The Detroit News reports that new figures released this week by the city reveal that only two prospective Medical Marijuana Caregiver Centers out of more than 260 applicants have been approved to operate. The new rules allow Detroit to shut down marijuana shops failing to seek compliance under the ordinance or dispensing medical marijuana in unapproved […]
Chronic pain sufferers will now be able to get medical marijuana prescribed to them in New York. Source: Medical marijuana for chronic pain starts next week After announcing in December it planned to add chronic pain to its list of eligible conditions, the state Health Department on Thursday said medical marijuana for the ailment will be available […]
“Lawmakers appear to have reached a compromise Thursday that would expand Georgia’s medical marijuana law. The agreement over Senate Bill 16would add six illnesses and conditions eligible for treatment with medical marijuana in Georgia to include Alzheimer’s disease, AIDS, autism, epidermolysis bullosa, peripheral neuropathy and Tourette’s syndrome. It would additionally allow use for patients in hospice care, […]
Across Pennsylvania would-be medical marijuana companies are out pounding the pavement, trying to lock down locations and approvals in the hopes that they may be granted one of the state’s few coveted operating permits. Businesses seek to stake claims in Pa. medical marijuana gold rush Source: Businesses seek to stake claims in Pa. medical marijuana […]
Massachusetts’ existing medical marijuana law does not provide explicit anti-discrimination protections for a medical marijuana user at work, although a pending court case may change that. Source: Bills would protect Massachusetts medical marijuana patients from losing job over drug test | masslive.com
Four months after a majority of San Diego County voters supported a statewide proposition to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana , the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday passed a ban on cannabis shops and farms in unincorporated areas. Source: County bans new marijuana operations, phases out others – The San Diego Union-Tribune
Revised rules for the Ohio medical marijuana program expected to debut next year won’t allow home delivery, home-growing or smoking of marijuana but would permit more dispensaries than originally outlined. Source: Revised Ohio rules would allow more medical marijuana shops
New Hampshire is the only state left in the New England area to not have marijuana decriminalization laws on the books already, but a bill that was introduced – and just approved by the House – would make the current criminal misdemeanor a civil violation in the future. The New Hampshire house approves multiple marijuana-related […]
(AP) — Connecticut’s continuing fiscal woes, coupled with a new law that fully takes effect next year in neighboring Massachusetts, have prompted state lawmakers to take their most serious look yet at possibly legalizing the recreational use of marijuana for adults. Several bills with bipartisan support that sanction the retail sale and cultivation of pot […]
Oakland ramped up its counterattack to the U.S. war on drugs on Tuesday, expanding a one-of-a-kind program to help people jailed for marijuana crimes enter the booming cannabis industry. Source: Ground-breaking cannabis policy: Marijuana permits set aside for those previously convicted of pot crimes – The Cannifornian
