TODAY: U.S. House Voting on Bipartisan Amendment Allowing Veterans Administration (VA) Doctors to Discuss Medical Use of Marijuana

36 States Allow Use of Some Form of Marijuana for Medical Reasons, but VA Doctors Prohibited from Recommending Medical Marijuana to Patients Amendment Comes as Support for Medical Marijuana Increases in Congress As early as this afternoon the U.S. House could vote on an amendment that would allow doctors that work for the Veterans Administration […]

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Chris Christie Supports Allowing MMJ for Children

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Friday asked for changes in a medical marijuana bill to to ease access to the drug for ill children. Christie signaled that he would sign the bill if the Legislature changed it to stipulate that edible forms of marijuana would be available only to qualified minors, and that a […]

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Maryland Enacts Law Allowing Academic Studies of Medical Marijuana

<p>New Law Unlikely to Provide Patients Access to Medicine Absent Changes in Federal Policy<br /> <br /> Statement from Drug Policy Alliance&#39;s Amanda Reiman</p> Today, Maryland enacted a law allowing approved academic research institutions in that state to establish investigational, research-oriented medical marijuana studies.  Unlike 18 other states that have adopted medical marijuana laws that […]

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