by Steve Elliott | Jun 26, 2017 | Legislation, Medical, News
Utah Patients Coalition on Monday launched its 2018 ballot initiative campaign to establish a medical cannabis program for patients in Utah. The proposed ballot initiative would allow patients to legally and safely access medical cannabis with the recommendation of...
by Steve Elliott | Jun 22, 2017 | Legalization, Legislation, News
A new Survey USA poll commissioned by Marijuana Majority finds the strongest support yet for letting states legalize cannabis without federal interference from the Trump Administration. In the survey of 1,500 American adults, three out of four (76 percent) say that...
by Steve Elliott | Jun 21, 2017 | Legalization, Legislation, News
Another bill that would make marijuana legal for adults in Vermont was approved by the state Senate on Wednesday, the first day of a two-day veto session. H. 511 reflects a compromise between legislative leaders and Gov. Phil Scott, who vetoed a similar bill, S. 22,...
by Steve Elliott | Jun 20, 2017 | Legislation, Medical, News
New York Poised to Become 27th State to Provide PTSD Patients With Access to Medical Marijuana The bipartisan proposal is headed to the governor’s desk after passing 50-13 in the Senate on Tuesday; it received overwhelming approval in the Assembly last month A...
by Steve Elliott | Jun 19, 2017 | Legalization, Legislation, News
It’s the old bait and switch scheme. The latest version of a recreational marijuana legalization bill — changing what was approved by voters last year — is making some cannabis supporters in Massachusetts very unhappy. After the people of...
by Steve Elliott | Jun 14, 2017 | Legislation, Medical, News
Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect the States (CARERS) Act Introduced with Senators Booker, Lee, Paul, Murkowski, Gillibrand, and Franken Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Senator Rand Paul...
by Steve Elliott | Jun 14, 2017 | Business, Global, News
The American marijuana business has been put on notice: Mexico and Canada are coming for you. Former Mexican President Vicente Fox on Tuesday told cannabis industry leaders at a business conference in Oakland that our neighbors to the north and south intend to take...
by Steve Elliott | Jun 13, 2017 | News, Weird Shit
The hints, at first, came subtly and seldom. But as the Trump Administration’s hostile stance to cannabis comes into clearer focus, hints have turned to threats. And those threats of a crackdown are starting to sound like promises. Deputy Attorney General Rod...
by Steve Elliott | Jun 12, 2017 | News, Weird Shit
Pot-hating U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has asked Congress to let him go after medical marijuana states. Sessions asked Congressional leaders not to renew a current federal law that prevents the Justice Department from spending money to interfere with state...
by Steve Elliott | Jun 12, 2017 | Legalization, Legislation, News
Legislators Reintroduce Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act with Racial Justice and Small Business Amendments Advocates Launch Statewide Campaign to Tax and Regulate Marijuana A coalition of community advocates led by the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) on...
