincial liquor stores. In an interview, Wall told CBC News that because the federal Liberals campaigned on legalizing marijuana, he's...
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    Michigan: MILegalize Extends Deadline For Petition Signatures

    A Lansing-based group collecting signatures to get a marijuana-legalization question on statewide ballots next year says it's extending its petition campaign past a previous deadline of Dec. 21 that its leaders had set. "For a variety of reasons, MILegalize is extending its campaign,"...
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    Colorado: Lawyer Greg Styduhar Advises Pueblo County On Many Issues

    As an attorney, Styduhar spent his formative days in private practice with Koncilja and Koncilja doing personal injury cases, criminal defense and Social Security work, he'd access three or four of Colorado's voluminous law books. Now, 12 years later, when he talks about the areas of law he has...
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