After years of legislative and legal delays, Mississippi’s medical marijuana industry is slowly taking shape. Since June 1, a small number of medical providers, patients and businesses have been approved as the Mississippi State Department of Health continues to process applications. For entrepreneurs such as Jared Kobs, the co-founder of Kudzu... Read more
A dozen years after the medical marijuana law was signed in New Jersey, registered patients no longer pay sales tax on their medicine, and a growing number of people live in communities where home delivery service is available. The sales tax on medical cannabis sales ended July 1, as... Read more
Switzerland is to join other European countries that have legalized cannabis for medical purposes. From August 1, patients can get medical cannabis through a medical prescription. Before the new legislation, medical cannabis patients had to request a request to the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), the Swiss federal... Read more
Morris Denton, CEO of Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation, has been leading his company and state to the promised land of wide-spread medical cannabis acceptance since the beginning of its tentative experiment with a legal industry, which started with the Texas Compassionate Use Act in 2015 and culminated with the... Read more
As of July 2022, 20 of the 50 states in the United States had legalized marijuana, with the other 30 ranging from mixed legality to full illegality, according to disa.com. States like Idaho, Wyoming and South Carolina keep weed fully illegal, with criminal charges and zero medicinal use. California, New York and... Read more
Indonesia’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a judicial review of the country’s narcotics law that would have paved the way for legalising marijuana for medicinal use. Three mothers of children with cerebral palsy backed by civil society organisations filed a judicial review of the country’s strict narcotics law in... Read more
The South Dakota Legislative Rules Committee passed new rules Tuesday that adds regulations for testing medical cannabis. The rules would also clarify tracking system requirements, and with the latest legislative changes, according to the Department of Health. Several bills related to medical cannabis were signed into law in March.... Read more
School districts in Rhode Island must develop protocols to administer medical marijuana to students with a demonstrated medical condition under a new state regulation. The change to the regulation was made last month, but school leaders contacted by The Journal were surprised that school nurses had the authority to administer medical... Read more
AUSTIN (KXAN) — As Texans increasingly signal their acceptance of marijuana legalization, the Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, a Republican, said he supports the expansion of medical marijuana access and nodded to conservative states that have legalized the drug for adults altogether. In a letter, Miller said he believes... Read more
