State health officials have named the three members of a panel that will choose five nurseries to be Florida’s first legal pot growers, setting in motion the final stages of the drawn-out process to get Florida’s new medical-marijuana industry off the ground. The Department of Health tapped two of its own workers – Christian Bax, […]
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Florida: Panel Prepares To Move Forward With Medical Marijuana
State health officials have named the three members of a panel that will choose five nurseries to be Florida’s first legal pot growers, setting in motion the final stages of the drawn-out process to get Florida’s new medical-marijuana industry off the ground. The Department of Health tapped two of its own workers – Christian Bax, […]
Utah Medical Marijuana Bill Moving Forward
Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee, Heads to Senate Floor Next Week Statement from Ethan Nadelmann: "If medical marijuana can advance it Utah … it can advance anywhere in the U.S." Utah is the latest 'red' state to consider medical marijuana. Yesterday, Utah's Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would allow for the […]
Illinois Medical Marijuana Is Moving Forward
The Illinois medical marijuana program is moving forward, and soon the first seeds will be in the ground. Lastweek, Governor BruceRauner’soffice announced the licensees who will be permitted to grow and sell medical cannabis across the state…. Read article here: High Times
DC Defies Congress, Moves Forward With Plans to Legalize Weed
Despite the recent congressional tantrum intended to stop the reform of marijuana laws in Washington DC, District lawmakers have given Capitol Hill the proverbial middle finger by moving forward with plans to implement a full-scale retail marijuana market. Read article here: High Times
Obama Nudges The Ball Forward on Marijuana
In an interview with the New Yorker released on Sunday, President Obama made perhaps the strongest endorsement by any sitting president on relaxed marijuana laws. Pushed by interviewer David Remnick, Obama acknowledged that marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol in its effect on consumers. He also noted the obvious racial and economic disparities in enforcement […]
Cannabis Science (CBIS) Moves Forward with Critical Support of Landmark Federal Cannabis Legislative Initiative
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— (CBIS) Cannabis Science, Inc., a U.S. Company specializing in cannabis formulation-based drug development, is a key leader in the private sector challenge to end the restrictions on cannabis drug development and research in the U.S. “The Cannabinoid Scientific Research and Development Act,” which will be submitted for congressional review in the U.S. […]