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Oregon: Governor Signs Measure Allowing Retail Sale of Marijuana Extracts and Edibles
Governor Kate Brown has signed legislation, Senate Bill 1511, allowing adults 21 and older to immediately become eligible to purchase marijuana extracts and marijuana infused edibles from Oregon dispensaries. In 2014, residents in Oregon voted to legalize the adult use and retail sale of herbal marijuana. Senate Bill 1511 legally permits adults to also purchase … Continue reading
Louisiana: Governor Signs Legislation Amending State’s Dormant Medical Marijuana Law, Immunizing Patients
Governor John Bel Edwards signed legislation on Thursday, May 19th amending the state’s dormant medical marijuana law. Senate Bill 271 permits physicians to ‘recommend’ rather than ‘prescribe’ medical cannabis therapy. The change allows doctors to authorize cannabis without running afoul of federal law, which prohibits the prescription of a schedule I controlled substance. The measure … Continue reading
California: Legislation To Impose Cultivation Tax On Medical Marijuana Pending
Legislation is pending in the Senate that seeks to impose new taxes on the production and purchase of medical cannabis. Senate Bill 987 imposes a special 15 percent statewide tax upon medical marijuana sales. This tax would be in addition to the imposition of existing state and local taxes. Assembly Bill 2243 imposes a new $ 9.75/ounce … Continue reading
Ohio: Governor Signs Medical Marijuana Vaporization Measure
Ohio Governor John Kasich has signed legislation into law establishing regulations for the licensed production and dispensing of medical cannabis formulations to qualified patients. House Bill 523 authorizes the use of various forms of cannabis preparations for the physician-authorized treatment of the following qualifying conditions: acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); Alzheimer’s disease; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis … Continue reading
North Carolina: Lawmakers Fail To Act On Measure To Allow Medical Marijuana For Chronic Illnesses
Lawmakers have failed to act on house legislation to permit the limited use of medical marijuana. House Bill 983 would have exempted patients engaging in the physicians-recommended use of cannabis to treat a chronic or terminal illness from criminal prosecution under state law. Qualifying patients would have needed to possess a tax stamp issued by … Continue reading
Pennsylvania: Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Introduced
Representative Ed Gainey has introduced legislation, House Bill 2076, to amend the state’s controlled substances act so that minor marijuana possession offenses are considered a non-criminal offense. States Rep. Gainey in a recent memorandum to House members: “Despite both local and nationwide progress on the issue of cannabis prohibition Pennsylvania continues to charge over 18,000 … Continue reading
Tennessee: Law Amends Felony Marijuana Penalties
Legislation signed into law amends felony marijuana possession penalties. House Bill 1478 amends third-time marijuana possession offenses from a Class E felony, punishable by up to six years in prison, to a misdemeanor offense, punishable by no more than one year in jail. The new sentencing penalties take effect on July 1, 2016. You can read … Continue reading
Arizona: Adult Use Marijuana Measure Cleared For November Ballot
Arizona voters will decide this November on a statewide ballot measure to legalize and regulate the adult use and retail sale of cannabis. The Secretary of State’s office has confirmed that initiative proponents, The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol, submitted a sufficient number of signatures from registered voters to qualify the measure for the … Continue reading
Proponents of Marijuana Club Initiative Exceed Expectations
Jordan Person, executive director of the Denver Chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) submitted roughly 8,000 signatures this week to Denver’s Election Division with the hope of qualifying the Responsible Use Initiative for this November’s ballot. Relying on the hard work and dedication of more than twenty grassroots activists, … Continue reading
Federal Court of Appeals Upholds Ban on Prosecuting State-Compliant Medical Marijuana Businesses
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, covering nine western states, earlier this week ruled unanimously that the Department of Justice is barred by federal law from prosecuting medical marijuana businesses if those businesses are operating in compliance with state law. This decision came in an appeal in which … Continue reading