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Sen. Dianne Feinstein Signs Onto Marijuana Bill After Decades Of Drug War Advocacy - Cannabis News
In Texas, both political parties now support loosening the restrictions on marijuana in their platforms. That's just the clearest sign that both public opinion and the political calculus on pot are rapidly shifting.
Federal Report On Marijuana Legalization Required Under New Bill - Cannabis News
What is the impact of marijuana legalization in states that have adopted it? That's what the proponents of a newly filed U.S. House bill are hoping to find out.
Oklahoma: Cannabis Advocates Rally At State Capitol - Cannabis News
Demonstrators took to the Capitol Sunday to protest the State Department of Health’s regulations over medical marijuana.
Cautious incumbents are using it to shore up support from progressive voters and challengers are seizing on the issue’s high popularity to knock conservatives.
Maine physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants will be able to recommend medical marijuana for any patient they think would benefit under a new law.
The opponents seeking to block voters from weighing in on a ballot measure legalizing medical marijuana withdrew their lawsuit on Monday, after asking a judge in May for an emergency ruling to stop the initiative.
The Cannabis Voter Project is a website that helps track the marijuana views of members of Congress as well as governors for every state.
The state of Oklahoma became the 30th in the nation to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes on Tuesday.
Oklahoma primary voters were weighing Tuesday whether to approve one of the least-restrictive state laws allowing medical marijuana, the nation’s first cannabis ballot question of the year.
U.S. military veterans would be allowed to receive recommendations for medical marijuana from government doctors under legislation approved by the Senate on Monday.
New York moved a significant step closer to legalizing recreational marijuana, as a study commissioned by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will recommend that the state allow adults to consume marijuana legally, the governor’s health commissioner said on Monday.
South Carolina Democrats gave medical marijuana a landslide victory Tuesday, with 82 percent declaring in an advisory vote that doctors should be allowed to prescribe the drug.
Former Ohio Republican Congressman and Speaker of the House John Boehner joined several U.S. mayors this week in telling the federal government to get out of the way of marijuana legalization.
A strange-bedfellows mix of powerful state governors and members of Congress signed on to end the decades-old war on marijuana – via the newly introduced STATES Act.
A group representing mayors of cities across the country is pushing the federal government to enact a series of major marijuana law reforms.
The Michigan Legislature on Tuesday decided to punt the issue of legalizing marijuana for recreational use to voters to decide in the November election.
With 61 percent of Americans now in support of cannabis legalization, it should come as little surprise that pot-positive candidates swept to victory in Tuesday’s Primary Election in the progressive bastion of California.
A powerful congressional panel is set to weigh four marijuana measures next week.
From decriminalization to opening up the banking industry, both sides of Congress are preparing cannabis bills – but with much different approaches.
