medical cannabis

Members of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted down a pair of bills today that sought to gut the state’s voter-initiated medical cannabis access program. Specifically, Senate Bill 181 sought to close down the program, while Senate Bill 194 sought to restrict the types of cannabis products available to patients. Over 18,000 South…

A bill to allow terminally ill patients in Washington State to use medical cannabis in healthcare facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes and hospices was approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Shelley Kloba (D), cleared the chamber in a vote of 89-6 and now heads to the Senate…

Bipartisan Wisconsin lawmakers will soon be introducing a bill to decriminalize marijuana possession for first-time offenses. Reps. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (D) and Shae Sortwell (R) are in the process of circulating the draft legislation to build support among colleagues. The text of the proposal hasn’t been formally filed yet, but the sponsors previously teamed up on…

The Virginia Senate has approved a bill to provide legal protections for hospital workers to facilitate the use of medical marijuana for patients with terminal illnesses in their facilities, so long as cannabis is federally rescheduled. At the same time, a House subcommittee advanced a pair of proposals that share the goal of permitting medical…

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Hawaii lawmakers have advanced a bill to allow qualifying patients to access medical marijuana at health facilities. In one of the latest examples of states pursuing what’s known as “Ryan’s law”—a reference to a young medical cannabis patient in California who passed away—the Hawaii House Health Committee and Human Services & Homelessness Committee held a…