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Illinois: Governor Signs Medical Cannabis Expansion Plan Into Law
Governor Bruce Rauner has signed legislation to expand and extend the state’s medical marijuana program. The legislation (Senate Bill 10) extends the state’s medical cannabis program to 2020. Legislation initiating the program was set to expire in 2018. Other changes to the program include: 1. Adding post-traumatic stress and any terminal illness as qualifying medical conditions; 2. Extending … Continue reading
Vermont: Governor Signs Medical Cannabis Expansion Law
Governor Peter Shumlin has signed legislation into law expanding the state’s medical cannabis program. Senate Bill 14 includes various patient-friendly provisions: It permits patients with glaucoma and ‘chronic pain’ and/or those in hospice care to be eligible for cannabis therapy; it eliminates the requirement that patients must have previously tried other conventional treatments “without success” prior … Continue reading
Federal: Senators Introduce Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act
Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA), Diane Feinstein (D-CA), Pat Leahy (D-VT), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) have introduced legislation, the “Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act”. The Act requires the Attorney General to make a determination as to whether cannabidiol should be reclassified under the Controlled Substances Act and would expand research on the potential medical benefits of cannabidiol … Continue reading
