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It has a been a slow but sure change but after many years of backing prohibition the Republican Party of Texas has officially endorsed the decriminalization of cannabis, the descheduling and legalization of medical marijuana and the invigoration of the industrial hemp industry. Officials heard the new positions in testimonies last week and made the change final with a...

Over and over legislation has been passed around the House and Senate that would allow the VA to discuss medical marijuana with veterans and now once more it has been added to a funding bill. The funding bill was passed by the Senate this week 86-5 and will now be discussed behind closed doors with a bicameral conference committee before being sent to the President. E...

Arkansas said YES to medical marijuana back in 2016 and the state has been trying to get the program up and running but has faced some big setbacks. After business applications were in and some started to be awarded one business that didn't make the cut sued the state for an unfair licensing process which ended up with a judge halting the state's licensing pro...

Canada is making waves around the world as they become the second nation to legalize recreational cannabis for adult use. Yesterday the Cannabis Act passed it's final roadblock in the Senate by gaining approval with a 52-29 vote. Canada has had medical marijuana since back in 2001 and now adults can expect the new recreational marijuana laws to apply as early as S...

The city of New York has announced it's no longer interested in arresting people for smoking marijuana. Though statewide and federally recreational cannabis remains illegal, there is a fair amount of people who smoke in public which ends up getting people arrested and introduced into a system of crime that they otherwise would likely never deal with. A primary con...

Medical marijuana is legal in 29 states in the US and is used to treat a plethora of illnesses for Americans and others around the world, however traveling around the country or across national borders is not recommended when carrying cannabis. Although you might think that traveling between to states with legalized medical or recreational cannabis would be okay, the ...

Massachusetts' new recreational marijuana program was set to begin on July 1st but as of now it looks as though it will be a little behind. With about 1 week left the state still has yet to award any dispensaries their recreational cannabis licenses to sell, however this week the very first cultivation license was awarded to Sira Naturals. The compnay wants to beg...

Once again the slow agonizing crawl of bureaucracy has led to the pain and suffering of children and their families as they hold on for hope that their government will permit the only medication that seems to work. Earlier this year the UK government decided to halt the prescription that was keeping one 12 year old boy from enduring life-threatening seizures, and...

Next week voters in Oklahoma will have their chance to say YES to a major piece of medical marijuana legislation. If passed, State Question 788 would legalize and regulate the sale of medical marijuana for patients over the age of 18. There are currently no specific qualifying conditions for medical marijuana which means that a doctor registered with the state must de...

Lawmakers in New York have been discussing recreational legalization for awhile even though Gov. Cuomo has expressed he did not think the state was ready for it. When pressed by cannabis advocates earlier this year Cuomo decided it best to put together a commission to study the pros and cons of legalizing cannabis in New York. Well the time is almost here for the fina...

Canada's federal legalization of medical and recreational marijuana are both miles ahead of the United States' which is why it's not surprising to see major alcohol and tobacco companies from America making investments into Canada's budding industry. This week the Canadian House of Commons approved the Cannabis Act which would legalize up to 30 grams o...

The official deadline to begin Massachusett's new recreational cannabis program is set at July 1st, but the chairman of the state's Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) said this week that that date is arbitrary and not a mandate. If possible the commission hopes to have at least some dispensaries operating by the deadline but they have made it clear that they do...