Tagged With: cannabis
Virginia: Virginia Moves to Re-Approve Cannabis Oil Bill
Senator David Marsden has introduced a bill to re-approve a previously passed act that will regulate the instate production of cannabis oil for the treatment of intractable epilepsy. SB 1027 ensures that patients suffering from the debilitating condition will not have to break federal law to import cannabis oil from out of state. The bill … Continue reading
Connecticut: Senate President Pro Tem Introduces Measure To Regulate Cannabis Possession and Commerce
Senate legislation has been prefiled for the 2017 legislative session to regulate the personal use and retail sale of marijuana by adults. Proposed bill 339 seeks to establish regulations regarding the licensed production and sale of cannabis. Additional legislation specific to regulating the adult use of marijuana is also expected to be introduced soon in … Continue reading
VP-Elect Pence: Where will the new administration take cannabis policy?
After the 2016 Presidential campaign dust has settled, Michigan NORML had a distrubing thought: with their states electoral votes as well as the White House going to Donald Trump and Governor Mike Pence, what will happen to the good people in Michigan who are being helped by the state’s medical marijuana program? Futhermore, how will … Continue reading
Massachusetts: Over a Century Of Cannabis Criminalization Comes to an End
Massachusetts today became the sixth US state to enact legislation eliminating criminal penalties specific to the adult possession and personal use of cannabis. The law change ends over a century-long policy of criminal cannabis prohibition in the Bay State. Massachusetts was the first state in the nation to criminalize the use of marijuana — a … Continue reading
Michigan: Governor Signs Measures Regulating Medical Cannabis Dispensing
Governor Rick Snyder has signed a package of legislation — HB 4209, HB 4210, HB 4827, SB 141, and SB 1014 — into law regulating the retail sale of medical cannabis and cannabis-infused products. The measures are ordered to take immediate effect. The measures seek to clarify and expand various aspects of the state’s medical cannabis law. … Continue reading
Study: Medical Cannabis Use Associated With Improved Cognitive Performance, Reduced Use Of Opioids
Medical cannabis administration is associated with improved cognitive performance and lower levels of prescription drug use, according to longitudinal data published online in the journal Frontiers in Pharmacology. Investigators from Harvard Medical School, Tufts University, and McLean Hospital evaluated the use of medicinal cannabis on patients’ cognitive performance over a three-month period. Participants in the … Continue reading
Maine: Lawmakers Remove Unscientific Per Se Standards For Cannabis
Previously, lawmakers were debating legislation, LD 1320, to impose ‘per se’ criminal penalties to individuals who drive with trace levels (5ng/ml or higher) of THC in their blood — regardless of whether he/she is behaviorally impaired. Fortunately, members of the Transportation Committee amended the bill to remove provisions that make operation of a motor vehicle … Continue reading
Alabama: Lawmakers Adjourn Without Finalizing Unscientific Per Se Standards For Cannabis
State lawmakers adjourned without moving SB 162, which sought to impose ‘per se’ criminal penalties to individuals who drive with trace levels (5ng/ml or higher) of THC in their blood — regardless of whether he/she is behaviorally impaired. Although Senate lawmakers approved the measure, House members failed to pass the legislation prior to the adjournment … Continue reading
Cannalytics Survey: Cannabis Consumers Most Likely To Identify As Independent Voters
Americans who use cannabis or hold favorable views toward the plant tend to identify themselves politically as Independent rather than as a Democrat or a Republican, according to the results of a Cannalytics consumer research survey published today. Among respondents, 46 percent defined themselves as Independent. Of this group, over 90 percent consider marijuana policy … Continue reading
