New Jersey workers can’t be fired for failing a drug test as a result of using medical marijuana, the state’s highest court ruled on Tuesday. In a decision that backed an appellate court’s earlier ruling, the New Jersey Supreme Court said that patients approved under the state’s medical marijuana... Read more
The effort to get a constitutional amendment legalizing recreational marijuana for adults on Ohio’s ballot this year hit a snag on Tuesday, with the state’s Republican attorney general rejecting the summary language proposed by the group backing the measure. Dave Yost, who became AG last year, wrote to advocates... Read more
A bill passed this week by members of Missouri’s state Senate would ban candy products infused with marijuana from being sold for medicinal use. The legislation “would ban candy, lollipops, cotton candy, and fruit- and animal-shaped edibles that could appeal to children,” according to the Associated Press, while requiring... Read more
Leaders of the Eastern Shoshone Native American tribe in Wyoming will consider the legalization of medical marijuana in a vote that could take place as soon as this weekend, according to media reports. The Eastern Shoshone share the Wind River Reservation in central Wyoming with another tribe, the Northern... Read more
Mississippi voters may have not one, but two medical marijuana proposals to decide on come November. Members of the state’s House of Representatives passed a resolution on Tuesday to place another measure on this year’s ballot as an alternative to Initiative 65, which qualified for the ballot in January.... Read more
En el 2013, el Instituto Nacional de Abuso de Drogas emitió una declaración negando que la marihuana es menos tóxica que el alcohol, lo que provocó gritos de consternación entre los fumadores de marihuana en todo el país. Es por eso que decidimos crear una lista de algunas de... Read more
The head of Missouri’s medical marijuana program is lashing out over the growing scrutiny he’s facing from state lawmakers. Lyndall Fraker, who was tapped to lead the rollout of the nascent program that was approved by Missouri voters in 2018, has been under investigation by legislators there over the... Read more
A vote this week could bring legal medical and recreational marijuana to a South Dakota Indian reservation, a move that tribal leaders say would be an economic boon. Oglala Sioux Tribe members will vote Tuesday on the measure; they will also vote whether to permit alcohol at the tribe’s... Read more
Lawmakers in Virginia voted on Sunday to decriminalize marijuana with the passage of a bill that would make possession of small amounts of pot a civil offense. The legislation now heads to the office of Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, who is expected to give his approval. Under the measure,... Read more
Lawmakers in Tennessee’s House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would legalize the use of medicinal cannabis in the state. The measure, House Bill 637, would allow patients with one or more qualifying medical conditions to use medical marijuana and establish a regulatory framework for the production and... Read more
