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A Florida bill to significantly reduce the fee for military veterans to obtain medical marijuana registry identification cards has cleared another legislative committee. The House Health & Human Services Committee approved the measure from Reps. Susan Valdés (R) and Michelle Salzman (R) in a 22-0 vote on Tuesday. This comes after the legislation cleared two…

The Oregon House of Representatives has approved a bill that would allow patients with debilitating medical conditions to access medical marijuana in certain health facilities such as hospices. The legislation from Rep. Farrah Chaichi (D) cleared the chamber in a 39-3 vote on Friday, sending it to the Senate for consideration. That chamber’s Health Care…

Federal appropriations language prohibiting the Justice Department from interfering in jurisdictions with state-authorized medical cannabis access does not include language protecting Nebraskans, despite voters’ 2024 decision legalizing it. The federal appropriations rider, versions of which have been approved by Congress annually since 2014, omits any reference to Nebraska. The amendment forbids the Department of Justice…

Support for legalizing the use of psychedelics might relatively low today, according to a new survey from the RAND Corporation, but public opinion on the issue seems be closely following in the footsteps of the marijuana reform movement before the first states started enacting cannabis legalization. As more states and localities, as well as Congress,…