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The race is on for Hawaii medical marijuana dispensary licenses. The 50th state has had a medical marijuana program for 15 years and was the first state to legalize it through the legislative process back in 2000. The law only allowed for patients to grow their own, but that was changed last...

A local father's fight to add medical marijuana dispensaries in Georgia continued Monday afternoon at the state capitol in Atlanta. Dale Jackson testified before a judiciary committee in the state House of Representatives. He and his group are currently looking over House Bill 722 and wanted...

Not all the states are the same. Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has issued Medical Marijuana Access in the US: A Patient-Focused Analysis of the Patchwork of State Laws. It shows the vast array of differing state medical cannabis programs from the patient point of view. According to the press...

A West Virginia bill would allow the state hemp seed commissioner to issue licenses for industrial hemp production without first obtaining federal waivers. Passage of this legislation would set the foundation to nullify in practice the unconstitutional federal prohibition of hemp within the...

People around the State Capitol last year knew them simply as "the moms." The cadre of mothers, often with chronically sick children in tow, made emotional and compelling pleas for a bill legalizing medical marijuana in Nebraska. It was an impressive citizens campaign by a group formally...

Supporters of legalizing medical marijuana testified at the Georgia Capitol today. One of those testimonies came from Troup County father Dale Jackson. Medical marijuana is legal in Georgia — but only for the some 500 citizens who are able signed up. But getting access to that medical...

The 2016 Legislative Session is underway on Utah's Capitol Hill. On the first day lawmakers didn't take votes on any of the big issues, but they did talk about what they expect when they do. Leaders in the House and Senate support efforts to get more state control over public lands...

As one of Vermont's approximately 2,500 official medical marijuana patients, Robert Gwynn is excited his state lawmakers are considering legalizing cannabis. Born with neurofibromatosis type 1, a tumor disorder that has left him with debilitating nerve pain, limited appetite and ongoing fatigue...

State Representative Jay Lawrence (R-Fountain Hills) has withdrawn his bill that could have destroyed Arizona's medical-marijuana program. Lawrence's bill, HCR 2019, would have stripped naturopaths and homeopaths of the right to recommend medical marijuana, even though those doctors write...

Kentucky is at the forefront of efforts across the country to legalize industrial hemp production. In the U.S., 22 states have enacted laws legalizing industrial hemp farming. After a 70-year absence, the Bluegrass State is one of 13 states to establish a commercial industrial hemp program, but...

This is the year Alaska's legal marijuana industry will finally be up and running. Once it is, all commercial growers will have to pay taxes to the State of Alaska. The proposal on the table is $50 an once for buds and flowers, and $15 an ounce for the rest of the plant. The state's tax...

A report by University of Hawai'i College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources suggests that the State could yield over 70 tons of industrial hemp a year. Harry Ako, principal investigator of the study, "discovered that three crops a year could be grown in [the] State. ... In the...

A bill filed in the Georgia House would legalize marijuana for medical purposes, taking a big step toward nullifying federal cannabis prohibition in practice in the state. Introduced by Rep. Allen Peake (R-Macon) and two cosponsors, House Bill 722 (HB722) would legalize marijuana for...

Texas will begin to prepare to issue licenses to retailers for the sale of marijuana-based products, reported MySanAntonio. The licenses will enable certain dispensaries to sell products with low levels of THC, such as cannabis oil. The state has approved the products for people diagnosed...

The next phase in the state Capitol fight over medicinal marijuana could involve handcuffs and law-breaking. Principled law-breaking, but law-breaking nonetheless. In fact, it already has. Last spring, when Gov. Nathan Deal signed Haleigh's Hope Act into law, you might have assumed that...

New York state's medical marijuana program officially launched this month, but some local advocates and those who the program is designed to help say the system is inaccessible and complicated. Art Wenzel, an Auburn benefit organizer and emcee, held a press conference Wednesday afternoon at...

Recently, the Legislature passed and Gov. Chris Christie signed into law A4587, a bill requiring schools and facilities for the developmentally disabled to allow the administration of medical marijuana to qualifying patients. This law was inspired by Genny, the 16-year-old daughter of the...

An Indiana bill would allow the state hemp seed commissioner to issue licenses for industrial hemp production without first obtaining federal waivers. Passage of this legislation would set the foundation to nullify in practice the unconstitutional federal prohibition of hemp within the state...

Cornell University and SUNY Morrisville both plan to pursue state licenses for experimental crops of industrial hemp now that state regulations for the crop have been established. The state Department of Agriculture and Markets published final regulations governing experimental industrial...

Boston police are seeking criminal charges against Bill Downing, one of the state's most vocal marijuana legalization supporters, a move that his lawyer calls retaliation for his criticism of the state's regulation of the medical marijuana industry. A magistrate judge is scheduled to consider...