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Hoping to avoid felony charges of drug trafficking, state Rep. Allen Peake is shepherding cannabis oil to hundreds of medical marijuana patients. Read Full Article at: Cannabist Georgia rep. helps get CBD oil to patients, skirting limits of laws he's been...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday ordered a study of the state’s developing medical marijuana industry to ensure opportunities for minority participation. Read Full Article at: Cannabist Maryland governor orders disparity study of minority participation in medical...

Via The Associated Press. The following editorial was published in the The Gainesville Sun, April 23, 2017: State constitutional amendments aren't suggestions. When at least 60 percent of voters feel strongly enough about an issue that they approve putting it into the...

A bill to add PTSD to the list of Colorado's medical marijuana qualifying conditions is headed to the governor's desk. Read Full Article at: Cannabist Colorado bill adding PTSD to medical marijuana list heads to gov's desk

Montana lawmakers moved forward a bill that regulates medical marijuana, including licenses, fees and distribution regulations. Read Full Article at: Cannabist After years of restrictions, revised Montana medical marijuana regulations underway

The Indiana Legislature has approved a bill that would allow people with certain types of epilepsy to use CBD oil as medicine.

Supporters of a pair of ballot measures that would legalize medical and recreational marijuana in South Dakota launched their push Saturday to get on the 2018 ballot. Read Full Article at: Cannabist South Dakota marijuana legalization activists start collecting...

A marijuana legalization plan resurfaced and passed the state Senate on Friday, though it's highly unlikely the House will follow suit this year. Read Full Article at: Cannabist Vermont Senate approves cannabis legalization measure, but House a long shot

A Colorado bill seeking to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the state's list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana has advanced to a House vote. Read Full Article at: Cannabist Colorado PTSD marijuana bill advances to House vote, gains amendments focused...

With Republican Gov. Chris Sununu on board, advocates for New Hampshire marijuana decriminalization hope this is the year lawmakers lessen possession penalties.

North Dakota has set the rules for medical marijuana. Here's a look at who will be eligible, where it will be available and more. Read Full Article at: Cannabist How will North Dakota medical marijuana work, now that rules are set?

A new proposal by Iowa Senate Appropriations committee would allow use of CBD oil to treat 18 medical conditions, but still bans smoking marijuana. Read Full Article at: Cannabist Iowa Senate committee proposes expanding CBD oil conditions list

The North Dakota Legislature approved a set of rules to govern the use of medical marijuana in the state, reaching compromise on smoking and growing. Read Full Article at: Cannabist "We're about 80 percent happy:" North Dakota medical marijuana...

Advocates who want to diversify and expand Maryland's medical marijuana industry are calling on the General Assembly to hold a one-day special session. Read Full Article at: Cannabist Maryland legislative leaders in stand-off over special session on medical marijuana

Medical marijuana supporters are emboldened to try again after losses, given an overwhelming vote in North Dakota to make cannabis available to patients. Read Full Article at: Cannabist South Dakota medical marijuana supporters find hope in North Dakota's vote

On Monday, Oregon legislators sent Senate Bill 863 to Gov. Kate Brown’s desk, with a strong message – “being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist.” The bipartisan...

The West Virginia legislature has approved a bill to make medical marijuana legal in the State and it’s now on Gov. Jim Justice’s desk to be signed into law. Senate Bill 386, known as the West Virginia Medical Cannabis Act, was introduced by Sen. Richard...

The latest marijuana-centric bill before Congress would place cannabis as a Schedule III substance, a classification shared by Tylenol with codeine.