CLEVELAND, Ohio – City Council voted Monday to roll back a moratorium on the cultivation of marijuana for medical purposes, a step viewed as necessary to avoid shutting Cleveland out of a potentially lucrative source of taxes.

According to Cleveland.com. Meanwhile, a Cincinnati suburb banned marijuana businesses explaining allowing the production and distribution would send mixed messages on their efforts to address the opiate crisis.

Fairfield City Council has recently unanimously voted to ban all aspects of Ohio’s medical marijuana legislation, except for testing (the legislation does not allow us to ban this aspect).

We felt it would be an inconsistent message to our youth and the general public to preach avoidance of marijuana, and then allow it into Fairfield in any form.

Read the full story from Source: Allowing marijuana in any form would not be in Fairfield’s best interest

Wyoming lawmakers will continue discussing how to penalize possessing edible forms of marijuana.

The Legislature has tried and failed for two years in a row to set specific penalties for food items containing THC, the intoxicating chemical in marijuana.

Source: Wyoming will try again with edible marijuana penalties – Washington Times

The tax will be 4 percent of gross sales from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018. After that the tax will be 2 percent.

Source: Montana preparing to collect 1st medical marijuana tax | Montana News | billingsgazette.com

In the 12 months since lawmakers passed, and Gov. John Kasich signed the legislation allowing medical marijuana in Ohio, three state agencies and a new panel have been busy finalizing the rules that will control how marijuana is grown, processed, tested and sold.

Source: Getting license to grow medicinal marijuana not easy

Iowa’s medical marijuana oil program will start in weeks, but obtaining the medicine will be difficult and manufacturers said it’s unclear if the state’s effort will be viable.

Source: Medical marijuana businesses unsure about future in Iowa – StarTribune.com

The New Hampshire House has approved a bill to remove criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Source: Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Passes In NH House

According to Hightimes: Nevada’s Plan for Early Recreational Marijuana Sales Might Be Sabotaged – Read More

Maryland’s highest court on Friday agreed to hear arguments from attorneys who represent finalists for licenses to grow medical marijuana. The attorneys say their clients should be allowed to intervene in a legal case that seeks to block a state commission from awarding any more licenses until a lawsuit is resolved.

Read the full story fro the Source: Maryland Court Grants Stay in Medical Marijuana Case | Maryland News | US News

Read the story from the Source: Expanded medical marijuana law grows Georgia program | Online Athens

Proponents say there’s huge unmet demand. Opponents say what’s not being considered is the huge number of plants growing in homes — more than 10 times the number growing in the dispensaries.

Source: R.I. marijuana dispensaries would double under legislation