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Colorado senators have advanced a bill to allow terminally ill patients to use medical marijuana in healthcare facilities such as hospitals. The Senate Health & Human Services Committee on Thursday unanimously approved the legislation from Sen. Kyle Mullica (D) in a 9-0 vote, with amendments. It’s one of the latest examples of a state legislature…
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“True stability requires comprehensive federal legislation that creates a national medical cannabis framework to recognize cannabis-based therapies as part of modern healthcare.” By Steph Sherer, Americans for Safe Access Last week, the House Appropriations Committee declared victory, announcing: “More than 95 percent of the federal government is funded through full-year FY2026 appropriations—delivering stability, certainty, and…
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VA legal marijuana sales & resentencing; VA & WA cannabis in hospitals; SD anti-marijuana bills defeated; HI legalization stalls; WI decrim 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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A pair of Hawaii House bills aimed at legalizing marijuana in the state are effectively dead for the 2026 session, key lawmakers say. Despite renewed hopes that the proposals—including one from House Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee Chairman David Tarnas (D) that would have put the issue of legalization before voters at the ballot—would advance…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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