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The state of Michigan has experienced some back and forth with their medical marijuana program and it's business licenses. After the state legalized it's medical marijuana program back in 2016 many medical cannabis businesses decided to get a jumpstart on the program and open for business instead of waiting on regulators to finalize rules and award licens...

Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey just announced some big changes coming to his state's medical marijuana program that will help patients have better access to the medication they need. Ontop of home deliveries and adding new qualifying conditions, the amount of cannabis that can be possessed at one time is raising significantly and will be unlimited for those in...

Iowa is one step closer to implementing it's new medical marijuana program as the state's dispensary licenses have been awarded. Officials intend on spacing the 5 dispensaries as evenly around the state as possible with cities currenly picked as: Council Bluffs, Sioux City, Davenpoty, Waterloo, and Des Moines. Combustible cannabis will remain prohibited for me...

Louisiana lawmakers will have their chance this week to add autism to the list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana patients. A strong activist group, Louisiana Mothers Advocating for Medical Marijuana for Autism (LA MAMMA) have will be making their case why they believe their children with autism deserve to try medical cannabis. Some cases of autism can inc...

A new study published in Neuropsychopharmacology has shown that medical cannabis can be used as an effective treatment against addictive drugs like alcohol and cocaine. The study was conducted on mice that were introduced to alcohol and cocaine until they were addicted to the drugs. Once they reached the point that they chose to take the drugs when put under stressful...

Maryland's medical marijuana program is young but it is thriving. After only 3 months of operation there are now over 30 medical cannabis dispensaries located allover the state. With 102 total dispensaries approved by the state there is still a lot more room to grow. One dispensary owner of a new shop in Maryland is taking it upon himself to bring an old fashioned...

Earlier this year Attorney General Jeff Sessions rolled back an amendment that prevented the government from using federal funds to prosecute marijuana businesses which has left some in the industry uneasy about the future. This week Congress renewed the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment again within the federal budget which means that medical marijuana businesses will...

A city in Georgia has decided it's time to take a step forward from the war on drugs and stop locking people up for possessing a small amount of cannabis. Currently in South Fulton, GA you can face 6 months in prison with a $1000 fine for being caught with less than 1 ounce of cannabis, but that small mistake causes damage far beyond that 6 month period. With a co...

Arkansas will see a delay of an unknown amount of time on beginning it's medical marijuana program as a judge has decided there was a conflict of interest in choosing licenses for cultivation facilities. Judge Griffen has put a restraining order on the state halting their ability to award the 5 licenses. Judge Griffen says he was not happy to delay a long overdue ...

Arizona's medical marijuana program currently allows patients access to the program if they have conditions such as cancer, glaucoma, HIV, hepatitis C, Crohn's disease, severe nausea, chronic pain, PTSD, and if this new bill gets signed into law the list will also include opioid use disorder. A bill that originally was written to stop edible cannabis packaging...

An important milestone in Ohio's medical marijuana program has come as doctors are now able to apply for certification to prescribe medical cannabis to patients. The Medical Board of Ohio is expected to approve the first round of applicants in the second week of April. Patients with qualifying conditions will be able to seek a recommendation for medical canna...

The Oklahoma Senate voted on a bill this week that would limit the list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana patients if the upcoming June ballot question gains enough votes to legalize cannabis. The bill did not pass at it's first vote but was passed after being reconsidered on a second vote. With concerns that too many people will be able to ...