They say things are bigger in Texas and, according to new survey data just released by Public Policy Polling, that includes support for marijuana law reform. PPP’s...
Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown last week signed legislation, Senate Bill 566: the California Industrial Hemp Farming Act, into law. The measure reclassifies varieties of cannabis containing minute...
A California dispensary regulation bill dies, the dark ages return to San Diego, Massachusetts towns enact moratoria, New Jersey gives a loan to a dispensary, and more....
Thursday, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley appointed the eleven members of the state’s Medical Marijuana Commission. The commission will oversee the implementation of Maryland’s new medical marijuana law.
Recently, with little fanfare, Gov. John Kitzhaber signed House Bill 3460 into law, creating a regulated supply system for medical marijuana. Finally, patients will have legal and...
One of, if not the, highest profile election this year is the Virginia gubernatorial race. Things are beginning to heat up as we enter the final two-month...
A bill that would allow some drug possession cases to be charged as misdemeanors instead of felonies passed the state Assembly Wednesday. The bill has already passed...
North Carolina’s Republican Gov. Pat McCrory last month vetoed a welfare drug testing bill championed by his own party in the legislature, saying it was “a recipe for government...
While the general election for governor is still a little over a year away, things are heating up in Pennsylvania as Democrats vie for their party’s nomination...
More than two years after signing a medical marijuana bill into law, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell (D) signaled Thursday that he is ready to move forward with...
Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber today signed legislation, House Bill 3460, into law establishing regulations for the creation of state-licensed medical cannabis facilities. The law tasks the Oregon Health Authority with...
Illinois became the latest state to allow for the medical use of marijuana Thursday, when Gov. Pat Quinn (D) signed into law House Bill 1, the Compassionate Use...
John Hanger, one of the candidates running for Pennsylvania governor next year, promotes a three-step cannabis reform platform. First, he wants medical marijuana available to patients that need...
On Monday, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber signed into law two bills that make sensible changes to Oregon’s marijuana laws. These new laws, which took effect immediately, reduce...
Advocates applaud Illinois legislature on HB1, but pledge to pursue follow-up bill to improve the law The Illinois Senate voted 35-21 today to pass HB1, the “Compassionate...
On Friday, April 5th, Governor Steve Beshear of Kentucky stated that he will let Kentucky’s industrial hemp measure become law without his signature. Gov. Beshear had expressed...
Michigan employers will not have to reimburse employees for medical marijuana expenses for work-related injuries under a local lawmaker’s bill that Governor Snyder has signed into law.
During a press conference today, the governor-elect for the state of Washington, Jay Inslee, defended his state’s recently approved marijuana legalization initiative. He stated that he believes...
03:06pm Washington state Governor Christine Gregoire (D) met Tuesday with Deputy Attorney General James Cole to discuss her state’s passage last week of an initiative that...
More than two weeks ago, with less fanfare than it deserved, the California Medical Association (CMA) voted to urge Governor Brown to petition the federal government to reclassify...
