medical cannabis

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a Senate-passed spending bill that includes provisions to ban most consumable hemp products, sending it to President Donald Trump’s desk. Following a historic, weeks-long government shutdown, the Senate approved the appropriations legislation on Monday to fund critical agencies. Tucked inside the measure is a controversial section to re-criminalize…

As the House prepares to vote on a Senate-passed spending bill with provisions to ban consumable hemp products, one GOP representative’s final push to strike the prohibition language has failed. At the same time, a Democratic senator says Congress should take the one-year before its implementation to develop a regulatory framework to preserve legal access…

“I don’t see how this is good at all, for anyone. This is opening up the floodgates for misconduct.” By Sophie Nieto-Muñoz, New Jersey Monitor New Jersey’s cannabis industry would see a host of changes under a new bill from Senate President Nicholas Scutari (D). The measure would allow some medical marijuana dispensaries to sell recreational…

As we celebrate the vital contributions of America’s veterans, we must not forget that many of them are still being denied access to a critically important therapeutic tool: medical cannabis. That’s right, VA doctors remain forbidden from recommending medical cannabis to veterans – even in jurisdictions where it is state-legal and regulated. For many years,…

Even as Congress is taking steps to reinstitute a federal ban on hemp products containing THC, Texas officials are distributing a new hemp law “checklist” list to help businesses comply with recently enacted state cannabis rules—including age-gating to prevent the sale of intoxicating cannabinoid products to youth. In addition to holding a license or registration…

By Mike Davis on behalf of the Veterans Action Council (VAC) Across generations, U.S. military Veterans have stood on the front lines of both war and reform. From the battlefields abroad to the policy trenches at home, they’ve been instrumental in shaping the entire cannabis movement, transforming stigma into science and sacrifice into social change.…

As the Senate held an historic first standalone roll call floor vote on the issue of cannabis on Monday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) drew some attention as one of just two Republicans who joined about two dozen Democrats in a failed attempt to keep alive a spending bill amendment to prevent a ban on hemp…

Advocates are sharply criticizing congressional leaders for advancing a spending bill ahead of Veterans Day on Tuesday that omits bipartisan provisions allowing U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) doctors to recommend medical cannabis to patients in states where it’s legal—even though the policy was approved by the full Senate and House of Representatives earlier this…

With Virginia Democrats widening their House majority and voters electing a pro-legalization governor during last week’s election, one senator from the party says he’s “very optimistic” about the prospect of advancing legislation to create an adult-use marijuana market in the coming session. In an interview with 13 News Now that aired on Friday, Sen. Aaron Rouse…