Marijuana will be easier to prescribe and use for medical purposes in New York under recently finalized regulatory changes. The state Office of Cannabis Management said the new certification and registration system officially announced Monday eliminates the list of qualifying conditions — a patient can now be certified for... Read more
A group of medical marijuana providers, customers and other interested parties made recommendations to a legislative committee Monday for new rules that it says would protect consumers without causing undue harm to Maine’s medical cannabis industry. A bill approved by the Maine Legislature in 2021 overhauled the medical marijuana rulemaking... Read more
Row by row, Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs agents and Garvin County deputies cut down 2,500 marijuana plants and loaded them in a dump truck for destruction during an April 2021 raid near Pauls Valley. The grow operation had a Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority license, but had... Read more
The Mississippi House of Representatives approved an amended version of the Senate’s medical marijuana bill, lowering the amount of cannabis a person can purchase each month. The House voted 104-14 in favor of the bill after over an hour of spirited debate. The bill will head back to the Senate where the changes... Read more
For a moment, newly available medical marijuana flower was a hot commodity in Louisiana, drawing thousands of new patients and huge lines to the state’s nine authorized pharmacies. Then it was gone. Pharmacies across the state reported supply disruptions less than two weeks after flower became available at the... Read more
The Mississippi Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a bill creating a medical marijuana program which would allow people with certain conditions to use cannabis if a doctor prescribes it. Five of the 52 senators voted against the bill after three hours of debate and six proposed amendments failed. The bill heads... Read more
The latest iteration of a Medical Marijuana bill has been filed in the Mississippi State Senate. The bill number is SB 2095 and it is titled, “The Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act.” State Senator Kevin Blackwell (R), the lead negotiator in the chamber, filed the bill as expected. It has been assigned... Read more
Florida’s 2022 legislative session kicks off on Tuesday and this year lawmakers are working to pass a bipartisan medical marijuana bill. Florida doesn’t have recreational marijuana and for its medical marijuana program, people have to have a valid medical reason and need to be able to get the marijuana... Read more