Ohio’s new law on medical marijuana prohibits private laboratories from testing medical marijuana’s properties for one year. No other state tests medical marijuana like this, because university officials are way of losing federal money. Source: Testing could stall access to medical marijuana in Ohio
(AP) – The Arkansas House has voted against House Bill 1392 to ban marijuana edibles in the state. Local Representatives were split on the issue. Nelda Speaks, Scott Baltz, John Payton and David Branscum voted for the Source: Proposed ban on marijuana edibles fails in Arkansas House | KTLO LLC
Four months after Florida passed Amendment 2, which passed with 71 percent of the vote in November legislators discuss implementation and review marijuana rules and processes. The Florida senate is exploring multiple versions of medical marijuana legislation. “What began as a decisive instruction from voters that patients who need medical marijuana should have access to it is […]
A legislative hearing on marijuana legalization in Connecticut began Wednesday, Marh 22, 2017 with sharp disagreement over the risks of recreational pot. In this hearing, the Connecticut Judiciary Committee heard recreational marijuana opinions. The hearing comes while Connecticut is facing a $1.7 billion budget gap for the fiscal year that begins July 1. A laundry list […]
San Diego police have a new way to confirm the presence of marijuana and other drugs in impaired drivers — a mouth-swab device that is already being used by police departments in more than a dozen states and is expected to become more popular with the legalization of marijuana. Source: San Diego rolls out mouth-swab […]
Ohio entrepreneurs want a residency requirement for medical marijuana cultivator licenses. Source: Ohio medical marijuana entrepreneurs want residency requirement for business licenses | cleveland.com
Hearings on Massachusetts’ recreational marijuana begin in the Statehouse in Boston today, where lawmakers will mull potential changes to the voter-approved legislation legalizing marijuana use among adults and paving the way for commercial sale of the drug. Source: Recreational marijuana takes center stage in Massachusetts Statehouse hearings Monday | masslive.com
Nevada lawmakers are trying to address everything from marijuana users’ gun rights to the danger that edible marijuana products pose to children. Source: 6 marijuana bills in Nevada that could change guns rights, edibles, pot research
A state-run survey of 37,000 middle and high school students in Washington state finds that marijuana legalization there has had no effect on youngsters’ propensity to use the drug. Source: A big thing marijuana opponents warned you about is definitely not happening – The Washington Post
