Advocates: Too Few Patients Can Access Medicine Through the Overly Restrictive, Expensive Program Slate of Bills Would Remove Barriers to Participating in the Program and Expand Patient Access Albany – Today, dozens of advocates gathered in Albany to urge legislators to support a slate of bills that would amend the Compassionate Care Act, New York’s […]
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TUESDAY: Patients and Their Families Will Gather at State Capitol to Demand Changes to New York’s Broken Medical Marijuana Program
Advocates: Too Few Patients Can Access Medicine Through the Overly Restrictive, Expensive Program Slate of Bills Would Remove Barriers to Participating in the Program and Expand Patient Access Albany – On Tuesday, April 12th, dozens of advocates gathered in Albany to urge legislators to support a slate of bills that would amend the Compassionate Care […]
Radical Rant: Legalizing Las Vegas Cost Patients Their Home Grow
Nevada already has a marijuana legalization initiative on the ballot for 2016. Unfortunately, that legalization promises up front to allow for home grow rights, but tucked into its penalties section is the same 25-mile halo rule currently being applied to medical marijuan… Read article here: High Times
Florida House Passes Medical Marijuana Bill, United for Care’s Amendment 2 Still the Patients’ Choice
Despite the inability of the state to roll out a low-THC medical marijuana program for cancer and seizure patients in a timely fashion, not to mention the distinct possibility that voters will pass an initiative this November that will bring about a comprehensive medicina… Read article here: High Times
Canada: Judge Rules Medical Marijuana Patients Have Right to Grow Cannabis
A federal court judge in Canada has struck down regulations restricting the rights of medical marijuana patients to grow their own cannabis. Read article here: High Times
Illinois Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Fear Bankruptcy Without More Patients
While medical marijuana businesses in states like Illinois have been forced to invest unimaginable amounts of money for a chance to sell pot products to qualified patients, some of the dispensaries that have opened their doors over the past few months claim that bankruptc… Read article here: High Times
Mon: NJ Senate to Hold First-Ever Hearing on Legislation to Protect Medical Marijuana Patients from Discrimination and Loss of Employment
New Legislation Clarifies Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act Patient Protections Advocates Applaud Legislation and Declare that Legislature Did Not Intend For Patients To Lose Jobs For Using Legal Medical Marijuana Trenton—The New Jersey Legislature is poised to hold the first-ever hearing on legislation clarifying employment protections for medical marijuana patients. The Senate Health, Human Services […]
Minnesota Expands Medical Marijuana Use to Pain Patients
After months of deliberation, Minnesota health officials announced that residents with chronic and intractable pain will be allowed to use medical marijuana starting this August. Read article here: High Times
Michigan Court Rules MMJ Patients Cannot Smoke Weed in Cars
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Michigan Court: Medical Marijuana Patients Eligible for Unemployment Benefits
Using medical marijuana in the state of Michigan may cost you your job, but it won’t cost you your unemployment benefits. So decided the Michigan Supreme Court earlier this month, when it failed to consider an appeal by Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency… Read article here: High Times