“It moves us closer to the day patients can speak openly with their doctors and families like mine can finally see the relief our loved ones have waited so long for.” By Juan Salinas II, Nebraska Examiner The Nebraska Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee advanced a bill onto the floor that explicitly protects physicians…
Nebraska Lawmakers Vote To Protect Doctors Who Recommend Medical Marijuana Read More »
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Virginia lawmakers have advanced a bill to legalize marijuana sales along another step in the bicameral legislative process, with a House committee approving a substitute version of a Senate-passed reform measure. The House General Laws Committee on Tuesday took up the legislation from Sen. Lashrecse Aird (D) and replaced its contents with the text of…
Virginia House Lawmakers Amend Senate-Passed Marijuana Sales Bill, Setting Stage Read More »
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…
Florida Lawmakers Vote To Slash Medical Marijuana Fees For Military Read More »
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…
Oregon House Passes Bill To Allow Medical Marijuana Access For Read More »
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…
Nebraska Omitted From Federal Protections for Medical Marijuana States Read More »
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,…
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“America does not have a marijuana crisis. It has a knowledge deficit, a training deficit and a regulatory deficit layered on top of decades of stigma.” By Jill Simonian and Codi Peterson, Pharmacists’ Cannabis Coalition of California The New York Times editorial board recently warned that America now faces a “marijuana problem,” suggesting that legalization…
America Doesn’t Have A ‘Marijuana Problem,’ As NYT Claims—It Has Read More »
As Virginia lawmakers push ahead with an effort to legalize marijuana sales in the commonwealth, certain GOP members are finding themselves ideologically aligned with their Democratic colleagues, breaking with the majority of their caucus in support of creating a regulated marketplace for adults to purchase cannabis. In a series of recent interviews, Republican legislators explained…
Virginia Republican Lawmakers Explain Why They Voted To Legalize Marijuana Read More »
FL legalization signatures zeroed out; MD & HI psychedelics votes; CT medical marijuana in hospitals bill; Study: Cannabis munchies are real Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… Your…
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