Topic
671 articles
The state of New York could legalize marijuana for recreational use as early as 2015. State Sen. Liz Krueger (D) will reintroduce the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act during the next legislative session which begins in January...
According to The Philadelphia Tribune, members of the Institute for the Development of African American Youth (IDAAY), as well as other organizations, congratulated Mayor Michael Nutter for agreeing to sign a bill to decriminalize marijuana possession in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia city mayor Michael Nutter announced today that he will sign municipal legislation into law decriminalizing marijuana possession penalties.
Earlier this week, the City Council of Lewiston, Maine voted unanimously to send an initiative that would make possession of marijuana legal for adults to the voters.
As the Pennsylvania state Senate is set to reconvene on Sept. 15, a hotly contested national issue sits near the top of its agenda: medical marijuana. The bipartisan Senate Bill 1182, titled the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Act, will go up for a vote...
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) said Saturday that states should be free to legalize marijuana. "That's not a federal issue," Roberts said. "That's a state issue. If you want to get a Rocky Mountain high, go west."
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of September 3, 2014:
Dozens of families who moved to Colorado to treat their severely disabled children with a special kind of marijuana could lose access to the treatment under new proposed rules that would stop medical marijuana caregivers from serving more than 10 patients at a time.
The list of localities considering making marijuana legal or decriminalizing possession of small amounts is steadily growing, and two New Mexico cities were just added to the list last week. In Santa Fe, organizers submitted almost 11,000 signatures to allow voters to decide to remove criminal penalties for simple possession.
Illinois Democrat Governor Pat Quinn has signed legislation, HB 5085, authorizing state universities to cultivate industrial hemp for research purposes...
Santa Fe on Wednesday became the latest U.S. city to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana, with lawmakers in the New Mexico capital voting to change local statutes rather than put the issue to a public ballot in November.
Whoopi Goldberg thinks Gov. Cuomo could aim higher on medical marijuana. She applauded New York’s legalization of medical pot but complained the law signed by Cuomo in June leaves too many sufferers out in the cold.
The California Assembly Appropriations Committee held SB 1262 (Correa/Ammiano) in committee on August 15, meaning the bill will not proceed to the floor for a vote or be adopted this year. The…
California still has no centrally-run state program to license and regulate medical marijuana cultivation and facilities, even 18 years after the passage of Prop 215 and the recently failed SB 1262.
A controversial bill, Senate Bill 1262, that would have imposed statewide regulations on California's multi-billion dollar medical marijuana industry died yesterday in Sacramento.
President Juan Manuel Santos signaled his support Thursday for a bill that would allow the medical use of marijuana in Colombia, which the Colombian Congress will debate in September.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of August 13, 2014:
If yesterday's elections in Hazel Park and Oak Park are any indication, voters in cities and towns across Michigan will be standing up for sensible marijuana policies in November. Voters in both communities voted to make it legal ...
