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HB 350, the Cannabis Compassion Act, would allow people with debilitating medical conditions to access and use medical marijuana without fear of arrest. The Kentucky House Health...

A medical marijuana bill introduced earlier this month by Maryland House Delegate Cheryl Glenn (D-Baltimore) and co-sponsored by nearly half of the House will be heard Friday...

Last week, the Oregon Senate unanimously approved legislation to allow local governments to enact reasonable restrictions on medical marijuana dispensaries. As passed by the Senate, SB 1531 would allow municipalities to...

The Epilepsy Foundation comes out in support of medical marijuana, the feds delay a PTSD study, CBD bills are popping up, and a battle over local dispensary...

Rhode Island Governor Chafee (D) may be warming to legalizing and regulating recreational marijuana in the state, based on a recent series of comments. Chafee, through his spokeswoman Faye...

Minnesota residents and lawmakers want to legalize medical marijuana but police oppose, at least partly because they don’t want to lose funding.

Halfway through the 2014 session, Georgia’s medical marijuana bill has a problem: it doesn’t create a legal source of cannabis.

Friday, February 21, was the deadline to introduce new bills for the 2014 legislative session in California. There are three bills that will be a priority for...

A South Carolina hemp bill has cleared the Senate agricultural panel, and a bill to allow patients to use CBD-rich oils was introduced.

The Los Angeles Times reported today that a deep-pocketed marijuana reform coalition including the Drug Policy Alliance had decided not to move forward this year with an initiative to legalize the...

A bill to legalize medical marijuana in Iowa has been introduced, but may fail due to a lack of GOP support.

A bill that would have legalized marijuana in the Aloha State died in a state Senate committee Thursday, but a decriminalization bill still lives. Senate Bill 2733 was...

Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) has introduced federal legislation, House Resolution 4046, to remove legal restrictions prohibiting the Office of National Drug Control Policy from researching marijuana legalization....

Lots of action at the state house on medical marijuana this week, plus Arizona eases up on the rules and the Michigan Supreme Court hands down a...

On Thursday, February 13, the Senate Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, and Commerce and Consumer Protection will meet to hear three marijuana-related bills. Two...

Florida Senator Jeff Clemens and Representative Joe Saunders each introduced MMJ initiatives Monday.

Rep. Mary Lou Marzian introduced a medical marijuana bill, the Cannabis Compassion Act, in the Kentucky House.

Reason’s John K. Ross reports on the proposed recreational and medical marijuana laws in the 50 states for 2014.

Oregon Governor Kitzhaber has been getting a lot of press for his support of cannabis regulation. In these exciting times, we are seeing more and more support for...

State Representative Edith Ajello (D – Providence) and state Senator Josh Miller (D – Cranston) are currently reaching out to their colleagues to ask them to sign...