Bill would end two-week wait for Utah election updates
The recent two-week wait to learn the winners in close elections like the Salt Lake City mayor’s race and Prop 1 may be the last one anxious candidates and voters have to endure. The Legislature’s...
View Article5 Things to Know in Florida for Nov. 19
Your daily look at news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today. MEDICAL EXAMINER: VICTIM IN FACEBOOK PHOTO SLAYING WAS COWERING ON KNEES WHEN SHOT BY HUSBAND Miami-Dade's...
View Article3 enter race for county sheriff
The race for Denton County sheriff has officially started with the filing of Republican incumbent Will Travis and his Republican challenger Tracy Murphree, a former Texas Ranger, on Friday afternoon....
View ArticleSenator Brandes Files Medical Marijuana Legislation (Florida Senate)
(Source: Florida Senate) Tallahassee, FL - Today Senator Jeff Brandes (R-St. Petersburg) filed SB 852, medical marijuana. The legislation will allow qualified patients with a range of conditions or...
View ArticleHouse Passes Reform for Regulations Covering New Medical Therapies, Bill...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) Washington-A new measure that would bring predictable timeframes to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) scheduling process so new treatments can reach patients...
View ArticleCannabis Genetics Company Launches New Brand for Line of Original Marijuana...
SEATTLE, Nov. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cannabis Seed Co., a US based company specializing in cannabis genetics, today announced the launch of their brand, Evolve Marijuana. The Cannabis Seed Co., a...
View ArticleBoth Patient and Practitioner, Dr. Kristin Seaborg Strives to End Stigma of...
MADISON, Wis., Nov. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- There are many misconceptions about the disease of epilepsy. November is Epilepsy Awareness Month, and the timely release of Dr. Kristin Seaborg's memoir,...
View ArticleMedical marijuana rules gain initial passage in Altamonte Springs
Altamonte Springs officials have given a preliminary nod to rules for future medical marijuana facilities within city limits. The commission voted unanimously Tuesday evening in favor of the new laws...
View ArticleHouse Passes Reform for Regulations Covering New Medical Therapies, Bill...
(Source: Sheldon Whitehouse) RSS Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Washington, D.C. – A new measure that would bring predictable timeframes to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) scheduling process so new...
View ArticleMedical marijuana bill advances in the Pennsylvania House
HARRISBURG -- A state House committee advanced a medical marijuana bill in a bi-partisan vote Wednesday, but passing it into law will still likely require changes. ......
View ArticleCongressman Calls For DEA Chief's Removal After He Calls Medical Marijuana A...
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) said Wednesday that acting Drug Enforcement Administration chief Chuck Rosenberg should be replaced after calling the notion of smoking marijuana for medical purposes a...
View ArticleLegal experts urge caution as tribes enter pot business
SANTA FE, N.M. – Tribes across the U.S. are finding marijuana is risky business nearly a year after a Justice Department policy indicated they could grow and sell pot under the same guidelines as...
View ArticleBlumenauer Calls for New DEA Leadership (Earl Blumenauer)
(Source: Earl Blumenauer) Washington, DC (November 18, 2015) - Following recent comments by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg, calling medical marijuana 'a...
View ArticleMarijuana use during pregnancy could pose risks: AMA
CHICAGO -- Warning: Marijuana use during pregnancy and breast-feeding poses potential harms. That message would be written on medical and recreational marijuana products and posted wherever they're...
View Article113 cards issued under limited medical pot law
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah's health department says 113 people have been issued patient cards in the first 15 months of Utah's limited medical marijuana program for those with severe epilepsy. A Utah...
View ArticleDisabled teen wins right to take medical marijuana at school, 1st in the U.S.
A New Jersey teen who suffers from autism and epilepsy won the battle to legally consume edible marijuana at her school, People reports. Genny Barbour, 16, inspired the New Jersey law that came into...
View ArticlePa. House committee approves medical marijuana bill, but mother fears 'secrecy'
The state House rules committee voted 25-8 in favor of a bill to legalize medical marijuana in Pennsylvania. The bill still requires a vote by the full House. Gov. Tom Wolf has said he will sign a...
View ArticleTerminal patients’ cannabis proposal becomes battleground for marijuana in...
Terminally ill patients could soon be allowed to use medical marijuana to ease their pain under proposals that passed House and Senate panels Tuesday. Lawmakers had intended to widen two state laws:...
View ArticleUtah panel endorses 1 of 2 pending medical marijuana bills
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A panel of Utah lawmakers has endorsed one of two medical marijuana programs the Legislature is expected to consider next year. The Health and Human Services Interim Committee...
View ArticleMedical marijuana bill sent to full Pennsylvania House
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives could vote as early as next week on creating a medical marijuana program, a spokesman for the majority leader said Wednesday. Members of the House Rules...
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