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Firefighters in Howard County (population: 335,000) will no longer face disciplinary action for their off-duty use of medical cannabis. County officials and representatives of the firefighters union (IAFF Local 2000) reached an agreement in December on a revised countywide substance abuse policy. The new policy takes effect on January 31. Under the revised policy, county…

A Virginia lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require health care facilities in the state to allow terminally ill patients to access medical cannabis if they have a doctor’s recommendation. The legislation, sponsored by Del. Karen Keys-Gamarra (D), would not permit patients to smoke or vape cannabis in the facilities, and their use of…

A top Republican Wisconsin lawmaker says President Donald Trump made the “wrong” choice to order the rescheduling of marijuana—which he called a “dangerous drug”—but he says the upside is that research barriers may be lifted in a way that demonstrates medical cannabis can be effectively used in a limited way as an alternative to prescription…

The attorney general of Florida and several business and anti-marijuana groups are telling the state Supreme Court to block a cannabis legalization initiative, calling it “fatally flawed” and unconstitutional as advocates work against the clock to qualify the measure for the November ballot. In a series of briefs submitted to the court on Friday, Attorney…

Bipartisan House and Senate leaders have rejected a provision that would’ve blocked the Justice Department from rescheduling marijuana—while maintaining a longstanding rider protecting state medical cannabis programs from federal interference. While a GOP-controlled House committee advanced a version of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations legislation over the summer that would’ve prevented DOJ…

New York officials have released a set of reports providing an end-of-year status update on the evolution of the state’s medical and adult-use marijuana markets—touting record sales, revenue hauls for state coffers, licensing approvals, equity initiatives and more. All told, retail cannabis sales in New York have exceeded $2.5 billion since the passage of recreational…