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Albuquerque, N.M. — Some Republicans and Democrats think taxing marijuana could help solve the state's money problems. Republican Representative Bill Rehm of Albuquerque filed the "Marijuana Tax Act" bill Thursday. He's proposing a $25 tax for each ounce of marijuana distributed. That tax...

Three of Trump's cabinet picks are god-awful as far as ending the war on marijuana is concerned, but two other potential presidential appointments are – like Mark Twain's description of Wagner's music – better than they sound. The god-awfuls include Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions as Attorney...

Medical marijuana bills are popping up all over the place, a federal bill to protect medical marijuana businesses from asset forfeiture has been filed, and more. National Last Thursday, a federal bill to protect medical marijuana businesses from asset forfeiture was filed. Rep. Earl...

Kansas City, Missouri — Marijuana has been much-discussed of late in the State of Missouri, but there's still no assurances that the talk will lead to legislative action. Beginning in 2017, changes in the state's criminal laws took effect that eliminate the possibility of jail time on a first...

A bill has been introduced in the state Legislature that would allow marijuana users to grow their own supply at home. Washington is the only state that allows for retail, recreational marijuana but doesn't also permit cannabis to be grown at home unless by registered medical patients. The...

Augusta, Maine – Leaders of the Maine Legislature have agreed to hold a vote in the coming days on a proposed one-year moratorium on the new marijuana law. That law is scheduled to take effect Jan. 30, after which people will be allowed to possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana. Legislators say...

The initiative to legalize small amounts of marijuana (Proposition 205) failed in November, which would seem to indicate that a majority of Arizona voters do not want to legalize pot. Politicians - like most legislators and Gov. Doug Ducey, who opposed the initiative - are supposed to accept...

Bessemer - The Bessemer Planning Commission met on Wednesday evening to discuss the Medical Marijuana Licensing Act and Bessemer's acceptance or rejection of support for additional marijuana-based businesses. At the prior meeting of the planning commission on Dec. 7, the commission requested...

They are back. The team that has been working to legalize marijuana is back pushing for legalization in Rhode Island and empowered after Massachusetts' voters passed a legalization ballot question in the 2016 election. Right after the adoption of legalization in the Commonwealth, Governor...

Atlanta - A Georgia representative says he plans to file new medical marijuana legislation at the Georgia state capitol on Thursday. Rep. Allen Peake of Macon said he is planning on filing two bills. One would expand the number of allowed medical conditions, giving a greater number of patients...

A House committee recommended bills Wednesday that would delay implementation of the state's newly approved medical-marijuana constitutional amendment and would keep records related to the drug confidential but not subject to a federal privacy law. The action came a day after a member of the...

On a 3-2 vote, Mesquite's City Council repealed a portion of its municipal code requiring a voter referendum on allowing recreational marijuana growth, sale, and distribution within city limits at its meeting Tuesday, Jan. 10. Councilman George Rapson labeled the referendum, passed in 2014...

A year ago, state Rep. Allen Peake ran into gubernatorial and law enforcement buzzsaws when he pushed a bill to allow growing and distributing medical marijuana in Georgia. But he's back this year with a proposal that he hopes will negate the opposition from the governor's office and law...

South Carolina lawmakers are gearing up for another fight over a bill that would allow the legal use of medical marijuana in the Palmetto State. A half-dozen lawmakers on Tuesday made their first order of business on the session's opening day the unveiling of the S.C. Compassionate Care Act...

Columbia – Charleston residents Jill Swing and her 9-year-old daughter, Mary Louise, spent a month in Maine last summer. But the trip was not a summer vacation. During that time, Mary Louise received treatment to control seizures caused by cerebral palsy and epilepsy. They are among the...

Several bills filed by Texas lawmakers would decriminalize marijuana in the state, or at least allow it for medical reasons. The 2017 session begins Tuesday. "I believe Texas is at a tipping point where we're seeing the rest of the country having a sensible marijuana policy," said Shaun...

The amount of medical cannabis that licensed producers in New Mexico are allowed to grow would more than double under a bill filed in the state Senate, and patients in the state program would be permitted to possess more marijuana. "The bill will help guarantee that there is an adequate supply...

Concord, N.H. — New Hampshire will have several opportunities to expand its medical marijuana program, as six bills are currently active in the Live Free or Die State this year. If passed, these measures would further nullify the federal prohibition on cannabis in practice. Rep. Eric Schleien...

Kansas City, Mo. - Voters in Missouri will have the opportunity to put a marijuana legalization question on a future ballot. The potential question would be for both medical and recreational use. Secretary of State Jason Kander approved the petition, and now supporters need to gather...

It's been about five months since Flagler County leaders last discussed the prospect of a proposed countywide adult civil citation ordinance that could give law enforcement the discretion to cite rather than arrest people caught with small amounts of marijuana. Officials were expecting the...