Top Congressional Leaders Side with States on Hemp Research and Medical Marijuana Provisions on D.C. Marijuana Legalization Remain Unclear: Advocates Say Any Congressional Interference with Law that Passed with 70% Support is Outrageous The final “must pass” federal spending bill that Congress will consider this week, also known as the “cromnibus,”and released by senior […]
Category: Drug Policy
Why Are CBD-Focused Laws Not Enough?
December 9, 2014 PDF View the fact sheet. No Marijuana’s medical efficacy derives largely from more than 70 unique chemicals – called cannabinoids – that each have important therapeutic properties. Currently, 23 states, one U.S. territory (Guam), and Washington, DC, have adopted comprehensive medical marijuana laws that provide patients with access to all of marijuana’s […]
Cannabidiol (CBD)
December 8, 2014 PDF View the fact sheet. No Marijuana’s medical efficacy derives largely from more than 70 unique chemicals – called cannabinoids – that each have important therapeutic properties. Currently, 23 states, one U.S. territory (Guam), and Washington, DC, have adopted comprehensive medical marijuana laws that provide patients with access to all of marijuana’s […]
Florida Becomes First State in the South to Vote in Favor of Medical Marijuana
Loses Despite Clear Majority Support, Thanks to Unique Florida Law Requiring 60% for Ballot Initiatives and $ 5 Million Opposition Campaign National Implications: Majority Support Sends Strong Message, Regardless of 60% Florida Requirement Today, a large majority of voters in Florida approved Amendment 2, a ballot initiative that makes Florida, with its huge population and […]
New Mexico Credit Unions To Close Medical Marijuana Licensed Producer Bank Accounts
Move May Force Producers to Move to a Cash-only Payment System Santa Fe, NM – Eight months after the Federal Justice Department and Treasury Department announced new guidelines allowing banks to work with marijuana businesses, some of the credit unions in New Mexico sent letters to close to half of the State’s licensed medical marijuana […]
Cuomo Administration Asks U.S. Department of Justice to Allow New York to Acquire Medical Marijuana From Other U.S. States for Critically Ill Children
Patients, Families, and Advocates Thank Cuomo For Federal Request, But Urge Additional State Action to Save Lives of Critically Ill Patients Patients Call on Governor to Create State-Based Emergency Access Program New York — Friday, the Cuomo Administration sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Cole following up on an earlier letter to U.S. Attorney […]
Taking Control: Pathways to Drug Policies That Work
September 8, 2014 Global Commission on Drug Policy No This report reflects a new evolution in the thinking of the Global Commission, which includes Kofi Annan, Richard Branson, and the former presidents of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Poland, Portugal and Switzerland. They not only reiterate their demands for decriminalization, alternatives to incarceration, and greater emphasis […]
34,000 New Mexicans Who Suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease Denied Access to Medical Cannabis
NM Secretary of Health Denies Medical Cannabis Advisory Board’s Recommendation to Add Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurodegenerative Dementia to the List of Qualifying Conditions SANTA FE—Yesterday the Secretary of Health denied a petition to add Alzheimer’s disease to the list of medical conditions eligible for the medical cannabis program, even though the New Mexico Medical Cannabis […]
New Mexico’s Medical Cannabis Program’s Medical Advisory Board (MAB) Holds Public Hearing on Proposed New Rules
Department of Health Continues to Obstruct MAB’s Statutory Role to Advise the Program; Program Staff Refuse to Answer Any Questions Posed by the Board About the Evidence Supporting Recommended Rule Changes SANTA FE, NM – Today, the New Mexico Medical Cannabis Advisory Board held a special hearing on proposed rule changes governing the state’s medical […]
New Mexico Veteran Sues Employer for Wrongful Firing
Physician’s Assistant Donna Smith Was Legally Enrolled in State’s Medical Cannabis Program DPA: Presbyterian Health Services Ignoring State Law ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Donna Smith, a veteran who served our country with distinction, as well as a licensed physician’s assistant was recently terminated from her position with Presbyterian Health Services due to her enrollment […]