For years medical marijuana advocates have pleaded with South Carolina lawmakers to legalize cannabis for medical use. From parents of severely epileptic children to veterans and sufferers of multiple sclerosis, residents in the southern coastal state are eager to join the 36 other states that support safe access to legal [...]
Following the governor of Kentucky’s call to legalize medical marijuana at his State of the Commonwealth address, a House lawmaker introduced a bill that would do just that. “Speaking of laws that unduly restrict us from growth and innovation, it is time to legalize medical marijuana,” Gov. Andy Beshear said [...]
New York lawmakers prefiled eight medical marijuana-related bills for consideration in the upcoming legislative session. Seven of those were filed in the Assembly with the other prefiled bill introduced in the Senate. The proposed bills cover a range of issues facing qualifying medical marijuana patients in New York, including tenants’ [...]
A New Mexico judge ruled a detention center in Albuquerque cannot penalize qualifying medical marijuana patients for accessing cannabis while incarcerated. District Court Judge Lucy Solimon’s ruling concerns the case of Joe Montaño, who recently served a 90-day sentence in home confinement. During his incarceration, correctional officers found him in [...]
The mayor of Washington, D.C. signed a bill into law to decriminalize possession of drug paraphernalia, such as pipes and syringes, for personal use and encourage harm reduction interventions, such as testing samples of a controlled substance for purity. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) included the measures as part of a [...]
President Trump isn’t the only casualty from election night looking to overturn the results. In three states – Montana, Mississippi and South Dakota – that approved ballot measures to legalize marijuana, lawsuits have been filed to prevent this from happening. 68 percent of Mississippi voters said yes to legalizing medical [...]
A new interstate organization to coordinate efforts to implement marijuana reform in the US has been established, comprising the cannabis regulatory bodies of 19 states. Established legal marijuana states often help other jurisdictions to set up new legal cannabis markets, but this typically happens on an ad hoc, informal basis. [...]
Texas lawmakers pre-filed at least 13 marijuana-related bills for the next legislative session, including a few legalization proposals. Some of the measures put forward include decriminalizing small amounts of cannabis, allowing stronger THC concentrations of marijuana for medical use and a move to get a legalization question on the next [...]
South Dakota voters approved two ballot measures to legalize the recreational and medical use of marijuana. The initiative to legalize adult-use marijuana is a constitutional amendment that received 53 percent of the vote, while the medical marijuana proposal is a statutory change that garnered 69 percent of the votes cast. [...]
Mississippi voters comfortably approved a citizen-led initiative to legalize medical marijuana in the state, despite fears the two-step ballot process might confuse voters. Voters were first asked whether Mississippi should allow medical marijuana, to which 68 percent said yes. They were then asked whether they prefer the medical marijuana proposal [...]
