Kansas Continues To Push For Legal Cannabis After The House Committee Passes A Reform Bill
State lawmakers in Kansas are considering a bill that would legalize medical marijuana under strictly limited conditions. Kansas is one of only 14 states without a comprehensive medical marijuana program, currently allowing patients with a recommendation from a physician to only use CBD oil with a maximum of 5%... Read more
Veterans push Kansas for medical marijuana to treat chronic pain, PTSD from active duty
George Hanna has undergone 21 orthopedic surgeries since he left the U.S. Navy in 1990. They began when he severely injured his knee in a training accident at the Navy submarine base in Groton, Connecticut and then following a motorcycle accident after he left the service. In the years... Read more
Medical Marijuana for Kansas Proposed with Tight Rules in Hopes of Winning Legalization
Kiley Klug, flanked by her 13-year-old son, Owen, in a wheelchair, stood before Kansas lawmakers Wednesday and pleaded to let her treat her son’s hundreds of daily seizures with legal medicinal marijuana. At one point, she paused to tend to one of the boy’s seizures before resuming her testimony.... Read more
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Kansas receives USDA nod, will take 2020 applications until June 1
Kansas has won federal approval to oversee hemp production in 2020, saying farmers have until June 1 to submit applications for growing hemp this year. The state submitted a plan several months ago, and then resubmitted it in April to make suggested changes. Kansas’ updated regulations charge hemp farmers... Read more
Written by John Hanna TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators aren’t ready to declare that marijuana possession never should be a felony, rejecting proposals Monday to lower penalties for third-time offenders and to release others from prison. The House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee voted 7-4 against a bill that would... Read more
It’s no plan for legalization, but it’s something; as of July 1, qualified patients will be able to use low THC cannabis oil in Kansas. Claire and Lola’s Law a.k.a. House Bill 2244 does not allow for legal sale or production of the oil, but individuals and families who... Read more
Kansas governor expands hemp production
Kansas is taking steps toward allowing more farmers to grow hemp for commercial use under a measure Gov. Laura Kelly signed into law Monday. The law takes effect later this month and replaces a state program for researching hemp with a program that allows commercial production. Lawmakers authorized the... Read more
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